FRAMINGHAM – Police believe a Framingham man wrecked his car, passed out behind the wheel, woke up several minutes later and then crashed his car a second time on Bishop Street on Sunday.Christopher Ledger, 37, had no memory of the crash, and appeared to be under the influence of several narcotics when they questioned him at 9 a.m. on Bishop Drive, police wrote in a report filed in Framingham District Court on Monday.A Bishop Drive resident called police to report [...]
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Police: Framingham man high on drugs, crashes
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Worcester man accused of breaking into 11 cars in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – A Worcester man stole thousands of dollars worth of items from at least 11 unlocked cars on Claudette Circle on Saturday, police said.Colton Murphy, 21, faces more than 30 counts after his 7:30 a.m. arrest on Rte. 9, police said.On Saturday, around 3:30 a.m., a Claudette Circle resident called police after he said he heard two men speaking in front of his house. He saw one of the men in the front seat of his car. When the men saw him, they took off running, [...]
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Sudbury: Selectmen concerned about compliance with dangerous dog order
SUDBURY – Selectmen will hold a third public hearing regarding a German shepherd that allegedly attacked two people in separate incidents, over concerns the dog’s owner isn’t fully complying with the board's restrictions.The dog, Boomer, attacked two people within four months: a Sudbury woman in December 2016, and a 10-year-old Sudbury boy in March 2017, according to police. The woman suffered a broken bone in her hand.In June, selectmen ordered the owner, [...]
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Natick Police: Four fentanyl overdoses, one fatal, this week
NATICK - Police said they are investigating four suspected Fentanyl overdoses this week, including one fatal overdose on Tuesday.Police Lt. Cara Rossi said a 42-year-old Natick resident overdosed on a substance that tested positive to Fentanyl. Two others also overdosed Tuesday, and a fourth person overdosed earlier this week.Rossi said the substance has been sent to the Massachusetts State Police crime lab to be tested. She said there is no known connection between the [...]
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Drug overdoses in Natick 'alarming', police say
NATICK – On Tuesday, three people overdosed, one fatally, on a substance that contained a powerful synthetic opioid called fentanyl, a prescription painkiller authorities say is often mixed with heroin and other illegal drugs.The three overdoses on Tuesday and the fourth earlier this week is more than a typical week in Natick, but it is a growing concern here and in other communities, Natick Police spokeswoman Lt. Cara Rossi said.“This is alarming,” said [...]
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Marlborough 7-11 robbed at gunpoint
MARLBOROUGH – Police are searching for a man they say robbed the Broad Street 7-11 convenience store at gunpoint early Tuesday morning.The man entered the store around 2:10 a.m., pulled a small black handgun from his waistband, pointed it at two people in the store and demanded cash. The clerk handed the man an undetermined amount of cash from the register, said Police Detective Jared Snapp.Before running from the store, the robber told the two witnesses [...]
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Marlborough 7-Eleven robbed at gunpoint
MARLBOROUGH – Police are searching for a man they say robbed the Broad Street 7-Eleven store at gunpoint early Tuesday morning.The man entered the store around 2:10 a.m., pulled a small black handgun from his waistband, pointed it at two people in the store and demanded cash. The clerk handed the man an undetermined amount of cash from the register, said Police Detective Jared Snapp.Before running from the store, the robber told the two witnesses [...]
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SEC reaches judgment with co-owner, CFO of TelexFree
The former owner of a Marlborough company that ran a pyramid scheme scamming thousands of people out of millions of dollars has been ordered to pay a $3.6 million judgment, authorities said.The federal Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday that it had reached a final judgment with James M. Merrill of Ashland, who was the co-owner of TelxFree Inc.The judgment orders Merrill to pay the $3.6 million. However, the money has already been deemed paid as part of the [...]
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Police: Framingham woman drunk, drives wrong way
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham woman drove down the wrong side of the road on Wednesday, forcing several other vehicles to scatter to avoid being hit, authorities said.Police arrested Delemy Penalba, 48, after they pulled her over on Summer Street at 8:05 p.m., police spokeswoman Lt. Patricia Grigas said.An officer saw Penalba’s car driving the wrong way on Summer Street.“She self-corrected, but drifted back,” said Grigas. “Cars coming from [...]
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Framingham judge refuses to dismiss rape charge
FRAMINGHAM – The lawyer for a Framingham man accused of raping and severely beating a woman in April asked a Framingham District Court judge on Friday to dismiss the rape charge.William D. Perez, 50, has been held without bail since his April arrest, and he has not been indicted by a grand jury and prosecutors were not ready for a probable cause hearing on Friday.Much of the hearing was held in a sidebar with Judge Jennifer Stark. The judge said the sidebar was necessary [...]
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Framingham shooting suspect doesn't want hearing
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man accused of firing a gun at police in July told a Framingham District Court judge on Friday that he does not want a bail hearing.Justin Breakspear, 31, said he was willing to waive a bail hearing until he is indicted and the moves to Middlesex Superior Court.“I know this case can’t be resolved in district court based on my record and the allegations,” Breakspear told Judge Jennifer Stark at a hearing.Breakspear was [...]
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BC students injured in acid attack in France
MARSEILLE, France. — The four Americans who were injured by acid in an incident in Marseille, France are all Boston College students, the school confirmed, according to our news partners WCVB.The university said the four students were sprayed in the face with acid outside the Marseille-St. Charles train station Sunday morning.A 41-year-old French woman was arrested by police in connection with the incident. Police said they do not believe the attack is related to [...]
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Police dogs find car theft suspect in Northborough
NORTHBOROUGH – Police arrested a Marlborough man suspected to be involved in a police chase on Thursday after they used police dogs to track him to his hiding space in the woods on Friday, authorities said.Police arrested Randy Allen Niven, 25, on Friday at 11 a.m.On Friday, around 10:15 a.m. a West Street resident called police to report a suspicious person at her door, according to a release.When police arrived, they saw a man with a backpack walking on Church [...]
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Two held without bail in Northborough robbery
NORTHBOROUGH – A Worcester man posed as a cop to rob a man that he and a Holden woman lured to a Rte. 9 motel last week, authorities said.Northborough police arrested Daniel O’Malley, 49, and Kara Kelleher-Mahunik, 53, on Thursday at 2 a.m. at O’Malley’s 8 Hunnewell Road home, police said in a release.On Thursday, a Cumberland, Rhode Island man, called 911 to report the robbery at 8:16 p.m.The man told police that he had arranged to meet a [...]
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Framingham child rape suspect held on $100K bail
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man admitted Saturday to police that he raped a young girl in his apartment earlier that day, a prosecutor said in Framingham District Court on Monday.Police arrested Santos Car-Sanchez, 27, just after 11 p.m. at his 154 Second St., charging him with raping the 7-year-old girl, prosecutor Joanna Staley said during Car-Sanchez’s arraignment.The girl is the daughter of a female acquaintance of Car-Sanchez.On Saturday, the woman went [...]
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DA: Framingham man chased wife with knife
FRAMINGHAM – After watching his father try to stab his mother on Saturday, a young boy handed police the knife father used, authorities said on Monday.Police arrested Jose Ibarra, 49, at his 157 Second St. home shortly after midnight early Sunday morningOn Saturday, Ibarra arrived home drunk at 11:45 p.m. and became angry at his wife for an unknown reason, prosecutor Joanna Staley said during Ibarra’s Framingham District Court arraignment on Monday. [...]
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Lawyers trade jabs at meningitis trial
BOSTON — An attorney for a Massachusetts pharmacist charged in a deadly meningitis outbreak urged jurors Tuesday not to be swayed by their emotions while prosecutors argued the man's actions demonstrated a "shocking disregard" for human life.Glenn Chin, the supervisory pharmacist at the now-closed New England Compounding Center, is on trial for second-degree murder and mail fraud under federal racketeering law for his role in the 2012 outbreak caused by tainted steroid [...]
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Suspect in Milford fatal stabbing pleads not guilty
WORCESTER - A Milford man indicted on a murder charge in a fatal stabbing in July pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday morning in Worcester Superior Court.A Worcester County grand jury returned an indictment Friday charging 44-year-old Jusselo Dias Dos Reis with second-degree murder in the July 16 stabbing death of Geraldo Carlos Do Amaral in an apartment building at 42 North Bow St., Milford, where Dos Reis lived. Dos Reis had previously been charged in Milford District [...]
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Natick Police probe possible theft of jewelry, stamps
Two women are facing charges they stole a U-Haul box truck, but they could be facing drug and theft charges after Natick Police on Tuesday found what appeared to be homemade pills and antiques in their possession.Police arrested Brianna M. Bacon, 30, of Marlborough, and Elizabeth M. Desjardins, 40, who is homeless, at 6:52 p.m. on Speen Street.An officer came upon a U-Haul truck blocking traffic near the Speen Street entrance to the Natick Mall, according to a police report [...]
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DA: Framingham man threatened to kill, rape girlfriend during Hopkinton assault
A Framingham man choked his girlfriend in Hopkinton and threatened to kill and rape the woman, a prosecutor said in Framingham District Court on Wednesday.Police arrested John F. Bradley, 65, on Tuesday, charging him with the June incident, prosecutor Leigh Ann Johnson said during Bradley’s arraignment.That day during an argument, Bradley slapped and bit her and knocked her to the floor, the prosecutor said.“He grabbed her around her neck forcefully and [...]
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