Scituate man accused of strangling transit police officer
BOSTON — Transit police said a Scituate man attacked and strangled an officer after being confronted about breaking a window in Boston's South Station.Jonathan Quigley, 32, was charged with...
View ArticleQuincy man accused of sending threatening texts
WAREHAM – A Quincy man was arrested in Wareham after police said he texted a victim and threatened to “release various information” about the person.Ricardo Deleon, 22, was charged with extortion by...
View ArticleScituate man accused of trying to strangle transit police officer
BOSTON — Transit police say a Scituate man attacked and tried to strangle an officer after being confronted about breaking a window at Boston's South Station.Jonathan Quigley, 32, was arraigned...
View ArticleCourt reinstates child rape charges against former Milton Academy teacher
BOSTON — The state Supreme Judicial Court has reinstated four child rape indictments against former Milton Academy teacher Reynold Buono.The state's highest court on Thursday partially reversed a...
View ArticleFire at former South Weymouth Naval Air Station deemed arson, reward offered
WEYMOUTH — Investigators have determined that someone intentionally started a massive fire in a set of abandoned military buildings at the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station.The two-alarm fire...
View ArticleState's highest court weighs releasing some inmates
BOSTON — The state's highest court heard arguments Tuesday on an emergency petition aimed at lowering the number of inmates in jails and prisons across the state amid the coronavirus crisis. Public...
View ArticleCoronavirus will now have state's courts closed through May
BOSTON — The state's highest court on Wednesday ordered courthouses to remain closed through May 4, except for some emergency measures, because of the ongoing coronavirus crisis.The order by the...
View ArticleSupreme Judicial Court allows release of some inmates to prevent further...
BOSTON — Inmates awaiting trial for nonviolent offenses will get a chance to ask for release to avoid catching the new coronavirus following a Supreme Judicial Court decision issued Friday...
View ArticleRockland man hospitalized after hit-and-run crash
ROCKLAND — A 43-year-old Rockland man was in stable condition with serious injuries at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston on Sunday afternoon after he was hit by a pickup truck.The man was...
View ArticleParole denied in 1994 Rockland "wilding" baseball bat murder
NATICK — Steven James, who as a teen was convicted of murdering a 22-year-old man in a vicious baseball bat beating in Rockland 26 years ago, will remain behind bars after having his parole denied.The...
View ArticleParole denied for man who committed 1994 Rockland 'wilding' baseball bat murder
NATICK — Steven James, who as a teen was convicted of murdering a 22-year-old man in a vicious baseball bat beating in Rockland 26 years ago, will remain behind bars after having his parole denied.The...
View ArticleA robbery, two murders and a century of controversy
The murder/robbery that became the Sacco and Vanzetti case took place 100 years ago in Braintree.
View ArticleBraintree Officials Warn of Scams
Coronavirus and the economic impact payments provide fresh opportunities for scammers, they warn.
View ArticleMan convicted in Milton murder seeks parole
Raymond Vinnie, convicted in the 1990 murder of Charles Hardison, is seeking a medical parole from prison.
View ArticleClass action suit seeks to release federal pretrial detainees from Plymouth...
The complaint filed last week on behalf of four pretrial federal detainees contends the facility is not following federal health guidelines for preventing the disease and is ready to explode with illness.
View ArticleWeymouth police accuse man of drunken driving for the seventh time
WEYMOUTH — A Boston man was held without bail Monday after being charged with at least a fourth offense drunken driving in Weymouth.William J. Lutz, 60, was arraigned on a number of charges and was...
View ArticleCourt urges Baker to weigh prisoner release options
BOSTON — The Supreme Judicial Court has urged the administration of Gov. Charlie Baker to consider how it could commute sentences, furlough prisoners or allow early parole to "mitigate the spread of...
View ArticleMan held without bail after 7th drunken driving arrest
BOSTON — A 60-year-old man will be held without bail for 120 days after a judge deemed him a danger to the public following his seventh drunken driving arrest in Weymouth.William Lutz, 60, was...
View ArticleRandolph Police investigate vandalism at church
There have been four separate incidents at the church on South Main Street in less than four weeks, police said.
View ArticleMilton man charged for attack with baseball bat
Paul Kawalanksy was released later in the day after being arraigned via a teleconference.
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