Update: Stunning video of shots fired at person at Crowne Plaza in Natick
NATICK - Police are still searching for a man who fired a shot at another man in the lobby of the Crowne Plaza hotel on Rte. 9 on Tuesday.The apparent target of the attack, a man whom police have not...
View ArticleLinsky: Gun buy bill closes 'dangerous' loophole
BOSTON - Requiring all private firearm sales in Massachusetts to take place in a federally licensed gun store -- and be run through the shop's background check system -- would close a "dangerous...
View Article$5K bail set for Worcester man charged with moving body
WORCESTER — Bail of $5,000 cash has been set for a 54-year-old city man charged in connection with the discovery of a body buried in the Penn Avenue apartment building where he lives.Thomas Garon Jr....
View ArticleEx-R.I. school superintendent charged with embezzlement
NORTH PROVIDENCE — Former North Providence School Superintendent Bridget Morisseau has been arrested and charged with embezzlement in connection with her use of a taxpayer-funded school credit card,...
View ArticleDrug deal gone bad leads to Framingham robbery attempt
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man accused of trying to rob another man during a drug deal last month is actually the victim, his lawyer said Wednesday in Framingham District Court.Manuel R. Martinez, 24,...
View ArticleChild-marriage opponents descend on Statehouse
BOSTON - Wearing bridal gowns and chains around their hands, a group of activists chanted and marched through the Statehouse on Wednesday demanding that lawmakers support a bill that would ban child...
View ArticleVictim of fatal Ashland fire still not identified
ASHLAND – Authorities have still not identified a man who was killed in a shed fire on Oak Street earlier this month.A spokeswoman for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said the name of the...
View ArticleWoman brandishes high-heeled shoe as weapon after Natick theft
NATICK – A Waltham woman menaced a Macy’s store security guard with her high-heeled shoe on Tuesday when he stopped her after she left the store with dozens of allegedly stolen items, authorities...
View Article12 people displaced, 2 dogs die in Providence house fire
PROVIDENCE — A fire tore through a multifamily home Wednesday, displacing 12 people and killing two dogs that rescue crews tried desperately to save.The fire, reported late Wednesday morning at 59...
View ArticleHundreds gather to decry racism at Hebrew Cemetery
FALL RIVER — Jeffrey Weissman wore his navy blue service cap and huddled close to a microphone outside the Hebrew cemetery he oversees, the burial grounds where last weekend dozens of gravestones were...
View ArticleDA: Wayland police break down door after woman's fake 911
WAYLAND – Wayland Police forced their way into a Trout Brook Road home on Feb. 10 and handcuffing the owner, looking for a woman who supposedly was being held against her will, authorities said.But,...
View ArticleVictim of fatal Ashland fire still not identified, cause is not suspicious
ASHLAND – Authorities have still not identified a man who was killed in a shed fire on Oak Street earlier this month.A spokeswoman for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said the name of the...
View ArticleBellingham's Scott McDonald faces 61 charges linked to filming minors
Since Scott McDonald's arrest in November, Bellingham police discovered videos of more than 20 other young males, ranging in age from 12 to adulthood,
View ArticlePolice: Brockton trio used 'dark web' in large-scale Stoughton drug network
Police say they made undercover purchases for MDMA on two occasions during the investigation, then executed two federal search warrants in Stoughton and Brockton on Wednesday. In total, they seized...
View ArticleKraft's attorneys challenge video taken at massage parlor
JUPITER, Fla. — Attorneys for New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft want a Florida judge to block prosecutors from using secretly taken video that police say shows him engaging in paid sex acts with...
View ArticleMan charged in road rage gun incident
TAUNTON — A city man who authorities say pointed a loaded gun at another driver last Friday is facing two felony charges.Shawn Holland, 24, last known address 205 Winthrop St., also known as Cohannet...
View Article'Career B&E guy' from RI gets 5 years in break-in at Douglas Dunkin'
WORCESTER — A 52-year-old Rhode Island man was sentenced to a 5-year prison term Thursday for a 2016 break-in at a gas station/Dunkin' Donuts in Douglas in which about $16,000 was stolen.David Degrasse...
View ArticleThree accused in retail scam that cost TJX more than $54K
SUDBURY – Police say three Newton residents ran an organized retail scam that cost TJX Cos. stores more than $54,000.Sudbury police have charged Dimitriy L. Marinov, 34; Marina Karbina, 48; and...
View ArticleOxford school teacher arraigned on sexual enticement of a child charges
SPRINGFIELD - A 61-year-old computer science teacher for the Oxford public schools is no longer employed by the district as a result of charges he allegedly sought sex from a child.James P. Painchaud,...
View ArticleHouse guest accused of throwing host's dog into dumpster
A house guest in Wareham is accused of throwing his host's small dog into a dumpster because he was tired and the dog would not stop bothering him.James M. Balboni, 28, of Dover, New Hampshire, has...
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