Classic Ford 'Crown Vic' police cruiser becomes vintage
Once a staple of police departments across the country, Ford Crown Victoria police cruisers are nearly all off the road.The classic cop car is still featured as one of the main photographs on the...
View Article9 grand jury indictments for crimes commited in Framingham, Natick, Hudson...
A Middlesex County Grand Jury recently indicted several people charged with committing crimes in MetroWest.The grand jury charged Walter Estrada, 33, of Worcester, with trafficking in more than 100...
View ArticleA real stick-up: Pair charged with using twine to steal mail in Marlborough
Police also found twine and glue traps, typically used to catch rodents. Police then went back to the mailbox and discovered some twine left behind.
View ArticleReport: Driver in N.H. crash that killed 7 bikers was on drugs
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration report obtained by The Boston Globe said Volodymyr Zhukovskyy tested positive for an unspecified drug when his pickup truck crossed the center yellow...
View ArticleMarlborough man facing sex trafficking charges
MARLBOROUGH – Authorities say a local man ran a brothel from his Harvard Street home that was part of a sex trafficking organization that operated in several cities and led to nine arrests.Marlborough...
View ArticleNatick police on the hunt for gas thieves
“On several evenings in July, a few young men have been visiting a local landscape business and helping themselves to ‘free’ gas,” police wrote on Facebook.
View ArticleAuthorities look for toxicology reports for clues in Saoirse Kennedy Hill's...
BOSTON — Authorities said Friday they are looking to toxicology reports for clues to the death of Saoirse Kennedy Hill, a granddaughter of assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.The...
View ArticleTwo men arrested at Framingham crash scene -- and neither had anything to do...
No one involved in the actual crash was arrested. Police wrote in the report that the incident remains under investigation.
View ArticleProtesters rally during Purdue Pharma hearing
BOSTON — They came bearing oversized images of the sons and daughters they lost to drug overdoses and signs demanding justice from the pharmaceutical company they hold most responsible.The parents and...
View ArticleSudbury police search for person who shot turkey with arrow
Residents who feel as if they want to help an injured turkey should avoid trying to do so. “Good intentions could make things worse,” said police Lt. Robert Grady.
View ArticleBlackstone: $500 reward offered in case of cat killed by crossbow
BLACKSTONE - Police say a $500 reward is being offered for a tip leading to the arrest of the person they say shot and killed a domestic cat with a crossbow.According to a press release sent out Friday...
View ArticleCiting privacy concerns, Baker vetoes 'Janus' bill
The bill was a response to the Supreme Court's Janus v. AFSCME decision last summer that barred unions from charging nonmembers agency fees.
View ArticleFour-alarm fire in Weston destroys million-dollar home
Tweets from the Weston Fire Department reported heavy fire, which started just before midnight on Friday, on all floors of the house.
View ArticleFramingham detective assigned to new FBI digital forensic lab
Having someone trained and working with the FBI - and using equipment that's impossible for a city like Framingham to afford - is a benefit, Police Chief Steven Trask said.
View Article9 killed in Ohio in second US mass shooting within 24 hours
DAYTON, Ohio — A gunman wearing body armor and carrying extra magazines opened fire in a popular nightlife area of Dayton, Ohio, killing nine and injuring dozens, authorities say, in the second U.S....
View ArticleBlackstone police charge teenager with killing of cat
BLACKSTONE - Police are charging a Blackstone teenager in the fatal shooting of a cat with an arrow.The teen became a suspect after investigators received several tips, according to Acting Police Chief...
View Article'Again and again': Local react after two mass shootings in less than 24 hours
The shootings in Texas and Ohio were not far from people's minds as they shopped on Sunday around the MetroWest and Milford area.
View ArticleMoms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America hold vigil in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM — Samantha McGarry didn’t want to sit on the sidelines as the nation mourned the 29 individuals killed in two mass shootings this weekend in Texas and Ohio.On Saturday, a 21-year-old Patrick...
View ArticleIt took Cohasset officials three months to report allegations of child sex...
Documents show that a teenage girl was left in tears, crying “You don’t believe me” to school officials before police were ever notified. By then, three months had passed.
View ArticleDA: Framingham man tried to rape a sleeping woman
FRAMINGHAM — A Framingham man broke into a woman’s home Monday, climbed into her bed as she slept and tried to rape her, a prosecutor said.Police arrested Victor Barbosa, 20, at his 9 Weld St.,...
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