Weymouth cops: drunken driver crashed through picnic tables, fence and left...
WEYMOUTH – Police say a drunken driver turned a drive-in restaurant into a drive-through when he plowed into picnic tables and a wooden fence before running away and leaving his car in flames.Police...
View ArticleKnife-toting Abington man threatens to stab officer, tasered by police
ABINGTON – A man carrying three knives who threatened to stab a police officer was tasered by police after a K-9 search Wednesday, police said.Police arrested Shareef Coleman, 30, of 643 Hancock St.,...
View ArticleMurdered Avon man finally to be laid to rest, but closure lingers for family
The father of a man who was missing for two years plans to pursue charges against everyone involved in his son's killing.
View ArticleQuincy man denies impersonating women, trying to have them raped, kidnapped
A Quincy man was held on $25,000 bail after pleading innocent to charges that he created fake online profiles of multiple women and solicited acts of kidnapping, rape and assault against them and their...
View ArticleMASS MOST WANTED: Suspects in Weymouth credit card fraud
Crime occurred: Saturday, May 21Location: Weymouth: WalmartCase details: A woman reported that her wallet and credit card were stolen from a store at the Derby Street Shoppes in Hingham. Later the same...
View ArticleBridgewater inmate indicted after threats to Obama
BOSTON — A Massachusetts state prison inmate has been indicted on a federal charge of threatening to kill President Barack Obama.Alex Hernandez, 31, was indicted on Thursday, according to a Boston...
View ArticlePlayStation stolen in Stoughton house break-in
A house break occurred on Turnpike Street Thursday night.
View ArticlePublishers Clearing House scam reported in Hingham
The call that he'd won $5.5 million sounded to good to be true to an 81-year-old Hingham resident, and it was. A scammer tried to get the man to send $850 in bogus taxes via Western Union, but the man...
View ArticleSupreme Court sends Medicaid fraud case tied to teen's death back to Boston
QUINCY -- A federal lawsuit tied to the death of a teenaged patient treated at a for-profit mental health clinic in Massachusetts is headed back to a federal appeals court in Boston, the U.S. Supreme...
View ArticleJim Wahlberg to visit Abington to spotlight dangers of prescription drug abuse
ABINGTON – A member of the famed Wahlberg family will be in Abington on Tuesday to spotlight the dangers of prescription drug abuse and the opioid crisis.Jim Wahlberg, brother of actor Mark Wahlberg,...
View ArticleBurning calories, losing money: Thieves continue to target Stoughton gyms
Window-smashing robbers struck again in Stoughton Sunday, hitting three cars at two gyms – about an hour apart.
View ArticleSharon man accused of assaulting Stoughton man in road rage incident
A 21-year-old man was arraigned Monday in what police are calling an assault and battery that stemmed from a road rage incident.
View ArticleSon of murdered Quincy woman facing armed robbery charges
DEDHAM - A Scituate man whose mother was hacked to pieces in the kitchen of her Quincy Point apartment more than a decade ago is due to be arraigned in Norfolk Superior Court next month on charges...
View ArticlePolice: Brockton man hid crack cocaine in sock during Abington drug deal
ABINGTON – A Brockton man is accused of hiding crack cocaine in his sock during an apparent drug deal in a parking lot Friday, police said.Police arrested Dallas Miller, 41, of Brockton in the parking...
View ArticleWeymouth cops say traffic stop uncovered drugs wrapped in speeding ticket
WEYMOUTH – An Abington woman is facing drug charges after police say they found crushed oxycodone pills inside a folded-up speeding ticket in her car during a traffic stop.Officers arrested Brooke...
View ArticleAbington police charge Quincy man with drugged driving, 2nd offense
ABINGTON – A Quincy man is facing a second offense of drugged driving after police found him passed out behind the wheel on Coleman Street after a weekend crash, police said.Police charged Joseph F....
View ArticleQuincy nightclub owner denies stealing from state agency
A Braintree resident and Quincy nightclub owner has pleaded innocent to charges he stole $122,000 from the state agency where he formerly worked.
View ArticleAbington man accused of attempting to strange neighbor
ABINGTON – Police arrested a 45-year-old man on charges of attacking a fellow tenant of an apartment building at 256 Brockton Ave. about 9 a.m. Sunday. Jamie Peter Corbett "grabbed another resident of...
View ArticleBrockton woman charged with ramming ex's new girlfriend's car in Stoughton
The woman showed up to her ex-boyfriend's home because she was upset he was with another woman, police said.
View ArticleAbington man accused of attempting to strangle neighbor
ABINGTON – Police arrested a 45-year-old man on charges of attacking a fellow tenant of an apartment building at 256 Brockton Ave. about 9 a.m. Sunday. Jamie Peter Corbett "grabbed another resident of...
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