Robert Kraft case spotlights sex trafficking in Massachusetts
The National Human Trafficking Hotline reports it received 346 calls in reference to Massachusetts during 2017, up nearly 40 percent in five years.
View ArticleJustice reformers set sights on life sentences
Under legislation sponsored by Rep. Jay Livingstone, D-Boston, and Sen. Joseph Boncore, D-Winthrop, all people serving life sentences would have the opportunity for a parole hearing after 25 years.
View ArticleFramingham Police: Woman breaks into police cruiser, husband flees
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham woman broke into a police cruiser on Sunday as police chased after her husband while trying to arrest him on a warrant, authorities said.Police arrested both Kimberly Duphily,...
View ArticleDA: Ashland woman was drunk when she tried to steal van
ASHLAND – An Ashland woman tried to steal a car Saturday in the parking lot of the store from which she had just stolen merchandise, a prosecutor said Monday in Framingham District Court.Ashland Police...
View ArticleFramingham man accused of trying to break into neighbor's home
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man with two open burglary cases is now charged with trying to break into a neighbor’s home late Sunday night, authorities said.Jackson Sugrue, 20, broke a window, but ran off...
View ArticleThreats suspect Amy Zuckerman competent, judge rules
WRENTHAM – A Wrentham District Court judge has ruled a woman accused of threatening to shoot a GateHouse Media reporter last year is competent to stand trial.At a hearing last Friday, the judge...
View ArticleMilford police seize more than 33 grams of fentanyl in bust
A Milford man was arrested Tuesday after police seized more than 33 grams of fentanyl from his Westbrook Street home. He was arrested after an extensive investigation, police said.
View ArticleTriple-murderer seeks an early parole date
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man who as a teenager was convicted of raping and murdering a pregnant woman and drowning her two young children in a bathtub asked the state's highest court through a lawyer...
View ArticleEx-Framingham official gets probation in 17-year Social Security theft
WORCESTER – The former head of the Framingham Department of Public Work’s Water Department was sentenced to three years of probation Tuesday for collecting erroneously issued retirement benefits for 17...
View ArticleFormer Framingham associate probation officer set for gun trial
FRAMINGHAM – A former Framingham associate probation officer who authorities said traded a gun to a woman on probation in exchange for sex is scheduled to go to trial on Thursday.Paul Collins, 65, of...
View ArticleFramingham, Natick police, bust man on fentanyl trafficking charge
FRAMINGHAM – A Roslindale man arrested Wednesday on drug charges is part of a drug distribution “crew” that delivered illegal drugs to homes in Framingham and Natick on a nearly daily basis, a...
View ArticleJoseph Bennett becomes Hopkinton's first deputy police chief
HOPKINTON — Before formally being promoted the town’s first deputy police chief, Joseph Bennett said he was at a loss for words.“I am a little overwhelmed by it,” he said at the selectmen’s meeting...
View ArticleEaston woman arraigned in alleged racial tirade at Brockton Market Basket
BROCKTON – She was accused of an angry, racist tirade against a Haitian-American woman at the Market Basket in Brockton, allegedly spewing the N-word, vandalizing the victim's car and ramming a...
View ArticlePatriots owner Robert Kraft ordered to appear in court on prostitution...
The owner of the NFL’s New England Patriots faces two counts of soliciting a prostitute at a Jupiter, Florida, day spa and judge says he must be in court.
View ArticleJudge rules against Westborough woman who appealed ticket for honking at...
WORCESTER – A Central District Court judge sided with an Auburn police officer last week after a Westborough woman appealed a ticket she received for honking her horn.Stephanie Kelley of Westborough...
View ArticleCops: Employee stole more than $5K from Framingham Target
FRAMINGHAM – A Target cashier has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the cash register during her shifts, police said.Framingham Police arrested Jessica Hoffman, 41, of Framingham, on...
View ArticleMarlborough man busted on child porn charges
MARLBOROGUH – A local man is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on child pornography charges after police arrested him on Thursday.Police arrested Philip R. Raymond, 62, at his home at 3 p.m. after an...
View ArticleTrial begins in ex-Framingham probation officer's gun-swap case
WOBURN – Weeks after a Framingham District Court associate probation officer illegally gave a gun to a woman with whom he was having an "inappropriate relationship," he stood up in her defense in...
View ArticleWife of slain man pleads for justice
BRIDGEWATER — Sitting on the living room couch of her family's Bridgewater home, Kathy McCallum wiped a tear from her eye as she remembered her husband of 20 years, a husband who will never again come...
View ArticleMarlborough man arraigned on child porn charge
Prosecutor Jacqueline McCormick Stillman said Raymond tried to immediately go to his bedroom, where his laptop and cellphone were, before police entered his home.
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