Officers, state officials divided over new bill seeking to standardize police...
A new bill under consideration would seek to create a “uniform code” for the use of body-worn cameras by Massachusetts law enforcement officers. But a provision of the bill protecting the footage from...
View ArticleLISTEN: Natick firefighters find fire in the basement on South Main Street...
Natick firefighters spent more than nine hours battling a multi-alarm South Main Street blaze on Monday, July 22.The initial call for the fire came in as smoke showing at King Wok, a Chinese...
View ArticleTwo officers drop Hopkinton gun appeal suit
HOPKINTON — Two police officers who sued the town and Police Chief Edward Lee after he suspended their licenses to carry guns have agreed to drop their cases.The cases filed by Peter Booth and Linda...
View ArticleTears and determination: Fire in Natick doesn't deter a longtime business owner
Nancy Kelley operated her dance studio on Pond Street for 35 years before Monday's fire destroyed her business. It was hard to hold back the tears, but Kelley is determined to reopen her studio.
View ArticleSouth Main Street building fire in Natick 'was eerie' as it burned for more...
NATICK — Authorities will continue to probe for a cause for the eight-alarm fire Monday that destroyed a South Main Street business block.The cause may may never be known, Natick Fire Chief Mike...
View ArticleDFI raises cash to hire business support details
From stabbings to loitering, 87 percent of business owners in the central business district, which includes Hollis and Irving Streets, say customers are too afraid to enter their stores, let alone walk...
View ArticleJury finds Wayland school adminstrators fired an athletic director for being...
In a 2017 lawsuit, Stephen Cass, the former Wayland High School athletic director, accused the school administrators of violating the state's whistleblower protection laws and federal gender...
View ArticleFormer Dedham cop violates probation a second time
DEDHAM — Last month, he failed an alcohol test while on probation – with court-ordered conditions to abstain from alcohol. On Friday, he failed to call the substance use testing center – another...
View ArticleNatick downtown businesses pledge to support those hurt by 8-alarm fire
“One thing that I have learned through life is that the worst times bring out the best in people. And I know Natick will pull together like we always have,” said Walter Dunbar, who owns Paper Fiesta in...
View ArticleSkier from Hudson awarded $3.2M after fall from Wachusett Mountain lift
The family of a Hudson boy who was seriously injured at age 12 in an estimated 30-foot fall from a moving chairlift at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area in Princeton in 2015 has been awarded $3.3 million in...
View ArticleMarlborough woman faces kidnapping charge
FRAMINGHAM – Police say a Marlborough woman was arrested Monday on a felony kidnapping charge - an episode that started over a carton of cigarettes.Samantha Salmons, 40, of 10 Robin Drive, was...
View ArticleFramingham man charged in pepper-spray incident
FRAMINGHAM – Police say a Framingham man stole $80 from a passing driver on Monday afternoon, then pepper-sprayed him in the face when he was confronted over the alleged theft.Tyler Bartlett, 24, of 61...
View ArticleSudbury Police to host Citizens Police Academy
SUDBURY – The public is always curious about what goes on behind the doors of a police department. Now any questions can be answered with the announcement of the town's first-ever Citizens Police...
View ArticleMan accused in Worcester pub slaying found incompetent to stand trial
WORCESTER - The man charged with fatally stabbing his former girlfriend on July 3 at a Worcester bar was found mentally incompetent to stand trial Thursday in Central District Court.Judge James G....
View ArticleOfficials probe locomotive fire
BOSTON - Workers continue to investigate the cause of a fire that broke out in the locomotive engine of a Providence-bound train Thursday night, according to a spokesman for commuter rail operator...
View ArticleNatick man faces OUI charge after crash
When taken to the police station, Salavat Akhmetov allegedly told police to "try to find my bottle of Hennessy," while also drawing in the air the size of the bottle with both his index fingers.
View ArticleMichelle Carter, serving 15 months in suicide coaxing case, moved from...
DARTMOUTH — Michelle Carter, convicted of encouraging her teenage boyfriend to commit suicide in a case that drew national and international headlines, has been moved to a penal institution outside...
View ArticleMichelle Carter has been moved to another corrections facility
"We've had no issues or discipline problems with her. Ms. Carter has been a model inmate," said Jonathan Darling, a spokesman for the Bristol County House of Correction.
View ArticleOfficers, state officials divided over 'body cam' bill
Secretary of State William Galvin said exempting recordings made by body cams from public records laws is “completely unwarranted and unacceptable."
View ArticleMetroWest chiefs cite cost as key deterrent to implementing body cams
Sudbury Police Chief Scott Nix said officers try to do the best they can in difficult environments, and body cameras alone do not necessarily capture every angle in police interactions.
View Article