Red Lantern owner sentenced to prison for selling knockoff goods at...
WORCESTER – The owner of the former Red Lantern restaurant in Worcester was sentenced to six months in federal prison Wednesday for selling knockoff designer merchandise from a Rte. 9 flea market in...
View ArticleShrewsbury police officer nominated to be Westborough court clerk magistrate
SHREWSBURY – Police Lt. Joseph G. McCarthy Jr., who has 27 years of experience in law enforcement, has been nominated to become the clerk magistrate of Westborough District Court.Gov. Charlie Baker, in...
View ArticleFramingham woman starts fight over missing ice cream
The alleged victim said she was in her room when Patrick came in and began yelling at her about ice cream that was missing, and accusing the woman of stealing it.
View ArticleFramingham's China Gourmet owner to face retrial in evidence tampering case
“We certainly consider his (Zhang's) conduct egregious, especially in endangering our officers and the public," said Southborough Police Chief Kenneth Paulhus. "We hope we’re successful in the retrial.”
View ArticleHudson man arrested in Framingham facing cocaine distribution charge
FRAMINGHAM – Police say they arrested a Hudson man on Thursday night after he allegedly made a cocaine sale.Police arrested Ramon Torres, 25, at 10 p.m. after the alleged drug deal on Lawrence Street,...
View ArticleTwo Framingham women arrested after knife assault, cop assaults
FRAMINGHAM — Two Framingham women assaulted several Framingham Police officers Monday after a dispute at one of their apartments, authorities said.Police arrested Tanya Derco, 41, and Danzia Jones, 20,...
View ArticleMarijuana deal goes to pot after $1,900 theft, Framingham police say
Police say a Framingham man agreed to sell another man 2 ounces of pot for $600 on Friday, but instead stole $1,900 from the man.
View ArticleHopkinton man tells police dog 'needed to die' after chewing hat
A Hopkinton man tried to kill his mother’s small dog after the pooch tried to eat one of his hats, authorities said.
View ArticleMan passed out in car with young child next to him in Framingham, authorities...
A Boxboro man passed out behind the wheel of his car on Sunday while his young son was not wearing a seat belt or in a car seat, authorities said.
View ArticleTwo Framingham women arrested after cop assaults
FRAMINGHAM — Two Framingham women assaulted several Framingham Police officers Monday after a dispute at one of their apartments, authorities said.Police arrested Tanya Derco, 41, and Danzia Jones, 20,...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to $740 liquor theft from Wegman's in Natick
NATICK – A man pleaded guilty to stealing more than a dozen bottles of liquor worth nearly $750 from a store at the Natick Mall on Friday.Police arrested Shane A. Whitsey, 48, after the 4:48 p.m....
View ArticleDA: Man beat girlfriend, threatened her and her family in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – A Dorchester man beat his girlfriend on Saturday while she held their 1-year-old son and said he would kill her, her whole family and himself as he threatened her with a knife, authorities...
View ArticleSouthborough Police search for burglar who climbed tree to get into home
SOUTHBOROUGH – Police are searching for a man they said climbed a tree over the weekend and broke into a second-floor bedroom, authorities said.The incident occurred on Saturday, police wrote in a post...
View ArticleNatick man leads police on brief car chase before arrest
NATICK – A Natick man led police on a brief chase on Friday after officers tried to pull him over because his minivan had illegal license plates, police said.Police arrested Giovanni Bravin, 56, after...
View ArticleCrash in Marlborough leads to gun, cocaine charges
MARLBOROUGH – Police arrested a Worcester man after they found loaded handguns and cocaine in his SUV Monday after a crash, authorities said.Daniel Cargill, 42, denied the guns and drugs were his, but...
View ArticleBlowtorch burglar of Target stores gets 15-month sentence
WORCESTER – A Pennsylvania man who used a blowtorch to break into the Target store in Westborough in 2014 – one of four Targets he burglarized, stealing nearly $200,000 – was sentenced to 15 months in...
View ArticleWaltham man faces heroin, cocaine charges in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – Authorities say a Waltham man’s suspicious activity in a Rte. 9 parking lot on Monday night led to his arrest on heroin and cocaine charges.Police arrested Hayk Kaya, 29, at 10:15 p.m.Two...
View ArticleAshland teen indicted on murder charge in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine — An Ashland teenager accused in the strangulation and stabbing death of his friend's mother has been indicted on charges of murder.William Smith was 15 at the time of the killing in...
View ArticleMan charged with stealing, using credit cards in Framingham
The person used the card to buy “multiple bags of chips and cigarettes” the first time it was used. The second time, the unidentified person bought Juul vaping equipment.
View ArticleJudge orders DNA testing of Shrewsbury man in Lake Quinsigamond death
The prosecution's motion said a sample of Joseph Dalrymple's DNA was needed for comparison with an unspecified item of evidence seized in the case.
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