Supreme Court won’t hear Kennedy cousin’s 1975 murder case
HARTFORD, Conn. _ The U.S Supreme Court will not hear Connecticut's appeal in its murder case against Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, leaving prosecutors to choose between retrying a 43-year-old case...
View ArticleWeymouth man accused of attacking woman
QUINCY — A Weymouth man is facing assault charges after being accused of attacking a woman. Joseph M. Kahler, 27, of 41 Ketcham Lane was charged with strangulation, assault and battery on a family or...
View ArticleMeth pops onto radar of local law enforcement
As local local, state and federal authorities continue their battle to control a stubborn opioid crisis, methamphetamines appear to be making a comeback."There's been an uptick compared to the past few...
View ArticlePembroke lawyer nominated for judge at Quincy District Court
BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker has nominated a Pembroke lawyer to be an associate justice at Quincy District Court.Jeffrey K. Clifford, who has a private practice in Quincy, was nominated Wednesday and...
View ArticleDrug charges against Randolph councilor to be dismissed
QUINCY — Drug charges against a Randolph town councilor will be dismissed upon completion of a nine month probation.James Burgess, 50, was charged with possession of methamphetamine, or meth, and...
View ArticleMassachusetts judge bans use of Breathalyzer test in court
BOSTON — A Massachusetts District Court has ruled that no Breathalyzer tests administered in the state can be used as evidence in court until the Office of Alcohol Testing proves its results are...
View ArticlePolice investigating shooting in Quincy Point
No one was injured and police said there is no danger to the community.
View ArticleWareham man charged with sixth drunken driving offense
QUINCY — A Wareham man was charged with his sixth offense of drunken driving after police pulled him over and arrested him in Braintree. Stephen Boardman, 55, was arraigned on the charge in Quincy...
View ArticleAfter Abington chase, Bridgewater woman tells police of her 'sovereign' status
Police say the woman initially claimed "sovereign nation" beliefs as her reason for not stopping or listening to police.
View ArticlePolice probe Quincy Point shots fired
No one was injured and police said there is no danger to the community.
View ArticleTaunton woman charged in Weymouth break-in
WEYMOUTH -- A Taunton woman was arrested for breaking and entering charges after a retired Weymouth police lieutenant noticed two people acting suspiciously and notified police.Danielle Delory, 35, of...
View ArticleQuincy Police arrest 3, seize 16 pounds of pot
All three men were arraigned on charges earlier this week.
View ArticleQuincy man charged with 2nd-offense possession, drunk driving
SAUGUS — A Quincy man has been charged with second-offense drunken driving, drug possession and seven other violations after a State Police Trooper pulled him over on Route 1 in Saugus Thursday...
View ArticleProsecutors ask judge to reconsider dismissal of child rape charges against...
A former Milton Academy teacher had been facing multiple child rape charges until a judge dismissed the charges on Dec. 26.
View ArticleReport: FBI probed whether Trump secretly worked for Russia
WASHINGTON — Law enforcement officials became so concerned by President Donald Trump's behavior in the days after he fired FBI Director James Comey that they began investigating whether he had been...
View ArticleSlain officer Joseph Shinners was from Mass.
OREM, Utah — A 29-year-old police officer shot and killed outside Salt Lake City was originally from Massachusetts.Officer Joseph Shinners, a three-year veteran of the Provo police force, was shot and...
View Article4 arrested in Stoughton raid; fentanyl, heroin seized
Detectives executed a search warrant at a Canton Street home along with a MetroLEC SWAT team.
View ArticleMan with Halifax ties sought in fatal stabbing
Police are seeking a 29-year-old man with ties to Halifax in connection with a fatal stabbing Saturday night in Fall River.Adam James Conners, , of 136 Lonsdale St., Apt. 1W, Fall River, is wanted for...
View Article1 arrested after attempted Braintree bank break-in
BRAINTREE — A Plymouth man has been arrested after he tried to break into a Rockdale Street bank.Stephen Reddy, 37, was charged with breaking and entering in the night time and breaking and entering...
View ArticleMan with Halifax ties surrenders in fatal stabbing
A 29-year-old man with ties to Halifax has turned himself in to Fall River police in connection with a fatal stabbing Saturday night.Adam James Conners, of Fall River, wass wanted for questioning in...
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