Northborough Police Log
The following are excerpts from the Northborough police log for Tuesday, Jan. 3 through Monday, Jan. 9. The log is public record and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent unless found...
View ArticleWestborough man leads police on two-state chase
A Westborough man led police in two states on a chase in two different stolen vehicles on Friday before he was finally arrested in Lawrence, authorities said.Massachusetts State Police arrested Joseph...
View ArticleFramingham Police: Employee admits to return scam
FRAMINGHAM – An auto parts store employee admitted to his boss and police on Thursday that he made several fraudulent returns. Police arrested James Mulcahy, 46, of Framingham, on Thursday at 2:05 p.m....
View ArticlePair arrested at Natick Mall after FitBit theft
A Franklin woman kicked a Lord & Taylor security officer on Thursday after she and an Oxford woman were caught shoplifting, authorities said.Natick Police arrested Betty Marie Melo, 36, of...
View ArticleEx-salesman for Framingham drug firm points finger at exec
BOSTON - A former salesman for the company at the center of a deadly 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak, provided new details about the onset of the tragic events as he made a sales call to the Tennessee...
View ArticleAssault warrant leads to drug charges
FRAMINGHAM – Police found several varieties of drugs in a Framingham man’s home on Friday when officers went there to arrest him in a December assault case, a prosecutor said in Framingham District...
View ArticleLaw gives employers flexibility on pot policies
While the legal status of marijuana has changed significantly in Massachusetts, employers' rules and policies regarding the drug are largely unaffected.
View ArticleMeningitis victims watch as case against Framingham company proceeds
BOSTON - As the case of the worst American public health tragedy in recent memory unfolds in a 7th floor federal courtroom here, one spectator has a perspective vastly different from the lawyers,...
View ArticleVt. man charged in fatal 2014 accident involving former Stow, Hudson police...
WOODBURY, VT — After two and a half years, authorities in Vermont have charged a man who they say drove into two motorcyclists, killing a former Stow, Massachusetts, police chief and severely injuring...
View ArticleBellingham mother filed lawsuit against DOC in wrongful death of daughter
BELLINGHAM - Late on a June evening, Jacqueline Olivo paced frantically in her cell at MCI-Framingham. The 40-year-old woman had been addicted to drugs for about half her life and was also struggling...
View ArticleSaxonville fire leaves occupants homeless
A fire at a multi-family home in the Saxonville section of Framingham left the building uninhabitable, according to the Framingham Fire Department."All occupants are displaced for the night," said a...
View ArticleFramingham Police: Man assaults waitress
FRAMINGHAM – Police arrested a Westminster man after they said he threw his phone at a waitress on Sunday at an Irving Street restaurant.Ivan Lopez, 26, was angry because the waitress refused to serve...
View ArticleHomeless man charged with Framingham break-in
FRAMINGHAM – A homeless man posed as a teenage boy on Friday when police questioned him about a Marion Road break-in.But, after the homeowner identified him as the person who broke into her home,...
View ArticleMendon: Intoxicated driver crashes into pole
MENDON - An Uxbridge man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing his car into a pole on Hartford Avenue on Saturday night.Christopher Prairie, 30, crashed a red 2011...
View ArticleSudbury firefighters battle house fire
SUDBURY — Firefighters fought a three-alarm fire at a home at 15 Whitetail Lane Monday night, according to Fire Chief William Miles.The fire started on a porch of the 2 1/ 2-story home around 7:30 p.m....
View ArticleSouthborough group seeks to save golf course
SOUTHBOROUGH — Several residents are seeking to block the construction of a public safety building on the St. Mark's Golf Course, but still want the town to buy the land. A petition for the March 8...
View ArticleJudge opens hearing on OUI breath tests
CONCORD — A legal challenge that could have far-reaching effects for drunk driving cases in Massachusetts opened with an early blow to state prosecutors.After more than a year of preparation, Judge...
View ArticleFramingham: Doctor describes human toll in meningitis deaths
BOSTON — A doctor who suddenly found himself in the midst of a growing public health crisis broke down in tears as he told a jury about his first encounter with patients who had been sickened from...
View ArticleSJC won't overturn Dookhan-tained cases together
BOSTON — Thousands of drug convictions affected by a fraudulent state chemist will not be overturned in one move, but instead on a case-by-case basis, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said in a...
View ArticleState court won't overturn all drug cases tainted by Annie Dookhan
BOSTON — After they vacate and dismiss charges against individuals whose criminal cases were irrevocably tainted by disgraced chemist Annie Dookhan, state prosecutors by mid-May will need to alert...
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