Top court upholds ruling that favored child rapist Richard Gardner
Boston – The state’s highest court upheld a lower court's ruling Friday that a convicted child rapist can’t be civilly committed after Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz’s office missed its...
View ArticleRichard Gardner's court record
1987-1988: Convicted of several sexual assaults against four children in Massachusetts when he was 20 and 21 years old. The victims, who were ages 6 to 12, were kidnapped and sexually assaulted.1988:...
View ArticleDecision on assault and battery complaint against Plymouth police captain due...
PLYMOUTH – Allegations of sexual harassment are enmeshed in the case that has sidelined a veteran local police administrator.Capt. John Rogers has been on paid leave since July pending the outcome of...
View ArticleTop court upholds lower court ruling that favored Weymouth child rapist...
BOSTON — The state’s highest court ruled Friday that a convicted child rapist from Weymouth cannot be held under civil commitment as a danger to children.Richard Gardner of Weymouth, who served 28...
View ArticleNorwell man faces additional child porn, rape charges
Just one week after posting bail for a charge of indecently assaulting a child, this Norwell man was arrested on even more serious charges.
View ArticleWeymouth man charged after police chase
The man faces stolen property and motor vehicle charges.
View ArticleState trooper from Braintree pleads guilty in overtime scandal
A suspended state trooper from Braintree pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. Diustrict Court in Boston folr collecting more than $5,900 for overtime hours he did not work.Kevin Sweeney, 40, admitted to one...
View ArticleTop court upholds lower court ruling that favored Weymouth child rapist...
BOSTON — The state’s highest court ruled Friday that a convicted child rapist from Weymouth cannot be held under civil commitment as a danger to children.Richard Gardner of Weymouth, who served 28...
View ArticleQuincy Uber driver indicted on Weymouth rape charge
DEDHAM — An Uber driver who fled the country after he was charged with raping a passenger in Weymouth has been indicted by a Norfolk County grand jury.Frederick Q. Amfo, a former Quincy resident, was...
View ArticleDorchester man pleads guilty in fatal crash
A 21-year-old Dorchester man has plead guilty to motor vehicle homicide while intoxicated in the death of a 16-year-old girl in Braintree last year.
View ArticleTwo arrested in fight outside Randolph High School
An officer was injured in attempting to break-up the fight, police said.
View ArticleMagistrate clears Plymouth Police Capt. John Rogers
PLYMOUTH – A clerk magistrate has decided that there is no probable cause for a criminal complaint application filed against a local police captain by another member of the department.Chief Michael...
View ArticleHingham police investigate restaurant break in
HINGHAM — Police are asking for any information the public may have about a break in at the Scarlet Oak Tavern on Main Street sometime overnight Saturday. Police were called to the restaurant at about...
View ArticleEx-prison guard from Whitman facing new child porn charges
BOSTON – A former state prison guard from Whitman is in federal custody as he faces a new set of child pornography charges.Matthew Kulikowski, 37, was arrested last week and accused of receiving and...
View ArticleQuincy police say woman attacked driver, spat at officers
QUINCY — Police say a Quincy woman was arrested after she attacked a driver on Hancock Street and then punched, kicked and spat at two officers who came to the driver's aid.Ericka Holt, 32, of Quincy...
View ArticleQuincy, Weymouth see dramatic reversal in opioid deaths
WEYMOUTH — The number of people dying from opioid overdoses in Weymouth has fallen dramatically from last year in a stunning reversal that officials are attributing to an aggressive outreach program...
View ArticleQuincy Police Seek 2 After Break In Call
QUINCY — After a search that included police dogs and a State Police helicopter, the Quincy Police Department is still looking for two men they accused of being involved in a breaking and entering...
View ArticleNorwell father to face federal child exploitation charges
A Norwell father and former youth football coach already facing child rape charges will face additional charges in federal court.
View ArticleCohasset teacher arraigned on child molestation charge
QUINCY — A Cohasset middle school teacher who police accused of indecently assaulting one of his students pleaded not guilty to four charges in his Quincy District Court arraignment Thursday. Jeffrey...
View ArticleWidow sobs as slain officer's alleged killer is arraigned
Sgt. Michael Chesna's parents, brother and other relatives and nearly two dozen Weymouth police officers filled the benches inside Norfolk Superior Court on Thursday for the arraignment of murder...
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