Kendra Lara

Former Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara has pleaded guilty to one of the several charges she faced in a Jamaica Plain car crash that left her son injured last summer, receiving probation in a case that caused a political scandal. Three of the other charges Lara faced were dismissed or continued without a finding, while a judge found her responsible…

Three of the 9 charges were dropped against Boston City Councilor Kendra R. Lara in connection to a Jamaica Plain crash last summer, according to the Boston Globe. The charges that were dropped were speeding, reckless driving and a seatbelt violation. Lara’s attorney is looking to have these remaining charges to also be dropped. Lara is still facing six more…

Tuesday’s Boston City Council preliminary election proved to be a shakeup for the city’s governing body, with two incumbent candidates conceding after both facing controversy and public scrutiny. Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara will not be on the November ballot, following their concession in Tuesday’s race. Despite being incumbents, both Arroyo and Lara got less than half the number...

In District 6, incumbent Kendra Lara is fighting controversy in order to keep her seat.

In the hours after polls closed Tuesday night in Boston’s preliminary election, two embattled incumbents conceded in their races: City Councilors Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara. Thousands of Boston voters let their voices be heard in the election, which will narrow city council races to two candidates in four districts. The top two vote-getters in each preliminary race will...

Lara spoke with NBC10 Boston exclusively ahead of Tuesday’s preliminary election in Boston.

Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara shared her rationale for repeatedly driving without a license, including in a car crash in Jamaica Plain in June for which she’s facing charges, in an exclusive interview with NBC10 Boston. Lara is accused of driving with a revoked license in an unregistered, uninsured car with an expired inspection sticker that belonged to someone else...

Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara and her attorney are disputing the speed that Boston police accused her of driving in the moments leading up to a June crash that sparked political and criminal challenges for Lara. On Thursday evening, Lara and her attorney held a news conference, announcing that they had evidence to support that she was only driving 27…

Lara was involved in a crash over the summer, but on Thursday, she denied speeding at the time of the wreck and claims there’s proof.

A prosecutor is coming in from Worcester County to handle the car crash case against Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara, officials said Thursday. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office brought in the special prosecutor to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest — a representative for the Suffolk prosecutor’s office said the spouse of a person who works...

The lawyer representing Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara in the Jamaica Plain car crash that injured her son this June, for which she faces a slew of charges, has filed a motion to dismiss the case. Prosecutors opposed the motion to dismiss the charges against Lara for allegedly driving with a revoked license, in an unregistered, uninsured car with an…

The Boston Ballot Law Commission held the hearing Tuesday to determine whether Lara lives in the district she represents, after four constituents challenged her residency.

The Boston elections commission found that the residents challenging City Councilor Kendra Lara’s place of residency did not meet their burden of proof during a hearing held on Tuesday morning. Four of her constituents in District 6 challenged her residency last month – arguing she provided two addresses and two different names on legal documents she’s filled out over the…

A court hearing next week will look into whether Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara actually lives in the district she represents. Four people who live in the embattled councilor’s district submitted formal objections to Lara’s nomination papers on the grounds of residency before a deadline on July 13. A fifth person also filed a challenge to Lara’s residency, but...

Boston City Councilor Michael Flaherty is calling on his embattled colleague, Kendra Lara, to resign.

In this clip from “@Issue,” which airs in full Sunday, Boston City Councilor-at-Large Michael Flaherty sounds off on colleague Kendra Lara’s car crash.

Boston City Councilor-at-Large Michael Flaherty is calling for embattled colleague Kendra Lara to resign after Lara’s crash last month in Jamaica Plain, for which she’s been charged. Flaherty is the first city councilor to publicly say that Lara should resign over the June 30 crash, in which authorities allege her speeding car drove into a building, injuring her son....

Boston Police say Lara was going more than double the speed limit, on a revoked license, in an unregistered, uninsured car, in which her son was not properly restrained.

Body camera video of Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara’s June 30 crash is revealing new details about the incident, which led to her 7-year-old son being hurt and also to charges against the District Six city councilor. The video shows when police and EMTs arrived on scene in Jamaica Plain, tending to City Councilor Lara, her son and the driver…

Newly-released bodycam footage shows the police response to Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara’s crash into a Jamaica Plain home. The crash happened June 30. It left Lara’s 7-year-old son injured and in need of stitches. A house on Centre Street suffered significant damage. Lara, who was not arrested after the crash, is facing nine charges in the incident. A...