BOSTON - Federal prosecutors trying for the second time to have Gary Lee Sampson put to death are working to keep the convicted spree killer from convincing jurors that he feels remorse for murdering two men on the South Shore and a third in New Hampshire more than 15 years ago.Prosecutors on Friday filed a motion seeking an opportunity to address the jury after Sampson makes a statement that they say will likely include "heretofore unspoken remorse" for the murders of the three [...]
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Prosecutors want to counter Sampson's claims of remorse
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Arrest made following report of man dropping gun at Quincy T station
QUINCY - A homeless man was arrested on a outstanding warrant Monday after police say he was seen carrying a pellet gun that had been altered so it looked real.Capt John. Dougan of the Quincy Police Department said officer were sent to the Quincy Center MBTA station around 2 p.m. Monday after a caller reported seeing a man drop a handgun on the ground and pick it back up. Dougan said officers found Xavier A. Gonzalez, 23, on nearby Seville Street and discovered that he had a black [...]
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Driver charged in wrong-way crash in North Quincy
QUINCY - A Brockton man will face charges after police say he crossed over onto the wrong side of Newport Avenue Extension and crashed head on into another car, sending a 71-year-old Dorchester woman to the hospital.Police say Michael Perry, 29, will be summoned to court on charges of negligent driving and violating marked lanes. Perry was not arrested following the crash, which occurred around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday near Hancock Street in North Quincy.Capt. John Dougan of [...]
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Former Ledger worker facing felony charges in superior court
A former Patriot Ledger office manager indicted on charges of embezzling more than a quarter of a million dollars from the newspaper's parent company has a pretrial hearing scheduled for next month.
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State investigating abuse claims against Judge Rotenberg employees
Two men are charged with beating and spitting on a mentally disabled patient in the center's Randolph facility where they worked.
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Police investigating possible credit card skimmers at Plymouth Walmart
PLYMOUTH - Multiple credit card skimmers were recently found at a Walmart store in Plymouth, according a company spokeswoman.A spokeswoman for the store at 300 Colony Place Rd. said it has turned surveillance video over to police and is working to notify customers who may have used their cards at the registers where the devices were found."We have no tolerance for crime against our customers or our associates. As soon as we heard about possible fraud in our store, we [...]
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With marijuana legal, many police dogs are now overqualified
QUINCY - Before he was cleared to join the force, the newest dog at the Quincy Police Department was brought into a room with than 200 pounds of marijuana so his handler could see what he would do."No interest whatsoever," said Lt. Robert Gillan.The dog, Charlie, had passed the test with flying colors. Unlike previous generations of police dogs, Charlie had been trained to detect only the smell of cocaine, opioids and methamphetamines – not marijuana, which [...]
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Dedham man indicted for murder of his father
A Norfolk County Grand Jury indicted Alexander Anderson, 26, of Dedham today for the October murder of his father in the home they shared, according to Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey."The indictment is for a single count of murder," said Morrissey in a statement. "The Norfolk Superior Court arraignment has been set for 2 p.m on December 21."At his Dedham District Court arraignment on Oct. 25, Anderson pled not guilty and was ordered held without bail by [...]
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Weymouth home invasion suspects held on $250,000 bail each.
Two brothers charged in a home invasion Sunday in Weymouth have had their bail set at $250,000 each.
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Major drug ring had ties to South Shore
A year-long drug investigation led prosecutors to 41 suspects, including a Braintree man, officials said.
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Robber holds Stoughton clerk at gunpoint while thief steals money
A clerk was held at gunpoint Thursday night while a second thief took money and cigarettes from the store.
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Braintree man charged in hit-and-run fatality
A 34-year-old Braintree man has been charged in hit-and-run accident on Shaw Street Thursday night that claimed the life of a 62 year-old Braintree woman.
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Quincy courtroom cleared as man yells, woman faints
A Quincy courtroom was abruptly cleared this morning as a woman fainted and a man in the audience yelled "murderer" at a sobbing defendant accused of leaving the scene of a fatal pedestrian crash in Braintree last week.Moments earlier, Judge Mark Coven had set bail at $10,000 cash for Ryan Brady, a 34-year-old Braintree resident charged with leaving the scene of a crash causing the death of 62-year-old Irina Hyde, also of Braintree. Brady sobbed uncontrollably throughout the [...]
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Quincy cab driver charged in pedestrian death
A Yellow Cab of Quincy taxi driver is criminally charged in an incident that left a man dead.
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Do you recognize these Stoughton gas-station thieves?
Police released still surveillance images Monday in hopes of identifying the men who robbed the gas station while armed last Thursday.
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They left DNA behind a year ago in Stoughton, now they're charged
Police have charged three people in two, year-old break-ins after DNA taken from the crime scenes finally matched people in the nationwide system.
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Appeals court overturns corruption conviction of probation officials
A federal appeals court on Monday threw out the guilty findings in a 2014 federal corruption trial of three former Massachusetts Probation Department officials.Former state Probation Commissioner John O'Brien, of Quincy, was convicted of racketeering, organized crime and mail fraud, for his role in a hiring scheme in which he was accused of catering to hiring requests made by state lawmakers. Two of his deputies were convicted on lesser charges.Many of the politically [...]
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Former insurance official from Braintree admits to stealing $120,000 from state
A former state official from Braintree has avoided jail time after admitting to stealing more than $120,000 from the state’s health insurance program for public employees.Ennio Manto, the 52-year-old former director of the Group Insurance Commission’s finance division, pleaded guilty to two counts of larceny of more than $250 and one count of conflict of interest in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday and was sentenced to three years of probation. Judge Rosalind Miller [...]
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Keys to solving these Stoughton crimes – a soda can and cigarette
Police have charged three people in two, year-old break-ins after DNA taken from the crime scenes finally matched people in the nationwide system.
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Court faults Plymouth County sheriff for lacking policy on vehicle searches
BOSTON - The State Appeals has ruled that sheriff’s deputies do not have wide personal discretion in searching vehicles parked at county jails.The ruling issued Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision tossing out drug evidence seized by a Plymouth County deputy who ordered a man to unlock his car after seeing a pill bottle inside. The court ruled that because the Plymouth county sheriff did not have protocols in place for vehicle searches at the facility, the deputy would [...]
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