Police: Rockland man sold stolen items to Whitman antique shop daily
ABINGTON – A man charged in Brockton and Abington house breaks was a regular at a Whitman antiques store selling stolen goods, court records state.Roberto Lopez, 34, of 63 Hannah Way, Rockland, is...
View ArticleEx-yacht club official guilty of homicide in Hull Harbor boat crash
PLYMOUTH - A former yacht club official has been found guilty of motor vehicle homicide in the death of a woman who was thrown from his 24-power boat when it slammed into a sailboat moored in Hull...
View ArticleWinthrop man gets minimum sentence for Hull boating death
Lloyd W. Thompson, 44, has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail for the 2011 death of a female passenger thrown overboard amid a boat crash in Hull Bay. He'll serve one year. Prosecutors asked for...
View ArticleCareer criminal from Quincy sentenced to 15 years in prison on gun charge
A Quincy man classified as an armed career criminal has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearms and ammunition.
View ArticleList of victims allegedly swindled by Quincy native Flynn swells to 150
BOSTON - Federal prosecutors have amassed evidence suggesting that a once-prominent real estate figure in Quincy may have swindled as many as 150 people and entities -- far more than originally alleged...
View Article80 pounds of cocaine seized from empty Quincy apartment
QUINCY - State and Quincy police on Thursday seized 80 pounds of cocaine worth an estimate $1.5 million from an empty apartment near the Neponset River.District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey and Quincy...
View ArticleFeds say former Weymouth woman used replacement debit cards to steal money
BOSTON - Federal prosecutors have accused a former Weymouth woman of being part of a scheme to steal money from bank account holders by ordering them replacement debit cards and intercepting the cards...
View ArticleNew movie to explore bizarre hunt for the Boston Strangler
BOSTON – It took a half-century for DNA sleuthing to finger Albert DeSalvo as the Boston Strangler. Now a new movie is revisiting one of America’s most notorious serial killer cases and the bizarre...
View ArticleWeymouth police pursuit leads to crack-dealing charges
WEYMOUTH – Two Boston men were arrested on crack cocaine distribution charges after driving over sidewalks and racing down residential streets in Weymouth during a police pursuit that ended when their...
View ArticleControversial Quincy condo project on hold pending Land Court ruling
A developer's plan to build 32 condominiums on the western outskirts of Quincy Center is on hold pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by a neighbor opposed to the project.
View ArticleHusband and wife charged in Quincy bank robbery
DEDHAM - A Norfolk County grand jury has indicted a married couple accused in a series of robberies around the region, including one at a bank in Quincy this spring.Matthew Temple, 35, and Kelly A....
View ArticleSharon police asking for help finding accused child rapist
SHARON - The Sharon Police Department is asking for helping finding a man wanted on warrants for child rape.Police say Erik William Silva, 29, was last known to live on Beach Road in Sharon but also...
View ArticlePolice charge man with sexually assaulting elderly Hingham woman
HINGHAM – Police say they've arrested the man who sexually assaulted an elderly Hingham woman after breaking into her home late last month.Donald J. Galvin, 65, of Boston, is due to be arraigned...
View ArticleStoughton man charged with breaking into house
The man was found and arrested after fleeing into a wooded area, police said.
View ArticleProsecutors to call 70 witnesses in Gary Lee Sampson trial
BOSTON - Gary Lee Sampson's lawyers say he is so sick that he will likely die soon from natural causes, but that hasn’t stopped federal prosecutors from launching a mammoth effort to secure the...
View ArticleStoughton firm's truck robbed of $5,500 in equipment in New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD – Two Stihl cutoff saws and a jack hammer — valued at over $5,500 — were stolen in a break to a box truck owned by Riley Brothers, a construction and paving company based in Stoughton,...
View ArticleWeymouth woman among 3 arrested in Connecticut drug bust
Three Massachusetts residents, among them a Brockton resident, face multiple drug charges after a traffic stop Sunday in Plainfield, Connecticut, state police said.At approximately 3:35 p.m., a trooper...
View ArticlePolice say attacker followed woman home from Hingham store
HINGHAM – Prosecutors say a registered sex offender from Boston followed an elderly Hingham woman home from a grocery store and hid in her home before sexually assaulting her late last month.Donald J....
View ArticleSex offender allegedly followed Hingham victim home, hid in house
Level 3 offender Donald J. Galvin, 65, was arrested Monday for an alleged July 28 sexual assault on a 79-year-old woman. He's being held without bail until an Aug. 11 danger hearing.
View ArticleCruelty charge sought against owner of Hanover dog kennel
HANOVER - Town officials have suspended the license of a dog kennel owner and removed seven animals Tuesday as the town continues to investigate the mauling death last month of a dog that had been in...
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