New charges for Mass. chemist in drug lab scandal

Published December 18, 2012 8:03am ET



BOSTON (AP) — State Attorney General Martha Coakley said a Massachusetts chemist accused of deliberately faking test results on drug samples in criminal cases has been indicted on 27 charges.

Annie Dookhan, 35, of Franklin, was indicted Monday by a grand jury on 17 counts of obstruction of justice, eight counts of tampering with evidence, perjury and pretending to hold a college degree.

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