Crime occurred: Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017Location: Braintree Best Buy, 550 Grossman Drive.Case details: A man used a stolen credit card to buy a MacBook pro and an iPhone case valued at a total of $1,658.48.Investigator: Braintree police officer Calvin Ahearn.Case number: 18410If you have any information about the identity of this [...]
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MASS MOST WANTED: Man used stolen credit card in Braintree
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Quincy police lieutenant due back in federal court next week
BOSTON - A police lieutenant accused of defrauding the city of thousands of dollars is due back in court next week as his case moves toward a trial that both sides say is inevitable.Thomas Corliss, the former special operations head accused of making some $11,000 by claiming he was working details at the same time he was being paid for being on duty or on vacation, is scheduled for a final status conference Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Boston. The date for his [...]
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Dismissal sought in Plymouth massage parlor case
PLYMOUTH – A lawyer has accused a local police detective of lying to a grand jury to secure human-trafficking indictments involving three massage parlors two years ago.Defense attorney Conrad Bletzer said he has the affidavits to prove it.In a hearing Friday in Superior Court in Brockton, Bletzer said he has affidavits from two women who say they never spoke with police Sgt. Christopher Butler about suspicious activities at the Elysium Spa in Manomet. Bletzer [...]
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Randolph man at center of drug raid lived lavish lifestyle, say police
Sixteen people were arrested when more than 200 police officers executed 19 raids centered around a Randolph drug ring.
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Quincy police: Cocaine found in Brockton man's underwear
QUINCY - A Brockton man was arrested after police said he was found to be hiding a dozen baggies of crack cocaine in his underwear over the weekend in Quincy.Police were on routine patrol in the area of Quarry Street around 6:45 p.m. Saturday, when they saw the driver of a Toyota sedan cross the yellow line, Quincy police Cpt. John Dougan said.They stopped the driver, Rhys Snyder, 39, of 128 Ashfield Drive, Brockton, at the intersection of Quarry Street and Hall Place. [...]
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Police: Woman suffered heroin overdose in Quincy court lockup
QUINCY - A woman suffered a heroin overdose inside a lockup cell at the Quincy District Court shortly before the closing of business Friday afternoon, police said.Police and paramedics were called to the courthouse, at 1 Dennis Ryan Parkway, around 4 p.m. for a report of a 25-year-old Dorchester woman in the lockup that was overdosing.The woman, whose identity was not released, had appeared in court voluntarily for a hearing she had on an open case. That same day, a [...]
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Braintree man indicted in fatal hit-and-run facing drug charges
FALMOUTH – A Braintree man who police say left a dying 62-year-old woman behind after hitting with her with his car last December is now facing drug charges after being arrested in Mashpee.Ryan Brady, 34, was arraigned Friday in Falmouth District Court on charges of uttering a false prescription, uttering false writing, forgery of a document, conspiracy to violate the drug laws and accessory after the fact. He was held on $5,000 cash bail and is due back in court on those [...]
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Affidavit: Quincy child-porn suspect had videos of girls as young as 4
BOSTON - A Quincy man charged earlier this month with child-pornography possession had more than a hundred videos and images on his computer depicting girls who appeared as young as 4, according to a federal affidavit unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court.Nicholas Oslander Jr., a 67-year-old registered sex offender who had been living in a boarding house near Quincy High School, has been held by U.S. Marshals since his arrest March 10 and was due back in court today for a [...]
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Bristol Sheriff Hodgson blasts Brockton rep for warning of immigrant raid
Tension over illegal immigration in Massachusetts spiked on Tuesday after a Brockton lawmaker warned her city about a potential federal raid and Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson told a congressional hearing that officials in "sanctuary cities" should be arrested.
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34 car break-ins reported in Quincy, Weymouth in five days
QUINCY - Police in Quincy and Weymouth are urging residents to lock their car doors after at least 34 residents have reported having their vehicles ransacked within the past five days.All of the cars that were entered were unlocked, according to Quincy police Sgt. Karyn Barkas and Weymouth police Capt. Richard Fuller. The incidents started on Friday, March 24."This is a crime of opportunity. Please lock your doors," Barkas said.Reports of break-ins first [...]
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Police warn of phone scam after elderly Hingham woman victimized
HINGHAM – A 79-year-old Hingham woman was the victim of a recent phone scam where she gave up her credit and debit card numbers and Social Security number under the guise of having someone fix a virus on her computer, police said. The scam, known by police as the Microsoft Computer Repair Scam, involves a caller claiming to be a Microsoft employee who can remotely fix viruses on computers. The woman did not have any money taken from her, but now has a high risk of [...]
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AUDIO: Immigration raid rumor in Brockton brings attention to real fears
While a state lawmaker caused controversy with a warning to the undocumented about a federal raid in Brockton on Wednesday based solely upon rumors, advocates for local immigrants say that concerns about enforcement actions in the city are very real. They also say that Brockton area immigrants are being unfairly demonized, and that public officials from the the city need to do more to speak up on their behalf.
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Hanover's Yellowman almost done with clean-up – and court
Town officials took Harold Watt Jr. to court in November 2016 to force him to clean up the clutter in and outside his Route 53 house. Now his attorney says he may be one last housing court visit away from being free of supervision.
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Rockland man indicted in South Shore bank robbery spree
DEDHAM - A Norfolk County grand jury had indicted a Rockland man accused of robbing or trying to rob a series of banks in Quincy and four South Shore towns in a 10-day spree this past September.David A. Poulos, 29, is charged with three counts of unarmed robbery and one count each of attempted unarmed robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon stemming from robberies between Sept. 3 and 10 at bank branches in Quincy, Braintree, Weymouth and Canton. Poulos is facing separate [...]
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Hingham woman arrested after harrowing high-speed chase
WEYMOUTH - A 20-year-old Hingham woman was arrested Thursday morning after police say she led officers on a harrowing high-speed chase from Weymouth to Cohasset while smiling and laughing at the cruisers on her tail.Katrina Lumbert was charged with drugged driving, reckless driving, speeding, failing to stop for a police and violating marked lanes, Weymouth police said Thursday evening. Records from her arraignment were not available.Weymouth police say an officer first [...]
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Federal Judge rules civil suit against Plymouth DA can proceed to trial
Former Plymouth County assistant district attorney John Bradley brought the action against Plymouth District Attorney Tim Cruz and his former top assistant, among others, claiming wrongful termination in part because Bradley refused to donate to his 2010 re-election campaign. Bradley is seeking $1.5 million in damages.
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Weymouth police link pair to another home break-in
WEYMOUTH – A man and woman who were arrested last year in connection with a Weymouth house break-in were arrested again in town Wednesday after police said they stole jewelry from a home and solicited donations for a fake cancer walk.Richard J. Curtis, 32, of 117 Longmeadow Drive, Holbrook, and Amanda Powell, 28, of 175 Hovendon Ave., Brockton, were arrested on Elmer Road, in a small neighborhood off Thicket Street in South Weymouth, following a report police received about [...]
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Feds: Quincy child porn fugitive captured in Denver
QUINCY - A Quincy man who fled following federal child pornography charges in 2015 was captured this week in Colorado, authorities say.Scot Letourneau, 44, formerly of Quincy and Maine, was arrested in May 2015 and charged with receipt and possession of child pornography out of the state's U.S. District Court.He was arrested in Denver on Wednesday on a warrant as a fugitive from justice, according to a statement from the Department of Justice. He was detained following [...]
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Defiant DuBois: 'I'm proud of myself' for warning Brockton illegal immigrants
During a lengthy exclusive interview with The Enterprise on Thursday afternoon, state Rep. Michelle DuBois, D-Brockton, was defiant about the scrutiny she has received for tipping off undocumented immigrants about a suspected raid and she disagreed with the notion that she was putting federal law enforcement agents in danger. Instead, DuBois said she was helping immigrants to know their rights and was letting ICE know that their supposed raid in Brockton was compromised.
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MASS MOST WANTED: Cops seek suspect in Randolph assault
Crime occurred: Feb. 7, 2017Location: McDonald’s, 8 Highland Ave., RandolphCase details: A man attempted to rob a person’s cell phone inside McDonald's and struck the victim in the face causing an injury.Investigator: Randolph Detective Sgt. Jason FisherCase number: 18402If you have any information about the identity of [...]
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