AG Maura Healey slams Purdue drug settlement
BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey's office plans to formally oppose the bankruptcy petition of OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma and will seek to keep its own lawsuit against Purdue and its...
View ArticlePolice search for pair in connection with car break-ins
WEYMOUTH — Police are searching for a man and a woman wanted in connection with a series of car break-ins early Sunday morning.Police say someone broke into unlocked cars near Summer Street and...
View ArticlePembroke man arrested after South Shore car chase
WEYMOUTH — A Pembroke man was arrested early Monday morning after leading police on a car chase in which he hit two police cars following a break-in investigation, police said.Roderick Wensel, 32, was...
View ArticleMan charged with Hingham restaurant break-in
The suspect was apprehended after a brief search, police said.
View ArticleGang member gets 5-6 years in South Shore Plaza shooting
DEDHAM — A gang member from Quincy has been sentenced to at least five years in prison for shooting at a rival gang member inside the South Shore Plaza and sending the mall into chaos as hundreds of...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to fatal Quincy beating
DEDHAM — Joseph Cotto-Berrio was sentenced to at least five and a half years in prison for fatally beating his friend in an argument over spilled beer in 2017, and trying to get his girlfriend to lie...
View ArticleBraintree man facing 8th-offense drunken driving charge
DEDHAM — A Norfolk County grand jury has indicted a Braintree man on a felony charge of eighth-offense drunken driving.The indictment also charges the man, Manuel A. Pagan, 49, with misdemeanor drunken...
View ArticlePlymouth woman indicted in neighbors' stabbing
PLYMOUTH — A Plymouth County grand jury has indicted a Plymouth woman accused of stabbing two neighbors over an argument about a children's slide.The indictments charge Courtney Massey with armed...
View ArticleBoston Police: Randolph man shot and killed
BOSTON — Police have identified a man that was shot and killed in Boston Monday night as Marcus Dunn-Gordon, 27, of Randolph.Boston police say they were called to the area of 800 Morrissey Boulevard in...
View ArticleBraintree man accused of trying to bribe cop
QUINCY — A Braintree man was released without bail after being charged with threatening a police officer and trying to offer the officer $2,000 to help in his friend's case.Justin M. Kenney, 25, was...
View ArticleState Police trooper indicted in shooting of Randolph man
BOSTON — A State Police trooper already off the job amid an investigation into racist social media comments has been indicted on charges stemming from an incident in which a suspect from Randolph was...
View ArticleQuincy man accused of trafficking fentanyl, dealing crack cocaine
QUINCY — A South Quincy man was held on $10,000 bail after being accused of dealing crack cocaine and trafficking fentanyl in Quincy.Neil S. Davis, 40, was arraigned in Quincy District Court on...
View ArticleAbuser registry bill expected to advance
BOSTON – A legislative committee supports a new version of proposed legislation that would create a registry of caregivers who abused people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The...
View ArticleVideo shows armed man rob Quincy convenience store
QUINCY — Police are looking for a man who robbed a Wollaston convenience store at gunpoint.Police say the robbery happened Saturday night at about 8:35 p.m. at Everest Market on Standish Avenue....
View ArticleBoston man accused of beating outside Quincy courthouse
QUINCY — A Boston man has been accused of leaving a victim with a bloody face after attacking him outside of Quincy District Court.Jacari Drayton, 24, was arraigned in the same court on Monday with...
View ArticleWeymouth man indicted in fatal Christmas crash
DEDHAM — A Norfolk County Grand Jury had indicted a Weymouth man accused of killing someone in a drugged driving crash on Christmas and driving while high again days later.The indictments charge...
View ArticleQuincy police looking for late-night burgler
QUINCY — Police are searching for a burglar who broke into a Phipps Street home over the weekend and stole a $100 bill and car keys.Police said the burglary happened at about 2 a.m. Saturday morning....
View ArticleMore than a pound of cocaine seized in Houghs Neck, police say
QUINCY — A Houghs Neck man was held on $25,000 cash bail after police said they found more than a pound of cocaine in his Houghs Neck home and car.Bernardo W. Luggelle, 43, was arraigned Monday in...
View ArticleMan jailed for harrassing Scituate police chief is now on the lam
BOSTON — A former professional hockey player who was jailed this summer for harassing the Scituate police chief is on the lam following an arrest in Boston three days after being released from...
View ArticleSheriff hands out playing cards meant to get inmates talking
DEDHAM — Inmates playing cards in the Norfolk County jail will now have the faces of wanted suspects, murdered victims and missing people staring back at them.Decks of cards featuring the photos of...
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