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Friday, January 11, 2013

Convict ‘Out On Annie Dookhan’ Arrested Again

Jonathan Vaughn, recently freed after being convicted of drug distribution charges, was arrested in Chelsea Tuesday.

While Annie Dookhan faced charges of her own in court Wednesday, a convicted criminal, free because of Dookhan’s malfeasance, was being arraigned on charges stemming from a Tuesday night arrest.  Jonathan Vaughan, 26, was drinking Natural Ice beer at a Chelsea McDonalds Tuesday night. Police arrived and arrested Vaughan. As they escorted him out of the establishment he began to thrash violently against the officers and was eventually restrained, according to a statement from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office. While being escorted, Vaughan allegedly said, “I just got out on Annie Dookhan and I ain’t going back to jail,” according to the statement. Police found eight baggies of suspected crack cocaine on Vaughan, according to the…

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Husband Calls Annie Dookhan a ‘Liar’

New details have emerged in the ongoing Hinton Drug Lab crisis.

While disgraced state lab chemist Annie Dookhan was in court Wednesday, The Boston Globe unearthed new details in the state drug lab saga including a plea by her husband to not trust her. Surren Dookhan, Annie Dookhan’s husband, sent a text message to George Papachristos, former Norfolk Count assistant district attorney and a noted friend of Annie Dookhan, calling her a liar, according to The Boston Globe. According to the Globe: “This is Annie’s husband do not believe her, she’s a liar, she’s always lying,” Surren Dookhan texted to the prosecutor, according to an interview Papachristos gave to State Police on Oct. 3, 2012. “She is looking for sympathy and attention.” The Globe also reports Annie Dookhan was caught removed 90 drug samples …

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