Alanna Durkin Richer, Author at Valley News

FILE - Students walk on the Northeastern University campus in Boston on Jan. 31, 2019. A Northeastern University employee who said he was injured when a package he was opening on the Boston campus exploded last month was charged Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, with fabricating the incident. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi, File)

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Former Northeastern employee charged in campus bomb hoax

by Mark Pratt Associated Press, and Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressOctober 5, 2022

BOSTON — A former Northeastern University employee who said he was injured when a package he was opening on the Boston campus exploded last month was charged Tuesday with fabricating the incident.Jason Duhaime, formerly the new technology manager and…

Police and emergency personnel respond the scene of an explosion in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. A package exploded on the campus of Northeastern University and the college said a staff member suffered minor injuries. (WCVB via AP)

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Officials probing whether Northeastern U explosion was staged

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressSeptember 15, 2022

This surveillance image provided by the Boston Police Department shows a man approaching a ballot drop box outside the Boston Public Library, early Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, in downtown Boston. Massachusetts election officials say a fire was set at the ballot drop box holding more than 120 ballots in what appears to have been a “deliberate attack." Boston Police say that an arson investigation is underway and the person shown in this surveillance image is a person of interest. (Courtesy of Boston Police Department via AP)

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Man charged in burning of ballot drop box in Boston

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressOctober 26, 2020

People wear masks as a precaution against the coronavirus as they wait safely distanced in line to enter a supermarket, Monday, April 20, 2020, in Chelsea, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Mass. becomes coronavirus hot spot as cases surge

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressApril 20, 2020

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2019, file photo, Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor leaves federal court in Boston. The Justice Department says opioid manufacturer Insys Therapeutics has agreed to pay $225 million to settle federal criminal and civil investigations. The settlement announced Wednesday, June 5, 2019 includes a five-year deferred prosecution agreement. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Opioid maker agrees to pay $225M to settle federal probes

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressJune 5, 2019

FILE - In this April 3, 2019 file photo, actress Felicity Huffman arrives at federal court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. In a court filing on Monday, April 8, 2019, Huffman agreed to plead guilty in the cheating scam. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

College scheme parents to plead

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressApril 8, 2019

Actress Felicity Huffman arrives holding hands with an unidentified man, left, at federal court in Boston on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Celebrities appear in court in college scam case

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressApril 3, 2019

Rudy Meredith, former Yale women's soccer coach, departs federal court in Boston on Thursday, March 28, 2019, where he pleaded guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Ex-coach pleads guilty to bribery

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressMarch 29, 2019

FILE - In this July 10, 2013, file photo, prospective students tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington. Federal authorities have charged college coaches and others in a sweeping admissions bribery case in federal court. The racketeering conspiracy charges were unsealed Tuesday, March 12, 2019, against the coaches at schools including Georgetown, Wake Forest University and the University of Southern California. Authorities say the coaches accepted bribes in exchange for admitting students as athletes, regardless of their ability. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

TV stars and coaches charged in college bribery scheme

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated Press, and Collin Binkley Associated PressMarch 12, 2019

FILE - In this June 8, 2017 file photo, Michelle Carter sits in Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass. Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to prison for encouraging 18-year-old Conrad Roy, III to kill himself in July 2014. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts is expected to release it's ruling in the case on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Her sentence was put on hold while the court reviewed the case and the defense argument that her actions were not criminal. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool, File)

Conviction upheld in texting suicide case

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressFebruary 6, 2019