Former Marlborough fire chief accused of setting blaze
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — A fire chief accused of intentionally setting a grass and marsh blaze that was fought by more than 100 firefighters and led to evacuations was arrested Saturday on an...
View ArticleFramingham fire causes $100K in damage
FRAMINGHMA - A late-night fire of uncertain origin caused $100,000 of damage to a single-family home, according to Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Burns, who said the "balloon frame construction" made...
View ArticleMarlborough officials quiet on ex-fire chief charged with arson
MARLBOROUGH - City officials, current and former, are limiting their comments on former Fire Chief Ricky Plummer, who was arrested in Old Orchard Beach, Maine on Saturday after he allegedly started a...
View ArticleFramingham man accused of choking girlfriend during argument
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man held his girlfriend down to the ground, choking her after an argument on Friday, a prosecutor said in Framingham District Court on Monday.Police arrested Jean Harry Paul,...
View ArticleFramingham Police: Woman slices boyfriend with knife
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham woman told police she never meant to slice her boyfriend with a knife on Sunday. She was just trying to show him she “meant business,” authorities said.Police arrested Maria...
View ArticleFramingham teen faces heroin, weapon charges
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham teen trespassing on the train tracks on Friday had brass knuckles and several plastic bags of heroin, police said.Police arrested the 17-year-old boy on Friday at 8:01 p.m.,...
View ArticlePair arrested in Hopkinton on alcohol, pot charges
A Hopedale woman found with more than seven ounces of marijuana in her car in Hopkinton on Saturday admitted she sold pot, but only to her friends, authorities said.Hopkinton Police arrested Oleksandra...
View ArticleNatick man arrested after holding door for officer
A Natick man was apparently nice to the wrong person, and as a result of his polite gesture he'll be sitting in jail for a month.When Kayvon A. Mavaddat, 28, went to the Natick Mall on Friday he...
View ArticleState investigates Saturday house fire in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – State authorities are now investigating a fire that heavily damaged a Dennison Avenue home on Saturday.Fire Chief Joe Hicks said Massachusetts State Police assigned to the state Fire...
View ArticleFramingham teen charged with choking girlfriend
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham teen choked his girlfriend after she tried to break up with him because of his past assaults on her, a prosecutor said Tuesday in Framingham District Court.Police arrested...
View ArticleTwo-alarm fire destroys Medway home
MEDWAY - A two-alarm fire tore through a single-family home on Village Street Tuesday afternoon, displacing an elderly woman.The fire, according to officials, began around 3:30 p.m. and is believed to...
View ArticleFramingham High School rape suspect due back in court June 9
WOBURN – The man accused of raping a Framingham High School classmate last November is due back in court on June 9.Patrick Cowart’s next court date was set following a pre-trial conference on Tuesday...
View ArticleFramingham man arrested after scrap metal theft
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man admitted to taking several old radiators from the back of an auto garage on Monday, but says he had believed the items were scrap, authorities said.However, police say...
View ArticleWestborough man gets probation in Verizon worker kidnapping
WORCESTER – A Westborough man who authorities say angrily locked a Verizon worker in an underground utility vault three years ago pleaded guilty in Worcester Superior Court Tuesday to kidnapping.Howard...
View ArticleMan behind mall stabbings described as mentally disturbed
TAUNTON — A man described by his family as mentally disturbed went on a stabbing rampage hours after leaving a hospital, killing two people and assaulting and stabbing more in a house and a shopping...
View ArticleNatick Police search for burglary suspect
NATICK – Police are trying to identify a man they said broke into a business near the routes 9 and 27 intersection on Saturday.Police posted a video of the break-in on its official Facebook page.Police...
View ArticleMilford man arrested after Framingham road rage incident
FRAMINGHAM – A Milford man elbowed another man in the face on Wednesday after a road rage incident, police said.Police arrested Ralph Mastroianni, 67, after the 10:40 a.m. assault at the Dunkin’ Donuts...
View ArticlePraise for heroes, tears for victims of murderous Taunton mall attacks
TAUNTON — Two bystanders and an off-duty deputy sheriff were hailed as heroes Wednesday for intervening when a mentally disturbed man went on a stabbing rampage at a home and a mall hours after leaving...
View ArticleState to review man's release from hospital before stabbings
TAUNTON — State officials pledged to review the treatment of a man who fatally stabbed two people at a home and mall and wounded several others hours after being released from a hospital where his...
View ArticleWestborough police: Man arrested after driving with Verizon picketer on hood...
WESTBOROUGH - An Ohio man is facing multiple charges after police say he drove with a Verizon picketer on the hood of his pickup truck.Officers arrested George A. Pulling, 55, of 11108 Prouty Lane,...
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