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Peter Schworm

Schworm is a general-assignment reporter for the Metro section, and covers breaking news while writing enterprise and feature stories. He enjoys writing human interest and slice-of-life pieces. A former higher-education and suburban reporter, he has been at the Globe since 2001.

Latest stories

Four men and two women charged in police raid that closed alleged brothel in Charlestown

By Peter Schworm and John R. Ellement , Globe Staff

Four men and two women were arraigned in Charlestown District Court today in the wake of a Boston police raid that shut down an alleged brothel and drug den operating in a federally subsidized apartment. But attorneys for some of the accused scornfully dismissed the evidence as “very thin’’ and said police and Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office offered no substantial proof that crimes were routinely being committed in the house at 87 Cambridge St.

State auditors probe Roxbury Community College

By Peter Schworm , Globe Staff

The school is accused of not accurately reporting serious crimes on campus, as well as wrongdoing involving the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center.

Judge denies motion to reveal source in column on Mattapan killings

By Peter Schworm , Globe Staff

A Suffolk Superior Court judge Thursday denied a motion to require a Boston Globe columnist to identify the confidential source.

Sad end to search for Harvard student

By Peter Schworm , Globe Staff

A two-day search for a missing Harvard University student came to a tragic end Tuesday when police divers recovered his body from Portland Harbor in Maine.