Former rep Fernandes joins law firm Nixon Peabody
MILFORD - Former state representative John Fernandes has closed his Milford law office after 35 years to take a job with global law firm, Nixon Peabody.At the Nixon Peabody, Fernandes serves as counsel...
View ArticleMilford group forms to push marijuana shop ban
MILFORD - Pointing to worries about public health and safety, a local citizens group is pushing for a ban on stores that sell recreational marijuana.Spearheaded by Citizens for Milford, the recently...
View ArticleDA: Framingham shooting suspect held for competency exam
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man, who authorities say vowed to kill police and then opened fire on them Thursday, will be held for a mental health evaluation, a Framingham District Court judge ruled on...
View ArticlePolice: Teen shot man with autism with a BB gun
UXBRIDGE - A teen used a BB gun when he shot a man with autism as he walked down Rte. 16 on Wednesday about 2 p.m., police said.Police say Samuel T. Patterson, 19, of Uxbridge, fired at least four...
View ArticleHolliston man arrested after striking Natick house
NATICK - A Holliston man was arrested just before midnight Friday, after police said he struck a house on Hartford Street.James Christian Sardina, 26, of 30 Queens Terrace, was charged with operating a...
View ArticleSJC limits police authority to detain illegal immigrants
BOSTON – The state’s highest court has ruled that Massachusetts police and court officers do not have the authority to hold people on federal immigration detainers unless they are charged with a...
View ArticleFramingham man faces strangulation charge after dispute
FRAMINGHAM – Whispering so her boyfriend wouldn’t hear, a Framingham woman called 911 begging police to come to her house to stop him from assaulting her, a prosecutor said in Framingham District Court...
View ArticleSJC: No Mass. law allows for civil immigration arrest
The state’s highest court has ruled that Massachusetts law does not allow court officers to hold someone based solely on a federal civil immigration detainer, a major decision that could impact how the...
View ArticleFramingham woman charged with OUI after Holliston crash
A Framingham woman’s blood alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit when she crashed her car into a mulch pile on Saturday, authorities said.Holliston Police arrested Raven J. Goldfarb,...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty, rescinds plea in Framingham case
FRAMINGHAM – A homeless man pleaded guilty Monday to charges he broke into a car on Friday, but rescinded his plea when a Framingham District Court judge said he would send him to jail for a year.David...
View ArticleTwo men arrested after Natick phone dispute
NATICK - A knife-wielding Norwood man threatened a Rhode Island man with a knife on Friday after the Rhode Island man stole and then broke his cellphone, authorities said.Natick Police arrested Jose A....
View ArticleCity man arrested after police say he pointed gun during argument
MARLBOROUGH – A 19-year-old city man who police say pointed a loaded gun at two men during an argument on Huntington Avenue Saturday night was ordered held on $2,000 bail during his arraignment...
View ArticleWoman charged with assault in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – A homeless woman helped her friend beat another woman earlier this month, sucker-punching the victim as she tried to defend herself, authorities said.Dawn Sampson, 40, faced charges in...
View ArticleFramingham judge holds suspect without bail for 4 days
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham District Court judge on Tuesday told a Framingham man she wanted to show him there are consequences to his alleged bad behavior. Judge Jennifer Stark revoked Adriano Silva’s...
View ArticleBreakspear hearing scheduled for Aug. 9 after competency exam
A dangerousness hearing for the man accused of shooting at police officers last week is scheduled for Aug. 9.Justin Breakspear, 31, faces dozens of charges: six counts each of attempted murder and...
View ArticleMarlborough man charged with assaulting officer after Hopkinton break
FRAMINGHAM - A Marlborough man faces charges after police say he broke into a Hopkinton laundromat and then assaulted an officer after a short chase.Jermaine Sampson, 40, of 196 Maine St., Apt 1.,...
View ArticleBarnstable man faces third OUI after five-car crash in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham District Court judge on Thursday ordered a Barnstable man accused of being drunk when he crashed his pickup truck into four parked cars in March not to drink any alcohol.Judge...
View ArticleFramingham man arrested after domestic assault
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham woman told police her boyfriend threatened to kill her and ripped apart their mattress on Thursday in what she said was a pattern of abuse over the past several months,...
View ArticleTwo men arrested in Framingham armed robbery
FRAMINGHAM – An admitted crack dealer told police he was robbed by two men on Tuesday and then beaten the next day because they wanted to take over the corner where he sold drugs, authorities...
View ArticleHolliston resident accused of squatting at Connecticut farm
A Holliston woman at the center of a nuisance property complaint this spring is now accused of squatting at a farm in Connecticut.Holliston Health Agent Scott Moles said the resident, Rebecca Brodie,...
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