FRAMINGHAM –A Framingham man, held for more than a month in a domestic violence case, was arrested Tuesday on charges that he threatened to kill his wife shortly after his release from custody.Police arrested J.C. Pressley, 59, on Tuesday at 3:50 p.m. after he made the threats, prosecutor Lee Ann Johnson said in Framingham District Court on Wednesday.Pressley has been held at the Middlesex House of Correction in Billerica since early July when Framingham Police [...]
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DA: Framingham man threatens to kill wife after release
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Northborough woman faces prostitution, gun, drug charges
NORTHBOROUGH – A woman promised a “stunning smile & flirtatious moves” in an ad for what police said was for sex.Police arrested Kelly Elizabeth Hall, 27, on Wednesday at 9:37 p.m. at the Motel 6 on Rte. 9 on prostitution, drug and gun charges, Detective Sgt. Brian T. Griffin said Thursday.Police got a tip that a woman was working as a prostitute at the Rte. 9 motel, and found an ad on Backpage.com, a website Griffin said is commonly used by prostitutes. [...]
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Framingham Police: Extortion attempt after crash fails
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man who crashed his car into a light pole on Wednesday blamed another driver for the damage to his car and held the driver's phone hostage, demanding payment, authorities said.Police arrested Jonathan Kizito, 22, at his 48 Phelps Road home at 4:06 p.m., about two hours after the incident on Union Avenue, police spokeswoman Lt. Patricia Grigas said.Kizito was driving on Union Avenue when a truck ran a stop sign at Buckminster Court. Kizito [...]
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Suspect in Milford fatal hit-and-run pleads not guilty
WORCESTER - A Milford woman accused of misleading authorities in an Easter Sunday hit-and-run in which a Framingham boy was killed pleaded not guilty in Worcester Superior Court Thursday.Melissa Knight, appearing before Superior Court Judge Daniel Wrenn, pleaded not guilty to charges of leaving the scene of an accident with a death and misleading law enforcement.Knight, who was arrested in May, had [...]
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Pick for new Wayland chief withdraws from consideration
After giving an interview to the news website The Belmontonian earlier this week about becoming Wayland’s next police chief, Belmont Assistant Police Chief James MacIsaac withdrew from consideration for the job on Friday morning.“Since accepting the offer on Aug. 16, I have come to the conclusion that moving from my position at the Belmont Police Department to the Wayland Police Department may not be in my or my family’s best interest,” MacIsaac said in a [...]
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Framingham Police search for wrong-way driver
FRAMINGHAM – Police are searching for the driver of an SUV that drove down the wrong way on Rte. 9 on Friday, striking one car and nearly hitting several others.The SUV, identified by one witness as a Chevy Equinox, drove from at least the Southborough line to Temple Street going eastbound in the westbound lane, police spokeswoman Lt. Patricia Grigas said.“There’s a car driving the wrong way on Rte. 9,” a 911 caller said when he called police at 6:32 [...]
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Storage unts broken into at Framingham apartment complex
FRAMINGHAM – Police are asking the public’s help to find the person who broke into eight storage units at the Waterview apartments overnight Thursday into Friday.The units were spread out over three buildings at the 1300 Worcester Road complex, police spokeswoman Lt. Patricia Grigas said on Friday.An apartment complex employee discovered the break-in on Friday around 8:30 a.m. He discovered someone had pried-off a lock from a maintenance shed that housed [...]
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Hopkinton: Louise Coleman animal cruelty trial to start Nov. 28
Former Greyhound Friends Director Louise Coleman is set to face a jury on an animal cruelty charge during a trial expected to last three or four days in November.During a hearing at Framingham District Court Friday morning, Judge Matthew McGrath scheduled trial for Nov. 28.Coleman, 72, was charged with one felony count of animal cruelty in March following an investigation by multiple animal and law enforcement agencies. Greyhound Friends is a dog rescue shelter on Saddle Hill [...]
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Worcester PD: Girl, 7, recovering after being thrown from bridge into Lake Quinsigamond; man under arrest
WORCESTER - A 7-year-old girl survived being strangled and then tossed from a bridge into Lake Quinsigamond early Sunday. A family acquaintance is under arrest.The girl survived the drop and swam to shore.The girl was at her grandparents’ house on Forestdale Road in Worcester and was taken by a family friend about 2:30 a.m., according to to police. He did not have permission, police said.She was put in a car, strangled and thrown off a bridge, police said. She was [...]
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Natick woman charged with OUI after Framingham crash
FRAMINGHAM – A Natick woman claimed mechanical problems caused her car to crash early Sunday morning, but police said accident was due to her drunkenness.Police arrested Anna Coburn, 27, after the 1:21 a.m. crash on Rte. 9 east beneath the Edgell Road bridge.Police a Lexus sedan facing westbound in the eastbound lane after it struck a barrier, according to a police report filed in Framingham District Court on Monday.The driver, Coburn, was still behind the wheel. [...]
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Holliston: Seguin, '93 killer, denied parole
A former Holliston man who killed his wife and children 25 years ago was denied parole for the third time.Kenneth Seguin, 59, was convicted in February 1993 of killing his wife, Mary Ann - known as Polly - and their children Danny, 7, and Amy, 5.He was sentenced on three charges of second-degree murder, including one life sentence with the possibility of parole for the murder of his wife, and two concurrent life sentences with a chance for parole for the murders of his [...]
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Medway man accused of causing Ashland crash while high
A Medway man was lethargic and appeared to be under the influence of drugs when he crashed his car head-on into another car on Pond Street in Ashland on Friday, a prosecutor said Monday in Framingham District Court.Police arrested Korey N. Testa, 27, after the 7:11 p.m. crash, prosecutor Francesca Cone said during Testa’s arraignment.Testa was exiting the Speedway gas station, 196 Pond St., when he crashed into a car, forcing it into the woods, the prosecutor said. [...]
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Three arrested after attempted home invasion in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – Two Framingham man armed with knives and a Framingham woman tried to force their way into a Rte. 9 apartment on Sunday after a dispute, authorities said.Police arrested Anthony Killion, 18, Yanni Roman, 21, and Hayley Bourinot, 19, shortly after the 11:45 p.m. incident at 1640 Worcester Road, prosecutor Kristen Hughes said Monday during the trio’s Framingham District Court arraignment.On Saturday, police rushed to the apartment complex and saw a man [...]
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Shrimp theft foiled in Ashland
A homeless woman went on a fishing trip to Market Basket in Ashland on Monday, catching four bags of shrimp before getting caught by store security, authorities said.Melissa E. Allen, 32, tried to escape arrest at noon, identifying herself as her younger sister, prosecutor Kristen Hughes said Monday during Allen’s Framingham District Court arraignment.Allen entered the Pond Street supermarket around 11:45 a.m. She went directly to the fish department and grabbed four [...]
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Man accused of throwing girl from bridge is suspended from job at Fay School in Southborough
WORCESTER - The man charged with kidnapping and tossing a 7-year-old girl from a bridge early Sunday recently took a computer job at the Fay School in Southborough.Joshua Hubert of Worcester, who is being held without bail since his arrest, has been suspended from Fay.In a letter to the parents of the private school, Head of School Robert [...]
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Man accused of throwing girl from bridge
WORCESTER - The man charged with kidnapping and tossing a 7-year-old girl from a bridge early Sunday recently took a computer job at the Fay School in Southborough.Joshua Hubert, of Worcester, who is being held without bail since his arrest, has been suspended from Fay.In a letter to the parents of the private school, Head of School Robert [...]
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DA: Victim thought he 'was going to die' during Framingham assault
FRAMINGHAM – A Merchant Road shelter resident told police he thought he was going to die when another resident attacked and menaced him with a knife on Monday, authorities said.Police arrested David Fielding, 33, at the Turning Point Shelter, 3 Merchant Road, at 10:31 p.m.The alleged victim told police he and Fielding were drinking and, for no reason, Fielding attacked him, prosecutor Tim Federico said Tuesday in Framingham District Court.“Mr. Fielding [...]
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Developer ordered to stop land clearing in Hopkinton
HOPKINTON — With questions lingering around repeated violations to the town's scenic road bylaw on Saddle Hill Road, the Planning Board ordered a Framingham development company Monday night to stop all tree clearing and site work on the 60-acre property.Planning Board members are disputing the removal of one or more sections of a stone wall along the designated scenic road, which isn't allowed without a permit from the board.Representatives of Parsons Commercial Group [...]
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DA: Natick man violated court order three times in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – A Natick man violated a restraining order three times on Tuesday, ignoring court directives regarding custody of his children, authorities said.Police arrested Peregrine Tibagwa, 41, at 12:25 p.m. after a short investigation, according to a police report filed in Framingham District Court on Wednesday.The victim, Tibagwa's estranged wife, reported the violations on Tuesday. She said Tibagwa had sent text messages to her and her two children on Monday. [...]
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Argument about medicine leads to Framingham arrest
FRAMINGHAM – A Worcester woman punched her boyfriend repeatedly in the nose on Wednesday during an argument about his medication, authorities said.Police arrested Mary Fox, 36, after the 5 p.m. incident on Rte. 9.Fox’s boyfriend called 911 to report the assault, according to a police report filed in Framingham District Court on Thursday.He said he and Fox were returning from a doctor’s appointment at a Boston hospital when they began arguing. The man [...]
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