Police break up drug operation after violent home invasion in West Quincy
For the second time in 15 months, police have uncovered an apparent drug-dealing operation at the same West Quincy apartment.This time, nearly 40 pounds of marijuana were seized from the two-family...
View ArticleRockland man charged with selling fentanyl
Police say they witnessed a suspected drug dealer selling fentanyl while performing surveillance Friday.
View ArticleMan charged with 4th drunken driving offense in Abington
A Holbrook man with drunken driving arrests in 1985 and 1992 was charged again last week.
View ArticlePembroke van driver allegedly 'targeted' dementia victims by routes he drove
Robert McNeil, 57, pleaded innocent Monday to 10 counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 60. He allegedly sexually assaulted 6 elderly women with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, when...
View ArticleNo additional arrests, but new drug charge in wake of West Quincy home invasion
Police are still searching for the suspects in last week's armed home invasion in West Quincy, but in the meantime a second person is facing a drug charge after up to 40 pounds of marijuana were found...
View ArticleStoughton teen charged in another armed robbery – this time in Brockton
A teenager charged with robbing a woman known to him at gunpoint Friday was charged with attempted armed robbery in a similar setup this February in Stoughton.
View ArticleFlorida man sentenced for stealing gold bound for Bridgewater
Adalberto Perez, 46, helped plot and carry out the sophisticated armed robbery of gold bars valued at $4.8 million from a truck that was stopped using remote-control devices along a remote stretch of...
View ArticleHanson bank robbed
Two suspects are in custody for the robbery of the Rockland Trust bank on Liberty Street in Hanson Tuesday afternoon, police said.
View ArticleDrug charges dropped amid Braintree police evidence audit
DEDHAM – Prosecutors have dropped drug charges against five defendants amid an investigation into missing evidence from the Braintree Police Department that could upend hundreds more cases. During a...
View ArticleAirplane hit by green laser light while flying over Hull
HULL - Federal aviation officials are investigating a report of a green laser light hitting an airplane Tuesday evening as it flew over Hull after taking off from Logan Airport.The Federal Aviation...
View ArticleMarshfield residents appeal approval of Maritime Center expansion
Eight Marshfield residents filed a complaint with Plymouth County Superior Court over a Zoning Board of Appeals decision that allows an expanded Maritime Center to be built on zoned coastal...
View ArticleJury selection begins again for spree killer Gary Lee Sampson
BOSTON - Jury selection is set to begin today in the sentencing retrial for a man who was sentenced to death in the 2001 carjack killings of two Massachusetts men.A jury gave Gary Sampson the death...
View ArticleRecords suggest Braintree police weren't following evidence policy in 2013
BRAINTREE - Three years before officials discovered missing drugs and other problems in the Braintree police evidence room, a member of the force filled out a survey indicating that the department was...
View ArticleStoughton man charged with selling cocaine
Police found five grams of crack cocaine inside the Stoughton home the suspect was living at.
View ArticleDrug charges dropped against Quincy man, kidnapping charge remains
QUINCY – Prosecutors have dropped drug charges against a Quincy man amid an ongoing investigation into evidence mishandling at the Braintree police station, but he’s still facing charges in a separate...
View ArticleBraintree police audit shows $407,998 and 60 guns missing from evidence room
BRAINTREE – An audit of the Braintree Police Department’s evidence room found thousands of items – including drugs, cash and guns – missing or unaccounted for, and sloppy record-keeping.Town officials...
View ArticleHingham woman gets 2 years in prison for mortgage fraud
Denise Bruce, 56, was sentenced Thursday for 5 counts of fraud. She used bogus personal information and mortgage documents to get $2.1 million from 5 mortgages on the same property she already owned....
View ArticleBraintree evidence scandal short-circuits case against major drug-trafficking...
Mishandling of evidence by the Braintree Police Department has prompted the dismissal of 11 pending drug cases in Norfolk County in less than a week, with many more expected.
View ArticleEx-union official guilty of trying to extort TV crew in Milton
BOSTON — A former Teamsters official has pleaded guilty to a federal attempted extortion charge stemming form a confrontation with a TV crew filming scenes for the reality show "Top Chef" at a Milton...
View ArticleState's highest court upholds Stoughton drunk driving conviction
The state supreme court on Friday upheld the drunk driving conviction of a woman arrested four years ago in Stoughton.Glenis A. Adonsoto was stopped after another driver saw her driving down the middle...
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