Quincy man arrested twice in one day
QUINCY — A Quincy man who was arrested at South Shore Hospital and accused of a third drunken driving offense was arrested less than 12 hours earlier in Quincy for domestic assault and battery.Robert...
View ArticleMan charged with attacking elderly rider on Red Line train
BOSTON - A Boston man has been charged with striking and spitting on a 75-year-old rider on a Red Line train, leaving the elderly with injuries to his face that sent him to the hospital.Police said...
View ArticleArsonist linked to Brockton, Hanson blazes imprisoned for violating probation
Mark Sargent was sentenced to prison time on Wednesday for a probation violation after he was accused of setting several more fires.
View ArticleBaker dangerousness bill expands pre-trial detention of suspects
Two months after a Weymouth cop was killed by a suspect out on bail, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday planned to file legislation that would make it easier for police and the courts to detain defendants...
View ArticleBraintree woman charged with child rape
A Braintree woman has been charged with four counts of rape of a child, court records show.
View ArticleAccused Weymouth killer indicted in superior court
DEDHAM — A grand jury has indicted a 20-year-old Weymouth man charged with shooting and killing Sgt. Michael Chesna and Vera Adams with the officer’s gun on July 15.Emanuel Lopes is facing 11 charges:...
View ArticleState supreme court upholds ban on corporate campaign donations
BOSTON — The state's high court on Thursday upheld a ban on corporate donations to political candidates, a decision one plaintiff said he hopes to appeal to the United States Supreme Court.The...
View ArticleWhitman man speaks out about sexual abuse by real estate guru
BOSTON — A Whitman man is speaking out for the first time about the years of sexual abuse he says he endured as a child at the hands of a man who is now a celebrity real estate guru and author of a...
View ArticleSuspect in Weymouth killings indicted
DEDHAM — A grand jury has indicted a 20-year-old Weymouth man charged with shooting and killing Sgt. Michael Chesna and Weymouth resident Vera Adams with the officer’s gun on July 15.Emanuel Lopes is...
View ArticlePembroke High student charged with threats
A Pembroke High School student was arrested Monday and charged with making threats on social media.
View ArticlePriest accused of sexually abusing child in Randolph
A priest from Nigeria has been removed from the ministry amid allegations that he sexually abused a child in Randolph more than a decade ago.Rev. Christian Ohazulume, an extern priest from Nigeria, is...
View ArticleMan accused of selling cocaine and crack in Quincy
QUINCY — A Boston man was arrested Monday after police said they observed him dealing drugs on Ruggles Street and found cocaine and crack cocaine in his car. Miguel Costesoto, 33, was arrested on...
View ArticleComplaint sought against veteran head of operations for Plymouth PD
A local police captain is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a court hearing on allegations made by a fellow officer.
View ArticleNo new trial for killer serving life for 1994 Rockland ‘wilding’ murder
BOSTON — A Supreme Judicial Court judge has refused to grant a new trial for an inmate convicted of helping beat a man to death outside a Rockland sandwich shop in the 1990s.Justice Scott L. Kafker...
View ArticleMilton business owner gets jail time for tax fraud
BOSTON — The owner of a more than 150-year-old Milton roofing business will go to jail for failing to disclose more than $2 million in business profits, and avoiding paying taxes on it. Harry S....
View ArticlePlymouth Police captain on leave amid assault investigation
PLYMOUTH – A local police captain is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a court hearing on allegations made by a fellow officer.Capt. John W. Rogers Jr., head of the department’s...
View ArticleQuincy cop promoted to captain
QUINCY — After 25 years on the force, John Steele has been promoted to captain.Steele, a member of the Quincy Police Department since 1993 was promoted in a ceremony at Quincy City Hall Wednesday with...
View ArticleEx-Mafia boss 'Cadillac Frank' sentenced to life in prison
BOSTON — Former New England Mafia boss Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme was unrepentant Thursday as he was sentenced to life in prison for the 1993 killing of a nightclub owner, declaring that the...
View ArticleQuincy Lt. John Steele promoted to captain
QUINCY — Police Lt. John Steele, a 25-year police department veteran, was promoted to captain during a city hall ceremony Thursday, with Police Chief Paul Keenan and Mayor Thomas Koch taking part.“It’s...
View ArticleSex offender from Weymouth added to most wanted list
WEYMOUTH — Massachusetts State Police have added a former Weymouth property manager convicted of sexually assaulting children to its list of most wanted sex offenders.Richard F. Fleurant, 79, who is...
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