Framingham Police: No evidence escaped prisoner remains local
FRAMINGHAM – Police say they do not believe that an escaped Rhode Island prisoner seen in Framingham over the weekend is still in town, but are remaining on the lookout just in case.On Saturday, James...
View ArticleFramingham woman charged with OUI after crash
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham woman totaled her car and one of the two cars she crashed into while driving drunk on Tuesday, police said.Police arrested Shawnita Masso, 32, at 6:02 p.m., about 15 minutes...
View ArticleFirst look at budget in Southborough
SOUTHBOROUGH — Town officials are weighing how to pay for a nearly $20 million public safety building, including keeping it within the town's annual budget rather than financing it through a...
View ArticleMarlborough police seek home invaders
MARLBOROUGH – Police have identified Jonathan Pinho as one of the men involved in a New Year’s Day home invasion, according to a press release from Police Chief Mark Leonard.Homeowners told police that...
View ArticleNatick hat store employee admits to return scam
A Natick man admitted he made numerous false returns at the Natick Mall store he worked at because he needed money to buy Christmas gifts, authorities said.Natick Police arrested Samuel Barragan, 22,...
View ArticlePolice: Robber of Cambridge bank could be escapee James Morales
Authorities say a man who robbed a bank in Cambridge Thursday morning matches the description of prison escapee James Morales.Morales, who onced lived in Cambridge, has been on the run since Saturday,...
View ArticleMarlborough: Teen charged with home invasion
MARLBOROUGH – A Northborough teen who police say took part in a New Year’s Day home invasion was ordered held without bail Thursday pending a dangerousness hearing next week. Jonathan Pinho, 19, turned...
View ArticleBerlin man charged in Framingham with possessing drugs
FRAMINGHAM – A Berlin man had numerous illegal and prescription drugs in his car when police confronted him on Wednesday on Grant Street.Police went to Grant Street and found Adrian S. Carleton, 37,...
View ArticleNatick Police search for sunglasses thief
NATICK – Police are asking the public’s help to identify a man they said stole $1,500 worth of sunglasses from a Natick Mall store last month.According to the Natick Police Department’s Facebook page,...
View ArticleTelexFree: Feds seize $20M in box spring in Westborough
BOSTON - Federal agents seized approximately $20 million in cash hidden inside a box spring in Westborough and arrested a Brazilian man late Wednesday as part of the continuing investigation of the...
View ArticleEscaped federal prisoner captured in Somerville
SOMERVILLE – In his last moments of freedom, James Morales desperately climbed a fence to escape a state police trooper and a return to prison.He made it over one fence but Trooper James Merrick...
View ArticleFramingham man charged with stabbing girlfriend
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man stabbed his girlfriend in the leg and then punched her in the face for going to the hospital to be treated, authorities said on Friday.Police arrested Angel Reyes, 20, on...
View ArticleMan accused of stealing trade secrets in Hopkinton
A former Acton man who worked for a Hopkinton-based medical technology company is accused of stealing trade secrets.Richard A. McCabe, 42, pleaded not guilty to the allegations at his Framingham...
View ArticlePlainville cop struck while investigating shoplifting report at Target
By Heather McCarronhmccarron@wickedlocal.comPLAINVILLE – A Police officer was struck and injured by a suspect Sunday morning as he was responding to a report of a shoplifting in progress at Target at...
View ArticleExecutive set to go on trial in meningitis outbreak case
BOSTON — Testimony is set to get underway in the racketeering trial of the former president of a compounding pharmacy blamed for a national meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people and sickened...
View ArticleLIVE: Court proceedings in Blackstone 'House of Horror' case
WORCESTER — Daily News reporter Zach Comeau is in Worcester District Court Monday morning following the so-called "House of Horrors" case. Richard Rivera, who stands accused of child assault, is...
View ArticleLawyer: Executive blamed in meningitis outbreak not to blame
BOSTON — A lawyer for the former president of a compounding pharmacy blamed for a deadly national meningitis outbreak has told jurors that his client isn't responsible.Barry Cadden is accused of...
View ArticleLawyers argue Blackstone dad shouldn't be charged with child assault
WORCESTER - The defense for a Blackstone man accused of abusing two young children that he claims were hidden from him in the same house outline the case to dismiss two of the seven crimes in which he...
View ArticleFramingham man held without bail as danger
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham District Court judge on Monday ruled a Framingham man, accused of kidnapping and assaulting his ex-girlfriend, is dangerous and ordered him held without bail.Judge David Frank...
View ArticleDA: Framingham man threatened mom with sword
FRAMINGHAM – An argument about alcohol on Friday ended with a Framingham man threatening his mother with a martial arts sword, a prosecutor said Monday in Framingham District Court.Jeremy Morgan, 41,...
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