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Randolph drug dealer suspect arrested after Stoughton man ODs

Detectives bought heroin Thursday from a man who they say may have sold the narcotic to an overdose victim.

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PLYMOUTH LOBSTER CRAWL: Vandals steal Nelson Park lobster sculpture

Artist Diana Naples spent 100 hours meticulously adhering tiles to the 150-pound lobster sculpture, just featured as one of the major highlights on the Lobster Crawl tour.

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Quincy woman hits cruiser, injures State Trooper

Lily G. Reid, 21, will be arraigned Wednesday for alleged drunken driving and for hitting a State Police cruiser with her vehicle on Interstate 93. The State Trooper was treated and released at the...

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Marshfield motorcycle chase ends with arrest of 'a dangerous individual'

Rodney J. Kehoe, 56, led patrol officers on a chase the night of Sept. 3, before he was subdued with the help of their K-9 dog Beny. Kehoe faces 13 charges, including a third alleged drunken-driving...

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Police: Teens orchestrate theft of iPhones at Hingham store

HINGHAM -- Less than two days before Apple releases its latest iPhone version, a group of teenagers simultaneously stole 22 iPhones from the Apple retail store in the Derby Street Shoppes shopping...

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Federal appeals court rejects lawsuit from fired Quincy cop

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston has upheld the district court's ruling that dismissed a lawsuit filed by Joseph McGunigle, a former Quincy police officer fired in 2012 for disobeying the chief's...

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Abington woman charged in Holbrook knife robbery

A woman identified through social media tips was charged Wednesday in an armed robbery.

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Police: Masked man tried to rob North Quincy bank

Police are searching for a man who unsuccessfully tried to rob a North Quincy bank this afternoon.

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Abington police seek identity of armed robber

The man threatened the clerk with a knife, while wearing a hood and mask.

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Braintree bank robbed

A man got away with an undisclosed sum of money after robbing a bank in Braintree Square Saturday morning, police said.

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Quincy man gets 10-12 years for killing baby daughter with opiates

A former Quincy man will spend 10 to 12 years in prison after admitting he accidentally killed his infant daughter by feeding her baby formula containing opiates.

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Pembroke man will face charges of sexually assaulting elderly dementia patients

NORWELL -- State police believe that a 57-year-old Pembroke man sexually assaulted six elderly women while he was working as a van driver for an adult daycare program that serves people with dementia....

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Weymouth man accused of ax attack in Marshfield

MARSHFIELD – Police have accused a 30-year-old Weymouth man of threatening to kill his girlfriend with an ax, striking her with a full beer can and choking her.James M. Gentry pleaded innocent...

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Parents sent to prison for poisoning baby daughter with heroin

A Quincy woman has been sentenced to six to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of her infant daughter, who died of opiate poisoning in 2011.

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Conviction upheld in 1994 Quincy murder

BOSTON -- The state supreme court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a man who shot his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend to death on Quincy Shore Drive in 1994.Eric Snyder, formerly of Hull, was found...

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Quincy police looking for suspect in attempted bank robbery

Police are looking for a man who flashed a knife while trying to rob a North Quincy bank earlier this week.

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Pembroke man told police he sexually assaulted six elderly dementia patients

NORWELL -- A church visit and a sense of remorse compelled 57-year-old Robert McNeil to turn himself into Norwell police and admit that he had sexually assaulted six elderly women who had Alzheimer’s...

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Boston sex offender indicted on new charges in alleged Hingham attack

Donald J. Galvin, 65, now faces habitual-offender charges for an alleged July 28 attempted rape of a 79-year-old Hingham woman. He's been held in jail without bail since he was arrested Aug. 8.

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Dorchester man stabbed in the head

A 43-year-old Dorchester man was stabbed and bit multiple times late Thursday night in an attack he says occurred in Kincaide Park off Water Street.The victim, whom police did not identify, was first...

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Plymouth teen charged with stealing lobster statue

PLYMOUTH – A 15-year old Plymouth resident has been charged with larceny over $250 and malicious destruction of property in connection with the theft of a 5-foot-tall ceramic lobster that was part of a...

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