Former firefighter pleads not guilty to making false 911 calls
FALL RIVER — A former Fall River firefighter was arraigned Monday on charges he made over a dozen false 911 calls to get first responders out of fire stations while he stole cash from canteens and...
View ArticleChalking tires for parking enforcement ruled unconstitutional by fed appeals...
The age-old parking enforcement practice of tire-chalking is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, saying it violated the Fourth Amendment's bar on unreasonable searches.The U.S....
View ArticleJudge: Kraft day spa video to be released after case resolved
WEST PALM BEACH — The public won’t be seeing videos of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft allegedly receiving sex at a Jupiter day spa until his case is resolved, a circuit court judge said.In an...
View ArticleGun license hearing for three Hopkinton cops moved
FRAMINGHAM - A hearing for three Hopkinton police officers who are suing the town and Police Chief Edward Lee has been moved to next month.The officers - Peter Booth, Linda Higgins and John Moran -...
View ArticlePolice: Hudson man falls alseep after fleeing Natick crash
NATICK – A Hudson man crashed his truck into an utility pole and drove off early Friday, but the truck stalled about 200 yards away and the man fell asleep before police arrived, authorities...
View ArticleAide used disabled charge's wheelchair to steal in Natick
NATICK – A caretaker for a disabled woman used her wheelchair to hide items he stole from a Natick Mall store on two separate occasions, authorities said.Police arrested Geofry J. Sali, 42, of Belmont,...
View ArticleFormer Hudson Fire Chief John Blood charged with theft
HUDSON – Former Fire Chief John Blood has been charged with misusing a town credit card, authorities said.On Thursday, the Police Department issued a summons to Blood, 59, of 1 Oak St., Clinton, that...
View ArticlePolice: Aide used disabled charge's wheelchair to steal in Natick
NATICK – A caretaker for a disabled woman used her wheelchair to hide items he stole from a Natick Mall store on two separate occasions, authorities said.Police arrested Geofry J. Sali, 42, of Belmont,...
View ArticlePolice: Drunk man crashed with kids in car
RAYNHAM — A Taunton man faces felony child endangerment charges after police say he crashed his car while driving drunk with his two daughters in the vehicle.Christopher Martin, 35, was charged with...
View ArticlePolice chief: Ruling gives Fall River panhandlers 'leeway,' but other laws...
FALL RIVER — After a recent ruling by a superior court judge, local police are limited for now in their ability to “prevent an escalation” between motorists and panhandlers, according to Police Chief...
View ArticleFramingham extortion suspects decared dangerous
FRAMINGHAM- Two people accused of trying to force another man to empty his bank account at knifepoint last week have been declared a danger to the public.However, at a Framingham District Court hearing...
View ArticleFormer Dedham officer to be sentenced for role in slaying
DEDHAM - A former Dedham police officer has been found guilty of accessory before the fact to the kidnapping of an Avon man from his family home and later found murdered in the woods of Upton,...
View ArticleMan goes after others with crowbar in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – A man, angry because he was ordered to leave an Edmands Road apartment building on Tuesday, tried to hit a man with a crowbar and swung the weapon at several other patrons at an Edgell...
View ArticleSouthborough board revokes license of Right Way Auto; owner faces 11 counts...
Police Chief Kenneth Paulhus told selectmen that the business owner, Vinicius D. Souza, is being charged with 11 counts of larceny over $1,200 by false pretense.
View ArticleUPDATED: Husband kills wife before commiting suicide at Northborough home
NORTHBOROUGH — A husband and wife are dead after an apparent murder-suicide at Pond View Way home late Tuesday night, authorities said.District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. office identified the couple...
View ArticleCops: Man goes after others with crowbar in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – A man, angry because he was ordered to leave an Edmands Road apartment building on Tuesday, tried to hit a man with a crowbar and swung the weapon at several other patrons at an Edgell...
View ArticleFramingham extortion suspects declared dangerous
FRAMINGHAM- Two people accused of trying to force another man to empty his bank account at knifepoint last week have been declared a danger to the public.However, at a Framingham District Court hearing...
View ArticleWorcester man pleads guilty to killing ex's ex
WORCESTER — A city man is scheduled to be sentenced June 12 after pleading guilty Wednesday in Worcester Superior Court to second-degree murder and domestic assault charges.The murder charge against...
View Article$500K bail for suspect in fire that killed firefighter Christopher Roy of...
WORCESTER — Bail was set at $500,000 Wednesday for the man accused of setting the December fire that claimed the life of firefighter Christopher Roy.Momoh Kamara, 22, had been held without bail since...
View ArticleMan barricaded in Natick home surrenders peacefully
A SWAT team safely removed a man who barricaded himself inside a Pond Street home. He was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
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