MARSEILLE, France. — The four Americans who were injured by acid in an incident in Marseille, France are all Boston College students, the school confirmed, according to our news partners WCVB.The university said the four students were sprayed in the face with acid outside the Marseille-St. Charles train station Sunday morning.A 41-year-old French woman was arrested by police in connection with the incident. Police said they do not believe the attack is related to [...]
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BC students injured in acid attack in France
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Milton police urge residents to be aware of scams
Earlier this month, police said, two Milton residents received U.S. Postal Service priority mail packages containing letters claiming they had won “secret shopper” experiences. Both people recognized the checks were part of a scam intended to defraud them.
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VIDEO: Police say robber has struck another Quincy business
QUINCY - Police believe a man who robbed a Quincy gas station earlier this month also hit a grocery store over the weekend.Police said officers were called to Lucky Shamrock, a grocery store on Beale Street specializing in products imported from Ireland, for an armed robbery around 9:15 p.m. Sunday. The robber was described as a five-foot-10-inch-tall white man with a tattoo on the front of his right calf.Police believe the same man robbed Prestige Gas on Franklin [...]
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Shrewsbury man gets 20 years in Plymouth rapes
The man was convicted of numerous rapes that occurred over a five-year period.
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Cohasset principal seeks to reassure students after 'upsetting remarks'
COHASSET - School officials are seeking to reassure students and their parents after "inflammatory and upsetting remarks" by students in the town’s middle high school prompted a police investigation into potential threats at the school.Teachers on Monday read a statement from Principal Carolyn Connolly to students assuring them they were "never in danger" during the investigation, which Connolly said had left some students "confused by varying stories they are hearing." In a [...]
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Court upholds juvenile's conviction on Braintree drug charge
BOSTON - A divided Appeals Court has upheld the delinquency conviction of a juvenile who was arrested in Braintree more than two years ago after he was found in a car where police also found several small bags of cocaine.In a decision issued Monday, the court ruled that prosecutors had enough evidence, including knives, cash and cell phones, for a jury to determine that the juvenile, identified only as "Ormond O" was working with the older men in the car and had possession of the [...]
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Norfolk DA asking SJC to reconsider Milton High School gun case
CANTON - The Norfolk County district attorney has asked the state’s highest court to reconsider a decision that his office says "gives suspicious individuals who attempt to enter a public school greater protection than those students inside."The petition, which was filed with the Supreme Judicial Court late last week, asks justices to reconsider whether a Milton police sergeant had a reasonable suspicion that a 19-year-old Watertown boy posed a threat in 2015 when she [...]
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3 charged with assault to murder in Braintree stabbing
BRAINTREE - Two men and a woman were ordered to be held on bail Monday, each charged with assault to murder following an incident over the weekend where police said they stabbed and attacked another man in Braintree.Lawrence O’Brien III, 33, of Braintree and cousins Kerry Duggan, 33, of Quincy and Michael Duggan, 28, of Rockland were each charged with assault to murder and assault and battery.Kerry Duggan was ordered held on $10,000 bail and both Michael Duggan [...]
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Norfolk DA asks justices to reconsider Milton High gun case
CANTON - The Norfolk County district attorney has asked the state’s highest court to reconsider a decision that his office says "gives suspicious individuals who attempt to enter a public school greater protection than those students inside."The petition, which was filed with the Supreme Judicial Court late last week, asks justices to reconsider whether a Milton police sergeant had a reasonable suspicion that a 19-year-old Watertown boy posed a threat in 2015 when she [...]
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SJC says field sobriety tests can't be used to determine marijuana use
BOSTON - The state’s highest court has ruled that field sobriety tests cannot be be used as evidence in some drugged driving cases the way they are in drunken driving cases, helping to settle an open legal question that had become increasingly urgent as the state prepares to allow the first legal recreational marijuana sales.In a decision issued Tuesday, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that prosecutors can present a police officer’s observations of a suspected drugged [...]
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Driver arrested after chase on Southeast Expressway ends in Milton
MILTON -- State Police used stop sticks to end a chase on the Southeast Expressway on Tuesday.MBTA Transit Police reported at about 10:45 a.m. that they were pursuing a stolen pickup truck onto the southbound side of the Expressway in Boston.The chase continued south through the Braintree split. The truck hit one of the stop sticks, causing two flat tires, but the driver refused to stop. He pulled off onto Route 28 in Milton, where the truck [...]
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No jail time for van driver who molested elderly women
PLYMOUTH - A Pembroke van driver will likely avoid spending any time in jail for molesting five women he was charged with driving to and from a Norwell day care center for people with Alzheimer's disease or developmental disabilities.Robert J. McNeil, 58, pleaded guilty Tuesday to 10 counts of indecent assault and battery on an elderly person after prosecutors agreed to recommend that he be sentenced to no more than a year in jail. But Judge Christopher Muse, who struggled visibly [...]
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Driver arrested after expressway chase ends in Milton
MILTON -- State Police used stop sticks to end a chase on the Southeast Expressway on Tuesday.MBTA Transit Police reported at about 10:45 a.m. that they were pursuing a stolen pickup truck onto the southbound side of the Expressway in Boston.[gh:style].embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, . [...]
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Cops: Lynn man who robbed 2 Quincy businesses arrested
QUINCY - Police said they have arrested a man they believe robbed two Quincy businesses over the past two weeks.Stanley Carter, 35, of Lynn was charged with two counts of armed robbery. He was arrested by the State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section Tuesday in Boston.On Sunday, officers were called to Lucky Shamrock, a grocery store on Beale Street specializing in products imported from Ireland, for an armed robbery around 9:15 p.m. Police said Carter had a [...]
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Arrest made in Quincy Center box cutter slashing
QUINCY - A homeless man charged with slashing another man with a box cutter in Quincy Center on Aug. 30 was arrested Tuesday, police said.Police arrested Steven Gomez, 28, of Cambridge, who is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He is expected to be arraigned in Quincy District Court Wednesday.He was arrested by Quincy Police Tuesday night after being located in a vacant building on Newport Avenue, Quincy Police Sgt. Karyn Barkas said.On [...]
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Guns, drugs seized during bust in Quincy park
QUINCY - Police say officers seized two guns, cash and drugs after they arrested five people they believed were involved in drug dealing in a Quincy park Tuesday night.Five men - Daequian Ruffin, 21, of Brockton; Jesse Collins, 25, of Dorchester; Elijah Marcelo, 20, of Mattapan; Mohammed Alkhatib, 26, of Quincy; and Giovani Cesar, 28, also of Quincy – were arrested Tuesday on charges involving marijuana, cocaine and the club drug known as "Molly." Ruffin and Collins are also [...]
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Competency hearing postponed in Randolph beating death case
QUINCY - A competency hearing for man accused of beating his 86-year-old roommate to death in a Randolph dementia ward earlier this month was postponed while the man continues to be evaluated at Bridgewater State Hospital.Police say 58-year-old Walter Rice beat James Schappell, at CareOne in Randolph on Sept. 6. A responding officer said their room was left covered in blood. Schappell later died in a hospital from his injuries.Rice was scheduled to appear in Quincy [...]
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Man charged in Quincy stabbing arraigned in superior court
DEDHAM - A Florida man accused of stabbing a Quincy man in the chest during a fight in June had his charges downgraded and bail amount significantly reduced at his arraignment Thursday in Norfolk Superior Court.Bruce Gorzynski, 30, of Florida is facing charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and assault and battery. He pleaded not guilty and was held on $15,000 bail. If he posts bail he must wear a GPS monitoring device. [...]
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2 charged with living, defecating on North Quincy High loading dock
QUINCY - A Quincy man and woman were arrested and charged Wednesday with repeatedly using a loading dock at North Quincy High School as a place to sleep and go to the bathroom, police said.Keith Rebori, 29, of 10 Dysart St., Quincy and Deena Lacorte, 25, of 139 Atlantic St., Apt. 5, Quincy were both charged with trespassing and vandalism with a noxious/filthy substance.They pleaded not guilty at their arraignment Wednesday and were released without bail.On [...]
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MASS MOST WANTED: Doughnut thief assaults Pembroke store employee
Crime occurred: Saturday, Sept. 16Location: Stop & Shop, 24 Mattaskeesett St., PembrokeCase details: A man stole a bag with four donuts inside and the assaulted a loss prevention agent before fleeing in a black sedan with front-end damage.Investigator: Pembroke Police Officer Colby TylerCase number: 19040If you have any [...]
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