Former Rockland selectman arrested 5th time for harassment
ABINGTON – Former Rockland Selectmen Chairman Keven Pratt has been arrested a fifth time for allegedly violating a harassment prevention order – and sending unwanted texts to an Abington woman.But his...
View ArticleSouth Shore police go to work with 'uneasy feeling' after Dallas attack
QUINCY - The targeted, calculated killing of five police officers in Dallas is weighing heavily on their colleagues on the South Shore today as they head to work and try to perform their everyday...
View ArticleDallas suspect told police he wanted to kill white officers
DALLAS — An Army veteran killed by Dallas police after the sniper slayings of five officers during a protest march told authorities that he was upset about the police shootings of two black men earlier...
View ArticleBrutal rape in Quincy backyard was recorded by attacker, prosecutors say
QUINCY - Prosecutors say a 25-year-old woman was violently raped for at least an hour in the backyard of a Wollaston home this spring by a Lowell man who followed her out of an MBTA station and later...
View ArticleMASS MOST WANTED: Suspect in Randolph shoplifting attempt
Crime occurred: Tuesday, June 28Location: Randolph: Bob’s StoreCase details: Police say a man concealed $177.79 worth of footwear but discarded it before leaving the Bob’s Store on Mazzeo Drive. The...
View ArticleBraintree Police to charge juvenile in Watson Park area assaults
BRAINTREE – Police are seeking three charges of indecent assault and battery against an area juvenile for a series of incidents in East Braintree. Police Chief Russell Jenkins said the department is...
View ArticleWeymouth bank robbery suspect uses Uber for getaway, police say
A Weymouth man allegedly robbed a bank and then attempted to use a ride-hailing service to make his getaway, police said.
View ArticleRoad rage leads to hit-and-run pedestrian accident in Stoughton
A man got off his motorcycle to yell at a bicyclist who cut him off, when he was struck by a car.
View ArticlePolice say luxury Quincy apartment was home to drug trafficking operation
QUINCY – Police say they seized stacks of cash and a stash of cocaine, opioids and marijuana Monday evening after raiding a luxury Quincy apartment being used by a known drug dealer.The alleged dealer,...
View ArticleHanover man, 79, charged with giving teens alcohol, cash for sexual favors
HANOVER - Bail has been set at $35,000 cash for an elderly Hanover man accused of giving alcohol, cigarettes and cash to a teenage boy and girl in exchange for sexual favors that included help locating...
View ArticleSearch uncovers cache of weapons in felon's home in Weymouth
WEYMOUTH – A convicted armed robber from Weymouth is facing federal firearms charges after police and FBI agents searched a home where he lived with his girlfriend and uncovered a cache of assault...
View ArticleState trooper to stand trial in drunken driving crash that killed two Carver...
BROCKTON – A state trooper facing vehicular homicide charges in a 2013 drunken-driving crash that killed a Carver woman and her daughter was expected to be in Brockton Superior Court on Friday for a...
View ArticleMASS MOST WANTED: Suspect in Quincy assault
Crime occurred: Saturday, June 25Location: Quincy: TJ MaxxCase details: Police say two women were shoplifting at TJ Maxx on Granite Street at 3:30 p.m. When an employee confronted them, the pictured...
View ArticleProsecutors want fresh DNA from defendant in Marshfield slaying
BROCKTON -- Plymouth County prosecutors said Friday in a Brockton courtroom that they are seeking fresh DNA evidence from one of the three defendants charged with first-degree murder in the brutal...
View ArticleSeasonal town worker arrested after attack in Plymouth park
PLYMOUTH - A seasonal town employee was arrested Thursday following an attack in Plymouth’s Morton Park, WCVB reports.Hikers at the park told the station Thursday that Plymouth police had asked them to...
View ArticleWoman stabbed with pruning shears while jogging in Plymouth park
PLYMOUTH – Police say a woman jogging on a secluded trail in Morton Park on Thursday afternoon was sexually assaulted and stabbed by a Plymouth town employee armed with pruning shears.The employee,...
View ArticleNew Bedford woman accused of stealing narcotics from Bridgewater State Hospital
BROCKTON – A Plymouth County Grand Jury indicted a New Bedford woman Friday on charges she stole more than 5,300 narcotic pills while working at Bridgewater State Hospital. Jennifer L. Perry, 41, is...
View ArticleTown parks employee charged with attacking female jogger in Morton Park
PLYMOUTH – Witnesses heard the blood-curdling screams and then saw a man chasing a female jogger through the woods of Morton Park with pruning shears.Bleeding profusely from the head, the woman said...
View ArticleShould police be more open about sexual violence? Some victims say yes
As a survivor of sexual violence, Donna McMorrow was horrified when she heard earlier this month about a young Quincy woman who was attacked and raped this spring, allegedly by a man who followed her...
View ArticleSouth Shore police on high alert after second attack on officers
In the wake of two separate shootings that have left eight police officers dead in less than two weeks, law enforcement officials on the South Shore say they are urging officers to be on high alert and...
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