Boston Blotter: Cross-Dressing Cop Killer?

--You heard that right. A man who was convicted for killing a police officer may be in hiding – as a woman. In 1991, Thomas Shay was involved in planting a bomb that killed one police officer and maimed another in Roslindale. Now, he's violated his probation, and he assaulted another police officer.

The Herald explains the cross-dressing thusly: "[Officials think] that Shay is donning a wig and a dress to avoid detection. Shay, who has an arrest record for male prostitution, could be selling his body as a transsexual, investigators believe."

Why Shay was on probation is a mystery to us. His original offense involved plotting to put a bomb under his father's car, which killed the police officer. Another man, Alfred Trenkler, is doing time for the bombing, which was allegedly intended to kill Shay's father. Most recently, in 2005, he was posing as a physical therapy student and assaulted male students at Northeastern.

--Universal Hub reports that a developer of voice-over IP who holds a doctorate in mathematics was busted for having some pretty impressive drug paraphernalia in his car. Said items included "plastic bags, pipes, rubber tubing, bottles of unknown liquids, ice colored rock substances." The Hazmat crew was called, and the PhD was taken to jail.

--The man shot on the afternoon of June 3rd has died. He has been identified as Hosteene Isaacs. Neighbors are saying they didn't know him. Quoth the BPD, "Investigators do not believe this was a random attack," and they're asking for tips.

--You know its summer when the temperatures are warmer and the police are out collecting weapons. Brockton was the latest location to receive a special visit from the ATF.

--A man who raped a 72-year-old woman in the South End in 2000 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. In a statement Suffolk County DA Daniel Conley said of the defendant, "He deserves every day of this sentence."

--Vibeke Gonzalez, the teen who tried and failed to sell "erotic massages" from her momma's daycare, was back in court and looking like a deer caught in the headlights. She pled not guilty.

--The Cambridge police blotter has a story about an ugly velvet-rope incident at the Redline bar. Early in the morning on June 1, a guy started making trouble in the bar, so they took him outside, whereupon he tripped over the velvet rope. We've heard of people willing to do anything to get past a velvet rope, but we've never heard of anyone getting tangled in a velvet rope on the way out.

All charges alleged until proven under law. Dressed to Kill from Answers.com.