Johnnie Langendorff stumbled into the crossfire — a total accident.Sunday morning was all routine until then. Langendorff — a lanky Texan with a fuzzy chin beard and the long horns of a bull’s skull tattooed across his neck — had breakfast. Then he was driving his truck on the dusty back streets to his girlfriend’s house nearby. When he approached the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, he noticed something odd.As he passed the [...]
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Unlikely hero describes gun battle and 95 mph chase with Texas shooting suspect
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Hull man faces drugged driving charges after Weymouth crash
WEYMOUTH – Police say a Hull man accused of drugged driving when he crashed into a telephone pole Sunday night attempted to blame his wife.Michael Moog, 46, of 26A Bay St. Apt. 2, is charged with operating under the influence of drugs, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license subsequence offense, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, intimidating a witness and malicious destruction of property worth $250 or more. He was due to be arraigned Monday in Quincy [...]
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Suspect in Pembroke stabbing held for hearing
The 49-year-old man charged with stabbing a former girlfriend Saturday at a Pembroke Beach faces a dangerousness hearing on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office said.
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Abington man sentenced to life for killing of Brockton man
Evyn Garner was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility parole in the 2015 fatal shooting of 27-year-old Richard Matthew Tangherlini Jr. of Brockton.
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Braintree officials, hotels meet to discuss security issues
The town has agreed to conduct a training program for hotel staffs on spotting illegal activity.
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Randolph man arrested on gun, drug charges
A South Shore man was arrested on drug and gun charges after police interrupted a drug deal in a Savin Hill parking lot on Sunday.Boston Police say Michael Jacob, 21, of Randolph had Oxycodone pills and a loaded black and silver Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun when he tried to make a drug sale at Rite-Aid on Doris Street.The Dorchester neighborhood was being monitored by police following increased incidents of drug activity in the area.Police say they watched [...]
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Randolph man gets probation for evading taxes in razor blade scheme
BOSTON - A Randolph man was among three people sentenced Monday for charges related to the online sales of razor blades stolen from the Gillette factory in South Boston.Mark S. Girardin, 44, was sentenced to three years probation, including a year in community and home confinement, after pleading guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns. He must also pay around $116,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. Prosecutors say Girardin and two other [...]
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Suspect in Pembroke stabbing held without bail
The man is due back in court on Wednesday for a dangerousness hearing.
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Trial to start in Hanover kennel owner's animal cruelty case
HINGHAM – The owner of a Hanover kennel was to go on trial today on an animal cruelty charge stemming from the death of a dog that police say was attacked and fatally injured by another dog while in the man’s care.David Ricardo, the 71-year-old owner of the now-closed Briarwood Kennel on Washington Street, was charged last year after a woman went to pick up her 3-year-old labradoodle, Ben, and found him weak and frail with dozens of bite marks and a gash across his [...]
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Two charged with breaking into vacant Quincy home
QUINCY – Police say officers arrested two Quincy men Tuesday evening after receiving a report about a man clad in black kicking in the rear door of a vacant four-family home on Gilbert Street.Tyreek Woodley, 18, of Brooks Avenue, and Raheim Leathers, 18, of Vernon Street, were charged with breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony, causing malicious destruction and trespassing. They were due to be arraigned in Quincy District Court today.Quincy [...]
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Teenagers charged with breaking into vacant Quincy home
QUINCY – Police arrested two Quincy teenagers Tuesday evening after receiving a report about a man clad in black kicking in the rear door of a vacant four-family home on Gilbert Street.Tyreek Woodley of Brooks Avenue and Raheim Leathers of Vernon Street, both 18, were charged with breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony, causing malicious destruction and trespassing. They were due to be arraigned in Quincy District Court today.Quincy police say [...]
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Hanover kennel owner's animal cruelty trial postponed
HINGHAM – The trial of David Ricardo, a Hanover dog kennel owner accused of animal cruelty, has been postponed until Monday, his lawyer has confirmed.The 71-year-old former owner of Briarwood Kennel on Washington Street was charged following an investigation into the July 2016 death of a 3-year-old labradoodle named Ben.Investigators say that when Ben’s owner, Tracey Siciliano, picked him up from the kennel that summer, she found him emaciated and covered in [...]
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Motor vehicle breaks reported in Braintree
At least 15 vehicles were entered in Braintree during the early morning hours on Wednesday, police said.
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Ex-FBI agent charged with pulling gun in Hingham bar heads to trial
HINGHAM – When ex-FBI supervisor James M. Doyle drew his gun inside a Hingham bar in March 2016, he knew instantly he’d made a "big mistake," he said.In court on Wednesday, Doyle’s lawyer denied that the now-retired federal agent intended to hurt anyone when he drew his weapon that night.Doyle’s trial on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon started in Hingham District Court on Wednesday.Three witnesses testified they saw Doyle wrap [...]
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DA, ex-prosecutor settle lawsuit
BOSTON – Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has settled a lawsuit brought by a former prosecutor who claimed he was fired because he had blown the whistle on problems in Cruz’s office and hadn’t contributed to Cruz’s re-election campaign.The 4-year-old federal lawsuit filed by John Bradley, a former first deputy assistant district attorney in Cruz’s office, was dismissed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday following a joint request from Bradley [...]
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Kidnapped Plymouth twins found in Maine with mother, police say
PLYMOUTH — Police say a 35-year-old mother and her 38-year-old boyfriend face charges after the woman's two 9-year-old girls were kidnapped Wednesday afternoon and taken to Maine.Police said the girls were dropped off at their school bus stop on Pilgrim Hill Road around 4 p.m. and were not met by a parent.Surveillance video from a nearby store showed the girls with a man who they say forcibly kidnapped the children and [...]
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Aaron Hernandez suffered from most severe CTE ever found in a person his age
BOSTON — Aaron Hernandez suffered the most severe case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy ever discovered in a person his age, damage that would have significantly affected his decision-making, judgment and cognition, researchers at Boston University revealed at a medical conference Thursday.Dr. Ann McKee, the head of BU’s CTE Center, which has studied the [...]
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Convicted murderer appeals verdict
The state’s highest court was scheduled to hear oral arguments today in the appeal of a former construction worker convicted of beating a Quincy City Hall janitor to death behind a public library and leaving his lifeless body on a Quincy Center sidewalk.Carlos Seino of Randolph, a political refugee from Cuba who spent several years living in Quincy, argues in his appeal that his right to confront his accusers was violated during his 2008 trial because the people who prepared a [...]
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Milton man charged with stealing $14,000 flute
The flute was taken from a Boston University building and was found in a storage room of the man’s building, prosecutors said.
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Hanover animal cruelty trial pushed back to next year
HINGHAM - The trial of a Hanover kennel owner accused of animal cruelty has been pushed back until at least next year.David Ricardo, the 71-year- old owner of the now-closed Briarwood Kennel on Washing ton Street, had been expected to go to trial Monday but a judge instead scheduled a new hearing Dec. 5 so they consider motions related to evidence that would be presented at trial. A new tentative trial date has been scheduled for Jan. 31.Ricardo was charged last year [...]
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