Suffolk County DA Dan Conley announced today the arrest of the suspect in a January shooting that left one dead at the infamous King Arthur's Lounge in Chelsea.

Jesse "Fat Jesse" Camacho of East Boston was charged with the murder of Jeff Santiago following a midnight fight at the bar. Police say that Camacho, who already had a lengthy record of violence, fired at least seven shots during the altercation. Two other people - a friend of Santiago's and a club worker - were shot in the legs.

In a statement, Conley said investigators followed leads to Los Angeles, where Camacho was born and to which he allegedly fled after the fight, and then tracked him to a "rural region in southwest Mexico." He was arrested by Mexican authorities around 6 p.m. yesterday as he stepped off a city bus in Mexico City.

When returned to Massachusetts, Camacho will face trial on charges of first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, and two counts each of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and armed assault with intent to murder.

A Plymouth man caught using a fake uniform, handcuffs and a siren to shake down homeless people in Roxbury and immigrants in Chelsea will get to see what real criminals think of his shtik after pleading guilty and being sentenced to eight years in prison, the Suffolk County DA's office reports.

Eric Mathison, 31, pleaded guilty to 18 separate criminal charges including four counts of robbery and four counts of impersonating an officer.

After real Boston cops arrested Mathison for dressing up like a cop and shaking down two homeless men in Roxbury in May, 2006, he moved up to Chelsea, where he managed to earn money by threatening immigrants, according to the DA's office:

PROJECT BREAD SUPPORTS ‘FOOD AND FUN’ FOR CHELSEA KIDS THIS SUMMER
$225,900 in statewide grants aim to help families cope with food and gas crisis

June 27, 2008 — EAST BOSTON — When school is out, kids who rely on free or reduced-price school meals need a safe place to go where they can get a healthy meal and have some summer fun. That’s why Project Bread is providing $3,000 in incentive grants to the Summer Food Service Program in Chelsea in an effort to help families cope with the skyrocketing cost of food and gas.

Chelsea at night in the rain.

A Chelsea man died yesterday after being stabbed at least eight times and attacked with a baseball bat in a Chestnut Avenue home, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

Shadeed Wiggins, 25, was stabbed repeatedly in the chest, neck and face, prosecutors say. Eugene Teixeira, 21, is charged with murder and home invasion. A teen, 16, is charged with home invasion and disorderly conduct.

Prosecutors say the three lived together with Teixeira's and the teen's mother. Wiggins and the mother asked the two to leave yesterday. They did, then returned with baseball bats and forced their way in. After attacking Wiggins, Teixeira pulled out a knife and began stabbing him, prosecutors say.

Chelsea police followed footprints in newly fallen snow to find a man wanted for raping an Everett woman early this morning, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

Juan Amaro, 25, of Chelsea, was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail this morning on charges of rape, kidnapping, assault with a dangerous weapon, and intimidation of a witness. Amaro pleaded innocent in Chelsea District Court.

In a statement, the DA's office outlined what police say happened around 3:30 this morning at Chestnut and Fifth streets:

Bouncer, patrons shot. Chelsea, State Police investigating, Suffolk County DA's office confirms one death.

Yes, this is the same place made infamous in 1982 when Everett cops, summoned by a fellow officer in an argument with a patron, went on a beating rampage with baseball bats, tire irons and nightsticks that left one man dead.

Boston Police report arresting Emiliano Galicia, 42, of Chelsea, in connection with the stabbing death of Ruben L. Najera, 27, of Quincy at 519 Geneva Ave. on Nov. 21. To be arraigned tomorrow in Dorchester District Court.

Seems Chelsea still has at least one actual shvitz bath. Fabulously Out There discovers Dillons Russian Steam Bath and goes there on ladies' day (women are only allowed in on Mondays):

... I am talking about a Russian Steam Bath. Some might want to call it a Spa, but I wouldn't go there. This is of the hardcore "let's get naked and whipped with oily feather brushes by an angry woman in a room so hot you wish you'd be a better person and wouldn't have to encounter hell this early". ...

If you click on the Dillon's link, crank the sound up and ponder why they say they're in Chelsea by the Sea.

Scott Harney, meanwhile, discusses how an old warehouse in Chelsea's Parkway Plaza has become a stand-in for Paris in some scenes of "Pink Panther 2:"

Construction on the elaborate sets began in July. The fours sets include a recreation of a Parisian cafe, the outside of a French restaurant - complete with cobblestone streets - and the interior of Inspector Clouseau's apartment in Paris.

Even the parking lot on Webster, next to the warehouse, doubled for the French countryside. ...

It's probably no news to East Boston residents, but you can tell what the weather outside is like by the sounds of the jets overhead. So when a jet woke Jimbo up at 6:25 yesterday morning, at least he knew it was mostly sunny. Then he called the Massport noise complaint line, which got him to checking the Massport noise-complaint tracking chart, where he discovered that complaints from Chelsea are up 1,500% this year.