N.Y. teen fatally stabbed as peers filmed, police say
The final bell rang Monday at Oceanside High School, and before long more than 50 teenagers had gathered in a strip mall parking lot a few blocks away.One was Khaseen Morris, 16. He was told to show...
View ArticleMom: Students videoed as large group of girls beat daughter
RANDOLPH — A Randolph mother says her 12-year-old daughter was left with a concussion after being beaten by more than a dozen Randolph middle and high school students.Norma Picard said she and her...
View ArticleParole Board weighs release of woman in texting suicide case
The judge found then-17-year-old Michelle Carter caused her boyfriend's 2014 death when she ordered him during a phone call to get back in his carbon monoxide-filled truck.
View ArticleMilford town attorney: No manipulation in police chief case
“I was never asked, instructed, or threatened by Selectman Buckley, to issue an opinion ‘tailored to meet’ any predetermined conclusion,” the affidavit reads. “No selectman ever suggested to me what...
View ArticleStow man faces heroin, cocaine distribution charges in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM- A Stow man arrested Wednesday sold cocaine and heroin out of an Edmands Road apartment, authorities said.Police arrested Charles Claussen, 28, on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. following an...
View ArticleTwo face cocaine charges after I-290 stop
SHREWSBURY - A man and a woman from Connecticut are facing cocaine trafficking charges after a motor-vehicle stop Wednesday night on Interstate 290. In a press release, State Police say they pulled...
View ArticleMan charged in Marlborough church break-in
A little after 2 a.m. Wednesday, neighbors called police because they heard glass shattering. When officers arrived, they saw glass on the ground in the alley beside the church.
View ArticleWestborough woman accused of driving into water with kids in car arraigned
NEWPORT, R.I. — A 30-year-old woman facing six felony charges after police said she intentionally drove into a Portsmouth reservoir in June with three young children in the vehicle pleaded innocent to...
View ArticleMichelle Carter is denied early release
BOSTON — Massachusetts officials have denied an early jail release for Michelle Carter, the Plainville woman currently imprisoned for urging her suicidal boyfriend via text messages to take his own...
View ArticleFormer Milford woman, accused of driving into water with kids in car, arraigned
Police said Amanda Nappi intentionally drove her 2007 Toyota Highlander into the Lawton Valley Reservoir on June 28, with three young children as passengers.
View ArticleDA: Two Framingham men tried to rob man of prescriptions in Natick
A witness, a 74-year-old retired police officer, said he saw LaPerle and Davis walking with the much smaller victim. He said he saw them knock the man to the ground and kick him.
View ArticleIs she Maggie Cruz? Police hope for insight into 42-year-old case that may...
Pennsylvania State Police and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children are seeking the help of people from the MetroWest region in identifying a murder victim they believe might be from...
View ArticleMan held without bail in violent Holliston domestic abuse case
HOLLISTON – A Dorchester man, arrested Thursday for beating his girlfriend unconscious earlier this month, has terrorized the Holliston woman for months whenever she tried to end the relationship,...
View ArticleNew beginnings: Christian Science Reading Room, destroyed in July fire,...
A devastating fire two months ago destroyed the Christian Science Reading Room, and seven businesses in downtown Natick. The reading room is the first to reopen.
View ArticleFramingham State student arrested on child porn charges after allegedly...
A Framingham State University football player is charged with possessing child pornography after police said they found a video on his phone of a young child performing a sexual act on a man.
View ArticleMan charged with knife assault during Framingham fight
FRAMINGHAM – Authorities say a man tried to stab another man in the stomach with a box cutter on Monday at the Waverly Street train station.Police arrested Nardy Resto, 42, after the 7:15 p.m....
View ArticleFramingham judge worries over Ashland man's alleged 'pattern of violence'
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham District Court judge expressed concern Tuesday about an Ashland man’s history of violence, including an arrest last week involving an attack with a baseball bat and a...
View ArticleNorfolk sheriff hands out playing cards meant to get inmates talking
DEDHAM — Inmates playing cards in the Norfolk County jail will now have the faces of wanted suspects, murdered victims and missing people staring back at them.Decks of cards featuring the photos of...
View ArticleFormer Framingham resident not victim in Pennsylvania cold case murder
Pennsylvania authorities have ruled out a former Framingham woman as the victim of a 1976 murder.Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Brian Knoll on Wednesday said he has spoken to Madelyn "Maggie" Cruz,...
View ArticleThreat against Hopkinton schools is 'not credible' police say
Deputy Police Chief Joseph Bennett said the threat came via email to a school administrator. It appears that the same or similar threats were sent to other schools throughout in the state.
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