FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man was drunk when he assaulted his father repeatedly on Sunday over a two-hour period, police said.Police arrested Michael P. Garrahan, 30, at 3:30 a.m.According to a police report filed in Framingham District Court on Monday, Garrahan arrived at the 8 Dunster Road apartment he shares his 64-year-old father about 1:30 a.m. The father said he was asleep when a drunken Garrahan came into his room to pick a fight.The father told his son [...]
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Framingham man charged with assaulting father
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Framingham cop hurt when her cruiser crashes into building
FRAMINGHAM – A rookie Framingham cop suffered minor injuries after she crashed her cruiser into a building on Sunday as she was speeding to a 911 call, police said.Officer Elizabeth Morrison was taken to MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham after the 5:50 a.m. crash on Second Street, police spokeswoman Lt. Patricia Grigas said on Monday.Morrison was one of several officers heading to Beaver Terrace Circle on a call about 10 to 20 people fighting.“The [...]
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Natick Police: Man taunts police dog, assaults cop
A Natick man taunted a police dog on Saturday and damaged a police cruiser before assaulting an officer, authorities said.Natick Police arrested David Indelicato on Saturday at 6:33 p.m.According to a police report filed Monday in Natick District Court, police went to 59 Farwell St. on a call about an intoxicated man. There, they found Indelicato with several of his neighbors. Indelicato , obviously intoxicated, swore at the officers and the neighbors for calling police, [...]
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Local families of victims meet with Trump, Sessions
WASHINGTON - Family members of local victims killed in crimes committed by undocumented immigrants met with President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week, lending an ear and offering up feedback on the administration’s progress in tackling the issue.The meetings were moments of vindication after years of frustration that left them feeling their cause - and the deaths of their loved ones - had gone unnoticed, said Maureen Laquerre of Bellingham, whose [...]
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In bizarre burglary, Framingham man discovers cache of dolls
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man discovered something strange in his home when he returned from vacation on Thursday – a bag full of dolls, police said.The man, whom police did not identify, told officers nothing was missing from his Winthrop Street home which had obviously been burglarized, police spokeswoman Lt. Patricia Grigas said.“A lock to the sliding glass door was broken and one chair was moved,” said Grigas. “There was a large clear [...]
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MBTA withholds portions of power line agreement with Eversource
A tentative easement that would allow Eversource to construct a power line along an abandoned MBTA railroad corridor between Sudbury and Hudson has been finalized – but the state agency is still withholding some details from public scrutiny.In response to a public records request, the MBTA provided a redacted copy of an option agreement that does not [...]
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Former Framingham deputy police chief sues town, department
FRAMINGHAM – Former Deputy Police Chief Kevin Slattery said he was driven to resign earlier this year after harassment and badgering by the chief and another deputy police chief, according to a federal lawsuit filed last month.In a 15-count federal lawsuit filed June 26 in U.S. District Court in Boston, Slattery, 53, and a 32-year member of the police department, said Chief Kenneth Ferguson and Deputy Chief Steven Trask purposely harassed him in retaliation to the numerous [...]
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Cops arrest teens after alleged frolic
DENNIS—Three teenagers arrested on Mayflower Beach Tuesday afternoon after allegedly having sex in the water while a crowd gathered to cheer them on, and a friend who police say didn’t listen when he was told to leave the area, will not be arraigned for at least six months, an Orleans District Court judge said.Julianna Murphy, of Penfield, New York; Stephen Cerrone, of Quechee, Vermont; Lukas Kaminski, of Hopkinton, all 19, and 18-year-old Molly Hines of Penfield, [...]
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DA: Framingham man gropes, exposes himself to woman
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man repeatedly groped a woman on Sunday and then exposed himself to her as he forcibly stuck his tongue into the protesting woman’s ear, a prosecutor said in Framingham District Court on Monday.Police arrested Matthew Joyce, 58, on Sunday at 10:53 a.m., charging him with the early morning incident at a Southern Middlesex Opportunity Council apartment at 10 Pine St., prosecutor Rob Meltzer said during Joyce’s arraignment.On Sunday, [...]
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Man facing fentanyl, cocaine charges in Natick
A Dorchester man, among 41 people arrested on drug charges in December after a year-long state and federal investigation, is facing charges in Natick in connection with the case, authorities said.Federal and Boston Police arrested Eury. A. Vasquez, 21, on Dec. 31 as part of “Operation Wolfpack.” Authorities said he was one of the main persons involved in a major drug trafficking organization.As part of the investigation, FBI members of the task force contacted [...]
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Framingham man defecates on trail, spits in runner's face
A Framingham man exposed himself to a runner on a popular nature trail in Sherborn and then spit in the runner’s face, authorities said.Police arrested David T. Blease, 31, after the July 2 incident at the Bay Circuit Trail at 11:49 a.m. He was released, but never showed up to court and Natick Police arrested him Sunday at 10:28 a.m. at the Natick Mall.According to a Sherborn Police report filed in Natick District Court on Monday, the runner called police after the [...]
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Watertown man faces third OUI after Wayland crash
A judge on Monday doubled the bail prosecutors had sought for a Watertown man who was charged with third offense drunken driving after a crash on Old Connecticut Path on Sunday.Police arrested Ryan A. Hutchings, 27, after the 2:37 p.m. crash near 83 Old Connecticut Path, prosecutor Francesca Cone said Monday during Hutchings' Framingham District Court arraignment.On Friday, an officer came upon the Chevy Tahoe next to a stream. Hutchings was in the truck, trying to get [...]
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Fitchburg man charged with stealing more than $30K in Wayland
WAYLAND – A Fitchburg man has been charged with stealing $30,000 from a Wayland home last month, police said.Police have charged Wesnoldjy Estime, 18, of 470 Main St., with larceny of more than $250 and larceny from a depository.According to a release, a Wayland resident reported the theft of more than $30,000 from a safe in his home. Police did not release the address of the home. Police conducted a three-week investigation that identified Estime, an [...]
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Ashland: Illegal parkers to get the hook
Ashland police will begin towing cars near the boat ramp on Spring Street, in a bid to stop illegal parking.“We have already been ticketing cars down there,” police Lt. Richard Briggs said. “But the weekend … it’s been getting out of hand. The road’s becoming blocked and congested to the point where emergency vehicles can’t get through.”The boat ramp provides access to Ashland State Park’s Ashland Reservoir [...]
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Framingham woman charged with biting, stabbing boyfriend
FRAMINGHAM – A judge on Tuesday revoked the bail of a Framingham woman who authorities say bit and stabbed her boyfriend, held a knife to his throat and tried to run him over with a car on Monday. Framingham District Court Judge Jennifer Stark revoked bail for Maria V. Franjul, 30, who is already facing charges of threatening a gas station employee with a tire iron earlier this month.According to prosecutor Kristen Hughes, in the latest incident Franjul was angry because [...]
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DA: Framingham man stole to pay off drug gang
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man admitted Monday to stealing more than $13,000 from his employer, saying he owed a South American drug gang $50,000 and they threatened him and his family, authorities said.Police arrested Alexander Rivas, 25, at 5:01 p.m. after his employers, Atlantis Auto City on Waverly Street, reported the $13,200 theft, prosecutor Kristen Hughes told Judge Jennifer Stark during Rivas’ Framingham District Court arraignment on Tuesday.“The [...]
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DA: Framingham woman stabs, beats other woman
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham woman stabbed another woman outside a Waverly Street convenience store early Wednesday morning for talking to her boyfriend, authorities said.Police arrested Amanda Oliver, 30, after the 12:30 a.m. attack near Tedeschi’s, prosecutor Dylan Krasinski said during Oliver’s Framingham District Court arraignment on Wednesday.Police answering the call found an injured 20-year-old woman.“She was bleeding,” said [...]
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Lien placed on Natick property where unauthorized work took place
NATICK - A lien has been placed on a Magnolia Road property where the owner has ignored town and court orders, officials say.Magnolia Road LLC, whose manager is Nissim Trabelsi, owes more than $125,000 as a result of a Middlesex Superior Court judge's ruling that the company ignored a court order to stop work and comply with Conservation Commission enforcement orders for the Zero Magnolia Road property, according to court documents.But, the town presented evidence at a Feb. 22 [...]
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Sudbury man admits to killing parents during Virgin Islands vacation
A Sudbury man, who stabbed his parents to death in the U.S. Virgins Island while on vacation more than two years ago, will spend the next five decades in Massachusetts psychological facilities.Mikhail Young, 26, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at a June 22 hearing, according to the U.S. Virgin Islands’ Department of Justice.Young killed his mother Jane Young, 66, and father Kenneth [...]
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Eversource makes case for Sudbury-Hudson power line
WESTWOOD – For more than a year, residents have been distraught over the prospect of Eversource tearing through an abandoned railroad corridor in the woods between Sudbury and Hudson.But let’s imagine what life might be like a decade from now – with the contentiousness of permitting and difficulties of construction in the past.Electricity could be more reliable for tens of thousands of MetroWest residents. A bike path could connect to a regional grid of [...]
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