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Suspect in Quincy rape case held without bail

TAUNTON — A former Bridgewater man accused or suspected of raping four women, one of them in Quincy, over a two-year period in the late 1990s will continue to be held without bail.Taunton District...

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Former Abington town employee pleads guilty to groping charges

ABINGTON — A former town employee pleaded guilty on Wednesday to sexually assaulting a member of the Board of Health and the board’s secretary, striking a deal with prosecutors that avoids jail time...

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Patriots' Patrick Chung facing felony cocaine possession charge

Patrick Chung, a key component of the New England Patriots' defense for nearly each of the past 10 seasons, was indicted by a New Hampshire grand jury on a felony cocaine possession charge on Aug. 8,...

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Hull man charged in Quincy purse snatching

QUINCY — A Hull man faces a larceny charge after police say he stole the purse of an older woman at a Stop & Shop in Quincy.John J. Lowery, 39, was arraigned Thursday in Quincy District Court on a...

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Boys credited with saving lives in overnight fire in Plymouth

PLYMOUTH – Two local boys are being hailed as heroes after alerting neighbors to a devastating early-morning fire at their home.“They saved lives last night, no doubt about that,” Fire Chief Ed Bradley...

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Milton police searching for armed robber

MILTON — Police are looking for a man who they say robbed a Milton convenience store at gunpoint and stole an undisclosed amount of cash.The suspect entered the Milton Food Mart at 131 Brook Road...

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Quincy police investigating alleged hate crime

QUINCY — Police are investigating a hit-and-run in Quincy on Aug. 18 as a hate crime.Quincy Police Sgt. Karyn Barkas said a pedestrian was struck around 1:15 a.m. the morning of Aug. 18 on Victory Road...

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Brockton man held without bail in Stoughton stabbing

A 49-year-old Brockton man is facing an attempted murder charge in connection with a Saturday morning stabbing at a Pleasant Street home.

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Weekslong Kingston crash trial winds down

BROCKTON — A weekslong multimillion-dollar civil jury trial over a 2012 Kingston crash that left three high school students injured for life began to wind down Monday as four different lawyers made...

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Man in custody following wild chase that started in Randolph

The pursuit early Tuesday morning spanned half a dozen communities and lasted nearly an hour. It ended with a bloodied suspect in custody in West Bridgewater.

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Driver in sub shop crash charged with second OUI

HINGHAM — Police said the woman who crashed into Victoria’s Sub Shop on Rockland Street in Hingham Saturday was under the influence of alcohol and drugs at the time of the accident.And it wasn’t her...

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Two men shot outside South Quincy home

A 24-year-old man was shot in the leg and a 40-year-old man received multiple gun wounds.

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Pair indicted for illicit Braintree, Quincy marijuana growing operation

DEDHAM — A Norfolk County Grand jury has indicted two men on charges in connection with an illegal marijuana growing operation run out of Braintree and Quincy.The indictments, handed up Wednesday,...

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Pair indicted for illegal Braintree, Quincy marijuana growing operation

DEDHAM — A Norfolk County Grand jury has indicted two men on charges in connection with an illegal marijuana growing operation run out of Braintree and Quincy.The indictments, handed up Wednesday,...

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Pair indicted on Weymouth cocaine trafficking charge

DEDHAM — A Norfolk County Grand Jury has indicted a man and woman for trafficking cocaine in Weymouth.The indictment charges Michael Abreu, 23, and Diomary Tejada, 20, both of New York City, New York,...

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Barber's condition improving after he was hit by Quincy police cruiser

QUINCY — The 79-year-old barber who was hospitalized after being hit by a Quincy police cruiser has had his condition upgraded from critical to fair by Boston Medical Center staff. The officer who hit...

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Braintree arrest leads to gun, fentanyl trafficking charges

BRAINTREE — A 32-year-old Salem man was arrested in Braintree on Wednesday after police say they saw him dealing narcotics in the parking lot of a gas station on Quincy Avenue.Joseluis Benitez-Vasquez...

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Man held on $25,000 cash bail for Quincy shooting

QUINCY — A Boston man is behind bars after police accused him of a July shooting in North Quincy.Hau Huynh, 29, was arraigned in Quincy District Court last week and is charged with with armed assault...

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Braintree man accused of brandishing gun, yelling racial slur

This story was updated following initial publication.QUINCY — A Braintree man was held without bail Tuesday after police say he drunkenly brandished a gun and repeatedly yelled a racial slur at...

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Quincy woman gets five years in prison for trafficking women

NORTHAMPTON — A Quincy woman was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for trafficking women for sex work at three illicit massage parlors in Massachusetts. She struck a deal with prosecutors that...

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