Australian cardinal sentenced to prison for child sex abuse
MELBOURNE, Australia — The most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse was sentenced in an Australian court on Wednesday to 6 years in prison for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne...
View ArticleSouthborough armed robbery suspect turns himself in
Orlando Gonzalez, 33, turned himself in to Leominster District Court on a Southborough police arrest warrant on charges of armed robbery, larceny, assault and receiving stolen property.
View ArticleCourt reinstates late Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' highest court on Wednesday reinstated the late Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction, which was erased after the former NFL star killed himself in prison.The Supreme Judicial...
View ArticleMan charged with indecent assaults in Uxbridge
UXBRIDGE - A 27-year-old former Uxbridge resident was freed on $1,000 cash bail recently after he was charged with two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and providing obscene...
View ArticleShrewsbury woman pleads guilty to theft
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Shrewsbury woman has pleaded guilty in New Hampshire to wire fraud and money laundering, taking more than $296,000 from two investors.Court documents say Jessica Teixeira, 41,...
View ArticleTheft ring busted at T.J .Maxx in Framingham
On Tuesday, police had T.J. Maxx at Shoppers World under surveillance when they saw a brand-new SUV enter the parking lot. One person got out and covered the rear license plate with what appeared to be...
View ArticleBlock in Quincy has been scene of 5 big fires since 1953
QUINCY — A few walls, charred timbers and a lingering smell of smoke were all that remained of three Newport Avenue buildings a day after a five-alarm fire tore through the Wollaston area, destroying...
View ArticleWayland resident tries - again - to limit guns on town property
Duane Galbi is trying a second time to limit gun possession in town. His first attempt was unsuccessful.
View ArticleAshland and Framingham men involved in Mass Pike road rage incident appear in...
WESTON — A case of road rage that caught Massachusetts Turnpike drivers by surprise earlier this year returned to court Wednesday.Richard Kamrowski, 65, clung to the hood of the car allegedly driven...
View Article5 found dead after home fire in Berkshires
SHEFFIELD (AP) — Five people have been found dead after a fire in a home in western Massachusetts.Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington says the fire at 1343 Home Road in Sheffield was reported...
View ArticleTwo busted on fentanyl, crack charges in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – Two men, busted Wednesday on cocaine and fentanyl distribution charges, delivered drugs to a Framingham woman, who would then resell the drugs to local addicts, a prosecutor said...
View ArticleNewton man arrested in Natick faces seventh suspended license charge
NATICK – A Newton man is facing his seventh suspended-license charge after police arrested him Wednesday as he drove a car with license plates and an inspection sticker assigned to other vehicles,...
View ArticleSoutborough robbery suspect Orlando Gonzalez held without bail
At an Ashland home, police found identification of Gonzalez in the bedroom and of the woman from whom the car was taken.
View ArticleMan accused of desecrating Taunton church
TAUNTON – A city man who police say has been making a routine of squatting in St. Mary’s Catholic Church is on notice to steer clear of the house of worship.Police say they gave a verbal warning this...
View ArticleColumbine inspires killers in Brazil school massacre
Friends and former classmates told investigators that 17-year-old Guilherme Taucci Monteiro and 25-year-old Henrique de Castro were obsessed with the attack on Columbine High School, Sao Paulo civil...
View ArticleOfficial: Berkshires fire with 5 dead was murder-suicide
SHEFFIELD (AP) — Authorities believe that a man killed his wife and three children before setting their western Massachusetts house on fire and killing himself.The Berkshire District Attorney tells the...
View ArticleFormer tenant charged with homicide in fire that killed Shrewsbury...
WORCESTER - To a courtroom packed with supportive firefighters and city officials, District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. announced Friday that a grand jury handed up indictments for second-degree...
View ArticleFormer tenant charged with homicide in fire that killed Worcester firefighter...
WORCESTER - To a courtroom packed with supportive firefighters and city officials, District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. announced Friday that a grand jury handed up indictments for second-degree...
View ArticleLynn man accused of cashing counterfeit check in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – A Lynn man is under investigation for cashing counterfeit checks made out in the name of a Fall River company, authorities said.Devin P. Russell, 21, cashed at least one counterfeit check...
View ArticleMassage parlors still overlooked in fight against human trafficking,...
When state Rep. Vincent Pedone stepped up to State House podium in 2006 to call for the regulation of massage therapy, he was quickly met by laughter and catcalls that filled the chamber and cut him...
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