Milford opioid overdoses on pace to surpass 2017 total
MILFORD - If the current rate for the first half of the year holds, Milford is on track to eclipse the number of opioid overdoses recorded last year, records indicate.As of Friday, authorities had...
View ArticleRobocall scam targets Chinese communities in Massachusetts
If you’ve recently received an onslaught of Chinese-language robocalls, you’re not alone.The callers are con artists and they are trying to target Chinese residents and communities in an increasingly...
View ArticleUPDATED: Framingham man charged with hate crime, parents say son didn't do it
Jackson Sugrue of Framingham is charged with a hate crime after police arrested him and accused him of holding a man prisoner in an apartment for four days and beating him because the man was gay.
View ArticleFramingham man charged with groping sleeping woman
Carlos Lobos, 43, of Framingham is charged wtih indecent assault and battery after authorities said he groped a woman after a party.
View ArticleSudbury woman admits to 'guzzling' wine prior to crash
Joanne Strenck, 59, of Sudbury, is charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor (fourth offense)
View ArticleMilford police: Marlborough man found with 34.5 grams of cocaine
MILFORD - Police arrested a Marlborough man for cocaine possession and trafficking Sunday night after the vehicle he was driving was pulled over for a speeding violation on Cedar Street.Police said...
View ArticlePolice: Framingham woman struck light post outside home
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham woman whose sport utility vehicle crashed into a light post on Kendall Street on Monday was charged with drunken driving, authorities said.Police arrested Luciana DaSilva, 34,...
View ArticleSecond Holliston bank robbery suspect arraigned
FRAMINGHAM - A Framingham District Court judge on Thursday ordered the second suspect in last year’s masked armed robbery at a Holliston bank held without bail.Judge David Cunis ruled there was...
View ArticleDA: Dog dies in car in Ashland as owner assaults seven people
FRAMINGHAM - A Chelsea man’s dog died in the backseat of a hot car at a Hopkinton State Park parking lot on Wednesday while the man allegedly assaulted seven different people, including a teenager and...
View ArticleAshland man faces robbery charge in New Hampshire
HAMPTON, N.H. – An Ashland man is accused of mugging another person in New Hampshire and then fighting with police as they tried to arrest him.Hampton police arrested Jose Baez, 34, of Ashland, on...
View ArticleGreyhound Friends seeks new license in Hopkinton
HOPKINTON — Greyhound Friends is seeking a new license to reopen its kennel on Saddle Hill Road, but the effort is only one hurdle before the organization can continue its work of more than three...
View ArticleUpdated: Second Holliston bank robbery suspect arraigned
FRAMINGHAM - A Hopedale man did several “dry runs” with his girlfriend to gain information about a Holliston bank's operations before robbing it last year, a prosecutor said Thursday in Framingham...
View ArticleUPDATE: Dog praised for alerting owners to Marlborough house fire
The dog - a small poodle - began barking wildly shortly before 2:30 a.m., waking up its owners on the second floor of their Chestnut Street home in Marlborough.
View ArticleTwo arrested in Northborough home invasion
NORTHBOROUGH — Police tracked down two men who police say broke into a Milk Porridge Circle home and robbed a man at gunpoint just before 7:30 Friday morning.The men fled in a vehicle but the victim...
View ArticleBrothers from Framingham, Milford, busted on firework charge
FRAMINGHAM – A pair of brothers face several charges after they were caught setting off fireworks on Thursday after they threw a firecracker at a woman, police said.Officers arrested Andres...
View ArticleHero dog saves tenants in Marlborough fire
Divi - a small poodle - alerted its family to an early morning house fire by barking wildly early Friday morning. All four residents made it out safely.
View ArticlePolice: Wellesley man tried to buy military gear for China
WELLESLEY — A local man is accused of trying to buy sensitive anti-submarine equipment for researchers tied to the Chinese military.Shuren Qin, 41, was initially transported to the Wellesley Police...
View ArticleMiddleborough man killed in Wrentham accident
A 68-year-old Middleborough man was killed in an early morning accident Sunday on Interstate 495 in Wrentham, according to the State Police.The man was traveling southbound on the interstate at about...
View ArticleWoman arrested after Walpole Times threat
Amy Zuckerman of Shutesbury was arrested by Amherst Police on a warrant from Walpole Police after a reporter and editor reported that Zuckerman emailed a threat of violence toward a reporter at the...
View ArticleWoman arrested after threatening to assualt Walpole journalist
Amy Zuckerman of Shutesbury was arrested by Amherst Police on a warrant from Walpole Police after a reporter and editor reported that Zuckerman emailed a threat of violence toward a reporter at the...
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