After outburst, Njuguna ruled out of order; trial of driver in Trooper Clardy...
WORCESTER — Closing arguments in the case of the 33-year-old driver from Webster who was charged in the Massachusetts Turnpike death of Trooper Thomas L. Clardy were delayed several hours Tuesday,...
View ArticleFather in Blackstone house of horrors gets jail time
WORCESTER - The father of three dead children hidden by their mother in a closet in a trash-filled, bug-infested home in Blackstone agreed to a plea deal Tuesday in which he will avoid state prison but...
View ArticleNashoba teacher faces child porn charges
A teacher at Nashoba Regional High School is accused of exchanging nude photographs with one of her students.Dorothy Bancroft Veracka, 42, of Clinton, was arraigned Tuesday in Clinton District Court on...
View ArticleAnalysis: Crime data shows spike in Halloween holiday vandalism
From 2009 to 2018, pranksters across the country committed some 19,900 vandalism offenses on Halloween according to data from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System.
View ArticleBeware of tricks while seeking treats: Crime data shows spike in Halloween...
They don't call it trick or treat for nothing.While Halloween conjures thoughts of costumed kids begging for candy, the holiday also can turn into a night of rotten eggs and smashed pumpkins — or...
View ArticleWorcester man leads Westborough police on chase, crashes into cruiser
WESTBOROUGH – A Worcester man found passed out Wednesday afternoon behind the wheel of a car and surrounded by evidence of drug use led police on a chase after he woke up, eventually crashing his car...
View ArticleWorkplace safety group claims UPS did not report Marlborough fatal crash
MARLBOROUGH – A nonprofit that advocates for a safe workplace claims UPS failed to report a crash that killed a driver earlier this month.The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety &...
View ArticleFramingham Homesense employee charged with stealing from register
FRAMINGHAM – Police say a Homesense employee is accused of skimming cash from the register and stealing two chairs from the store.Police arrested Jamie Saporetti, 36, at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday.Saporetti,...
View ArticlePolice: Upton couple catches contractor in sex act on security cameras
Upon returning from vacation on Aug. 7, but before getting home, the Upton couple checked the live feed, and found Boudreau allegedly having sex with a pillow.
View ArticleMaddrey-Ammons was 'outspoken, fearless,' her brother says
Every other weekend, Jamia Maddrey-Ammons would invite all of her young nieces and cousins to her Interfaith Terrace apartment and host sleepovers, but those parties are done forever.
View ArticleJudge: Worcester man not guilty of animal abuse charges out of Ashland
ASHLAND – A Framingham District Court judge recently found a Worcester man not guilty of sexually and physically abusing a dog in Ashland earlier this year.After a bench trial in Framingham District...
View ArticleTwo men charged with burglary, stealing car in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – Two Framingham men forced their way into an Interfaith Terrace apartment on Saturday, assaulted a man and then stole his Mercedes, authorities said.Police arrested Hiram Aponte, 22, and...
View ArticleVIDEO: Natick Police search man suspected of breaking into a home
NATICK – Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man they said broke into a Lakeshore Road home on Friday.In a post on Facebook, which included a video of the suspect, police said the...
View ArticleDriver charged in Mass. Pike death of Trooper Thomas Clardy of Hudson gets...
WORCESTER - A new lawyer was appointed Monday to represent David K. Njuguna, the Webster man charged in the 2016 Massachusetts Turnpike death of State Trooper Thomas L. Clardy, after Njuguna told a...
View ArticleFBI: Man who spoke of hating Jews held in temple bomb plot
DENVER — A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday.The co-conspirators in the plot turned out to...
View ArticleBoston man arrested after tying to cash counterfeit check in Westborough
WESTBOROUGH – A Boston man used a stolen driver’s license and had more than eight credit cards with different names on him when police said he tried to cash a counterfeit check on Thursday at an East...
View ArticleNatick man faces third OUI charge after Wayland crash
WAYLAND – A Natick man’s quest for a bowl of soup ended in his arrest on Monday on drunken driving charges after he crashed into a tree on Commonwealth Road, authorities said.Police arrested Randy S....
View ArticleHudson Police sergeant suffers stroke in Spain; police ask public's help with...
HUDSON – The Hudson Police Department is asking people to help one of their own who is hospitalized in another country.Hudson Police Sgt. Scott Chaulk, 53, had a stroke in Barcelona, Spain, on Oct. 30,...
View ArticleTrial set in connection with overdose death of Shrewsbury man
WORCESTER — A May 18 trial date has been set for a Worcester man charged with manslaughter in connection with a Shrewsbury man's heroin overdose death.Cory Porter, 25, of 91 Green Hill Parkway,...
View ArticleSlain man's son: Our lives are 'ruined forever'
Matthew and Steven Potter, 36 and 34, respectively, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a series of charges stemming from the fatal January brawl outside an American Legion Post in Quincy, although only...
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