Joey Flechas
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Investigative reporter for @GlobeSpotlight. Formerly @MiamiHerald. Tampa native. @UF grad. Signal: jaf.59 | Encrypted email: [email protected]
Boston, MA
Joined December 2009
🗞️Some personal news: After 11 years at the mighty @MiamiHerald, I am leaving to join @GlobeSpotlight at the @BostonGlobe. I'm thrilled for this next adventure and looking forward to joining one of the most storied and fearless investigative teams in U.S. journalism.
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Patients sue noted former Mass. General surgeon over gender surgeries they say he botched. ✍️ @GlobeLizK .
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The lawsuits said the surgeries were done using an untested approach that caused them severe pain, disfigurement, infections, and other complications.
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‘It gets worse depending on the news cycle’: A visit to US-Canada border towns being tested by Trump. ✍️ @BostonGlobeMark .
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The residents of Calais, Maine and St. Stephen, New Brunswick have been close for generations. Can they navigate new political divides?
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RT @BostonGlobe: Federal prosecutors are investigating the controversial takedown of a Black man by a Lawrence police captain during an arr….
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At least four officers were subpoenaed in January to testify before a federal grand jury the following month, records show.
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Federal authorities probing controversial 2023 arrest by Lawrence police of Black man over noise complaint.
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Federal authorities are investigating the 2023 arrest of a Black man by Lawrence police, when a high-ranking officer "clotheslined" the man in the booking room.
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A fraudulent cancer breakthrough, a test for the future president of MIT, and a new age of doubt in science . ✍️ @mjdamiano .
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It seemed like Duke scientists had developed a “Holy Grail” of cancer treatment. Then the truth came out.
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Pot entrepreneur, lobbyist Frank Perullo is alleged extortion victim of Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins. ✍️ @GlobeAndrewRyan .
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Prosecutors allege that the sheriff used his position to elbow his way into the marijuana executive's nascent pot firm.
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Prominent national Democrats ask Josh Kraft to stop using names, likenesses in unauthorized fund-raising push. ✍️@emmaplatoff .
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Political and campaign finance experts called the Kraft campaign’s recent fund-raising blitz unorthodox, or even potentially misleading for donors.
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New lawsuit claims DraftKings’ ads deceived bettors, who lost thousands and got addicted.
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The Boston-based online gambling company is accused of using deceptive ads to lure players into gambling a lot of money fast. Critics say the promotions are misleading and have fueled addiction.
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A mystery beneath the surface: Why are divers dying in the same spot at this Rockport beach?. ✍️ Billy Baker.
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Is there something to connect the deaths, or is it just coincidence?
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$35,000 for a robot lawnmower, $50,000 for pickleball courts: Mass. lawmakers funded pet projects despite budget stress. ✍️ @samanthajgross & @MattPStout .
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As state lawmakers pared back spending in their budget proposal, they left nearly $171 million in earmarks largely unscathed, a Globe analysis found.
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RT @anaceballos_: NEW: The calls from Alligator Alcatraz’s first detainees brought distressing news: Toilets that didn’t flush. Temperature….
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Concerns about conditions for detainees were heightened when one was rushed out of the detention center Monday in an ambulance.
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RT @BostonGlobe: In Mass., ICE and other federal agents arrested more people in May than in any other month on record as part of President….
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Immigrant neighborhoods in Massachusetts are feeling the strain of recent ICE actions, which have intensified in recent months. The Globe spent seven days in local communities to tell their stories.
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Boston City Hall employee on unpaid leave months after arrest on felony assault charge, city officials say. ✍️ @nikigriswold .
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The City Hall employee, 33-year-old Daunasia Yancey, is the deputy director of the mayor’s office of LGBTQ+ advancement and the founder of the Black Lives Matter Boston chapter, according to a...
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Bostonians have a say in how much they pay for electricity, but few seem to know it. ✍️ w/@yoohyun_jung .
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As in many Massachusetts communities, city ratepayers are defaulted into a middle-tier plan that has a greener mix of power sources.
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Former Boston City Hall staffer claims Wu administration fired her to protect top aide. ✍️ @GlobeAndrewRyan .
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The woman fired from her job at Boston City Hall last month amid a controversy over a domestic violence arrest alleges that her boyfriend’s supervisor, cabinet chief Segun Idowu, propositioned her.
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How Everett mayor’s campaign aide got hired as a $550-an-hour city spokesperson. ✍️ @StephanieEbbert .
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George Regan, who already worked for Mayor Carlo DeMaria, was the only bidder when the city decided to hire a communications consultant.
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RT @BostonGlobe: The Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students, a significant escalation in its….
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The move throws foreign students’ academic futures into uncertainty a week before graduation.
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Globe sues 5 Mass. police departments in effort to shine light on shadowy world of confidential informants. ✍️ @GordonRussell1 .
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The newspaper sought information from each of Massachusetts' 400-plus police departments about how they handle confidential informants.
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RT @bmccarthynews: 'This should have never happened.' An examination of the criminal justice system's missteps and missed chances in the le….
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Records show how Tyler Baglini, accused in a 2024 New Bedford murder, has escaped full accountability for his past crimes, which include charges of rape and assault.
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A Globe review of court documents and police records shows a cascade of missed opportunities — owing in part to poor interstate coordination — that allowed Baglini to escape full accountability for his past crimes. ✍️ w/@TriciaNadolny & @elizabethrkoh .
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Records show how Tyler Baglini, accused in a 2024 New Bedford murder, has escaped full accountability for his past crimes, which include charges of rape and assault.
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