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Man accused of beating a woman with a bat in Randolph

QUINCY — A man accused of savagely beating the mother of his child with a bat after breaking into her apartment in Randolph was held without bail after a judge ruled that he posed a potential...

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Rape suspect Ivan Keith to be arraigned in Fall River

FALL RIVER – A former fugitive suspected of raping four women, including one inside Quincy High School in 1996, is scheduled to be arraigned today on rape charges stemming from assaults in Taunton in...

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2 arrested in connection with Plymouth shooting

PLYMOUTH – Two people were arrested Thursday on charges stemming from an exchange of gunfire outside a Plymouth apartment complex on Wednesday that drew a swarm of police to the area.Schericia Barber,...

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Man held without bail in 2017 Weymouth slaying

Cornel Bell is expected to be arraigned this afternoon in Norfolk Superior Court.

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Hingham police seek burglar

HINGHAM — Police are looking for a burglar who stole jewelry and a dresser drawer from a home on Harbor View Drive on Saturday night.Police said it appeared that the burglar tried unsuccessfully to...

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Man facing 40-count burglary indictment

DEDHAM — A Norfolk County grand jury has indicted a North Attleboro man accused of breaking into more than a dozen businesses in at least five towns, including Canton and Braintree, to steal...

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2 Quincy men accused of smashing neighbor's van with a baseball bat

QUINCY — Police say they arrested two Quincy men for smashing a neighbor's van with a baseball bat.Nicholas C. Fleming, 26, and Samuel D. Adamson, 37, were arraigned Monday in Quincy District Court on...

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Marshfield's 'vampire killer' to go before parole board again

MARSHFIELD — In 1980, 23-year-old James P. Riva stabbed his disabled grandmother in the heart and shot her four times with gold-painted bullets in her Rexhame beach home, which he then set aflame. He...

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Avon man arrested in Quincy for 3rd OUI

AVON — A 58-year-old Avon man is facing his third drunken driving charge after police say he was under the influence while driving in Quincy on Tuesday night.James Upperman, of 22 Noyes St., was...

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3 men sentenced for stealing banking info at South Shore ATMs

BOSTON — Three Romanian nationals were sentenced in federal court in Boston on Wednesday for their role in an international scheme to steal debit card information and money from unsuspecting ATM users,...

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Quincy police seek armed robber

QUINCY — Police are looking for a man who robbed a North Quincy convenience store at gunpoint just before 8 p.m. Sunday.The robber stole cash from the Red Apple store on Billings Road while armed with...

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Holbrook man accused of MBTA parking lot assault

RANDOLPH — A Holbrook man was arrested at his home after police say he attacked a person in the parking lot of the Randolph/Holbrook Commuter Rail Station.Robert Scott, 55, was arraigned in Quincy...

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Quincy police looking for Wollaston burglar

QUINCY — Police are looking for a man who stole more than $1,200 in merchandise from a store in Wollaston.Police say the owners of Asian Express reported Friday that a man had broken in overnight and...

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Weymouth man indicted in jail drug-smuggling case

DEDHAM — A Norfolk County grand jury has indicted a Weymouth man accused of trying to smuggle about $60,000 worth of drugs into the county jail in Dedham.The indictments charge Brian M. Albrecht, 28,...

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Analysis: Crime data shows spike in Halloween holiday vandalism

From 2009 to 2018, pranksters across the country committed some 19,900 vandalism offenses on Halloween according to data from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System.

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Marshfield man arrested in connection with stolen boat, boat fire

SCITUATE —  A Marshfield man was accused of stealing a boat in Scituate on Wednesday and using it to flee the scene of a boat fire he started on the South River.David Pongonis, 36, was charged with...

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State Police trooper pleads not guilty to charges stemming from shooting...

BOSTON — A State Police trooper already off the job amid an investigation into racist social media comments pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from an incident in which a suspect from...

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Duxbury Police: Pembroke man arrested after hit and run crash

DUXBURY — A Pembroke man was arrested after crashing his car through a utility pole in Duxbury on Wednesday and taking off. Robert Hayes, 26, will face a number of charges including drugged driving,...

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State trooper pleads not guilty in shooting of Randolph man

BOSTON — A State Police trooper already off the job amid an investigation into racist social media comments pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from an incident in which a suspect from...

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Police: Weymouth man drove under influence of alcohol, drugs

WEYMOUTH — A Weymouth man is facing criminal charges after police say he was under the influence of alcohol and drugs while driving through town and had Adderall in his pocket.Samuel Bowen, 31, of...

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