A legal adviser to police chiefs says Massachusetts law requires that police officers be legally able to use a firearm.
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Legal or not, South Shore police chiefs say cops can't use pot
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Police join investigation of abuse charges at Hingham day care center
The state Department of Children and Families confirmed the allegations of abuse by teachers at the Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance company site Friday. The company said one teacher has been fired and a second teacher is on leave.
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Quincy man arrested as FBI takes down alleged meth ring
QUINCY - A Quincy man was among nearly a dozen people arrested Thursday as the FBI took down what it described as a ring of methamphetamine dealers working in California and Massachusetts.James Giannetta, a 61-year-old man who had been living in a rented townhouse on Quarry Street, made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Boston on Thursday afternoon and is being held by U.S. Marshalls while awaiting his arraignment Tuesday on multiple counts of methamphetamine [...]
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Another year in jail for child rapist from Weymouth who violated parole
WARWICK, R.I. - A child rapist and kidnapper from Weymouth admitted Friday that he violated the terms of his parole by visiting the Quincy public library shortly after he was released from prison.A Kent County Superior Court judge ordered Richard Gardner, 49, to serve another year in jail for the violation. He will receive credit for the five weeks he has spent in jail awaiting a hearing.Garner waived his right to a yhearing on Friday.Gardner was released [...]
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Stoughton man indicted on federal drug charge
Sedrick Oliveira was indicted by a grand jury in federal court on a charge of selling fentanyl, cocaine and oxycodone.
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Search on for man who tried to rob Whitman bank
Police are using a dog to search the downtown area and are reviewing surveillance video as they search for the prospective thief.
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Former Weymouth woman stabbed to death in Kentucky
RADCLIFF, Kentucky - A former Weymouth woman who recently lived in Randolph was stabbed to death earlier this month in her apartment in Radcliff, Kentucky, allegedly by her roommate.WLKY, a CBS affiliate in Louisville, reports that Kimberly Mayberger, 48, was reported missing earlier this month by her mother, who still lives in Quincy. Police told the station that Mayberger's body was found Nov. 14 after her roommate, Paul Ellefritz Jr., was caught trying to steal dog food from a [...]
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Possibilities for keeping child rapist jailed long-term are unclear
WEYMOUTH – A convicted child rapist and kidnapper from Weymouth will stay locked up until at least next October, but whether authorities have any legal options to keep him in custody beyond then remains unclear.Richard Gardner, 49, admitted Friday that he violated the terms of his parole by visiting the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy shortly after he was released from prison. Garner waived his right to a hearing on Friday, according to Amy Kempe, a spokesperson for [...]
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Man convicted in brutal Plymouth murder dies in prison
BROCKTON - A former Stoughton man convicted in the brutal 1977 murder of a Hanson school teacher has died behind bars, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz said Monday.The district attorney said Eric H. Anderson, Jr., 89, died over the weekend from an illness. Anderson had been serving a life sentence for the 1977 murder of Ruth Masters in a Plymouth state park and had been working to get more DNA testing.Anderson, a Stoughton native with a long history of [...]
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Former Weymouth banker admits to stealing from orphaned siblings
DEDHAM – A former Weymouth bank executive has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the theft of tens of thousands of dollars from accounts set up for the children of his sister and brother-in-law after they were killed in a car crash. William R. Hartnett, 45, is due to be sentenced next month on three counts of fiduciary embezzlement, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Hartnett has reserved his right to revoke his plea if the judge, Gregg Pasquale, [...]
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Man run over by his own truck, killed in Stoughton
A Rhode Island man was killed when he was run over by his own box truck in the BJ’s parking lot early Tuesday morning, but police are still investigating what occurred.
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$5,000 from Cops for Kids with Cancer will help Rockland man with leukemia
ROCKLAND -- A local charitable organization is helping take the financial bite out of a young Rockland man’s battle with leukemia and a rare disease.Braintree-based Cops for Kids with Cancer presented a $5,000 donation to 21-year-old Alex Smith during a ceremony held Thursday at the Rockland police station. The Rockland Police Department had recommended Smith as good candidate for help with his medical expenses.Cops for Kids with Cancer board member Edward [...]
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Teen arraigned on manslaughter charge in fatal Weymouth crash
QUINCY - A Weymouth teenager has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a late-night crash that killed a 15-year-old classmate from Archbishop Williams High School and injured another.John Crowley, 17, was released to his parents Wednesday morning after his arraignment in Quincy District Court on charges of manslaughter and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in the death of Kate McCarthy, an honor student and athlete killed in the crash last spring. Crowley [...]
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Marshfield man's larceny conviction reversed
The state appeals court found that the evidence introduced against Marshfield resident Damien Long during his district court trial was not sufficient to sustain the conviction of larceny of over $250 by false pretenses.
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State Police cruiser rear-ended by impaired driver on 93
BOSTON - A State Police trooper was brought to a Boston hospital late Thanksgiving night after his cruiser was rear-ended on Route 93 by a driver who police say was impaired by drugs or alcohol.David Procopio, a spokesman for the State Police, said the trooper was left with neck and back pain but is expected to return to work "within a few days." The driver of the other vehicle, identified as Reginald Pyram of Roxbury, was arrested for driving while impaired and [...]
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Cleared by evidence mishandling, man demands court fees too
BOSTON - A man whose drug conviction was thrown out because of a massive evidence handling scandal at a state crime lab has lost his bid to get his court fees back too.In a decision issued Friday, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Pierce A. Martin had no grounds to demand the return of several hundred dollars in fees he paid after pleading guilty in 2011 to marijuana possession charges out of Quincy. Martin was allowed to withdraw his plea in 2012 because the evidence in the [...]
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Drugs worth more than $100,000 seized from Quincy apartment
QUINCY - A Quincy man was held on $20,000 bail and another remained at large Monday after police say detectives seized a stash of opioids and cocaine from their apartment with a street value of more than $100,000.Quincy police say they’re now reviewing documents seized from the men’s apartment off Granite Street to identify their customers and the suppliers for what police described as a "large-scale operation." Det. Lt. Patrick Glyn, the head of the department’s [...]
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Scituate man accuses financial authority of conspiracy in federal court
Both Mark Pompeo, of Scituate, and his counsel said that the complaint, which alleges the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and a private company conspired against hedge fund employees by tampering with emails, has the potential to be a “landmark” case.
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Jury selection begins in trial of Hingham cop charged with insurance fraud
PLYMOUTH - Jury selection began this morning in the trial of a Hingham police sergeant accused of lying about an on-the-job injury and filing fraudulent insurance claims.Kris Phillips, a veteran police officer who has been on leave from the Hingham Police Department since last year, has been charged with two counts of insurance and one each of perjury and witness intimidation. He was indicted in December 2015 and stopped receiving pay from the town the following month. [...]
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Hingham cop's insurance fraud trial underway
Police Sgt. Kris Phillips, 53, is charged with faking an on-duty injury in July 2015 and then filing a false medical-insurance claim. He's being tried in Plymouth Superior Court, and has been suspended without pay since he was indicted.
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