Cause of Framingham fire unknown
FRAMINGHAM – A building that houses nine businesses significantly damaged by a Monday fire can be saved, but will need significant construction work before it can be reopened, a town building inspector...
View ArticleJudge won't dismiss pot charges in Trooper Clardy case
WORCESTER — A judge has denied a motion to dismiss several of the charges pending against the driver in a crash earlier this year that claimed the life of state Trooper Thomas L. Clardy.David K....
View ArticleWorcester man charged with $20K tool theft
A Worcester man charged with breaking into two work vans in Framingham last week is now accused of breaking into a van in Natick and stealing thousands of dollars worth of tools, a prosecutor said...
View ArticleFramingham man charged with assaulting, kidnapping wife
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man is accused of holding his wife in their apartment against her will on Wednesday, authorities said.Police arrested Waldemar Gramajo-Lopez, 39, at 8:45 p.m., about two hours...
View ArticleViolent crime rate sinks to 41-year low in Massachusetts: FBI data
FRAMINGHAM — After peaking in the early 1990s, the violent crime rate has dropped by more than half in the Bay State, falling last year to its lowest level since 1974, according to FBI data.Statistics...
View ArticleHopkinton: R.A.D. classes teaches self-defense
HOPKINTON — Police Sgt. Tim Brennan, decked out in protective gear, lurked behind 16-year-old Kaila Goldstein on a recent afternoon inside the Hopkinton High School gym and started heckling her. In a...
View ArticleWidow of Trooper from Hudson sues driver in fatal crash
HUDSON — The widow of Trooper Thomas L. Clardy has filed a civil lawsuit against the driver whose speeding vehicle allegedly crashed into the trooper’s cruiser, killing him.Reisa Clardy, of Hudson,...
View ArticleFBI: Violent crime rate sinks to 41-year low in Bay State
FRAMINGHAM — After peaking in the early 1990s, the violent crime rate has dropped by more than half in the Bay State, falling last year to its lowest level since 1974, according to FBI data.Statistics...
View ArticleHome a total loss after Northborough fire
NORTHBOROUGH - A single-family home on Crestwood Drive was destroyed by a two-alarm fire Monday morning. .At approximately 7 a.m. the fire department received a 911 call reporting heavy fire at 70...
View ArticleR.I. fugitive's car recovered in Framingham
Two corrections officers have been placed on leave as authorities investigate an inmate's escape from a federal detention center.The prison warden said former Army reservist James Morales escaped...
View ArticleInmate made way to Framingham hours after prison break, say officials
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — An inmate who escaped Saturday from a Rhode Island detention center was spotted in a Framingham neighborhood hours after his escape, according to residents, reports our news...
View ArticleManhunt continues for escapee who dumped car in Framingham
Authorities are still searching for a prisoner who escaped from a federal lockup in Rhode Island and surfaced in Framingham on Sunday where police say he dumped a car he stole in Attleboro.On Tuesday...
View ArticleTrial begins in deaths linked to Framingham pharmacy
They came from six different states and ranged in age from 47 to 89. There were 25 in all and they all died after being injected with a drug from the New England Compounding Center that was supposed to...
View ArticleTrial to begin over meningitis outbreak that killed 64 total
BOSTON — Jury selection is set to begin in the murder trial of a former top executive at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that has been blamed for a national meningitis outbreak that killed 64...
View ArticleAshland man charged with child rapes
An Ashland man is facing multiple rape charges after authorities said he assaulted the girl several times over a six-month period.Ashland Police arrested Scott Ployer Jr., 30, at his 19 Presidents Row,...
View ArticleFramingham man sent for evaluation after assaults
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man will be sent to Bridgewater State Hospital to see if he is fit to help defend himself against allegations that he injured two firefighters and assaulted a Framingham...
View ArticleWaltham man charged with DUI after Framingham crash
FRAMINGHAM – A Waltham man's car shattered a utility pole Sunday and blamed the crash on the large amount of alcohol he drank celebrating the new year, police said.Sean Kennedy, 29, told police he took...
View ArticlePolice: Road rage in Framingham leads to woman's arrest
FRAMINGHAM – A Boston woman, enraged with what she called a man’s bad driving on Saturday, assaulted that driver and a police officer, authorities said.Police arrested Jessica Whitfield, 26, after the...
View ArticleFramingham man held without bail in attack on girlfriend
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man refused to let his ex-girlfriend leave his apartment on Tuesday, punched her and threatened to kill her, a prosecutor said.Police arrested Christopher McLaughlin, 28, at...
View ArticleNatick teen arrested after he speeds away from police stop
A Natick teen was let go by police instead of being arrested for his erratic driving on West Central Street. But, moments after Officer Dylan Punch let Todd Cafferty Jr., 18, leave after pulling him...
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