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Ballou is a Metro reporter with The Boston Globe, covering primarily crime and courts. Ballou is a graduate of Columbia University and started his journalism career in Los Angeles.
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New Bedford teen fatally shot by police
By Brian R. Ballou , Globe Staff
Police shot and killed 15-year-old Malcolm Gracia on Thursday night after he repeatedly stabbed an officer. Gracia’s father died in a police-related incident in 2009.
Shirley man allegedly killed Fitchburg State College student because she wanted to leave him
By Brian R. Ballou , Globe Staff
Robert Gulla was so determined to keep Allison Myrick to himself that he stabbed her to death inside the basement of his Shirley home in a brutal act of domestic violence, a Middlesex prosecutor said in court today. Gulla is on trial for first-degree murder in Middlesex Superior Court for the Jan. 23, 2010, murder of Myrick, who a Fitchburg State College student. “He wanted her all to himself,’’ a prosecutor said of Gulla.
Undercover drug unit to focus on South Boston
By Brian R. Ballou , Globe Staff
Seven officers will target areas with high drug activity, especially during early-morning hours, when addicts are more likely to seek fixes, police said.
Boston boosting community policing efforts
By Brian R. Ballou , Globe Staff
Police Commissioner Edward Davis, counting more than 140,000 walking beats last year, wants to add at least 60,000 more.