Weymouth Police charge Lowell man with fentanyl trafficking
A 25-year-old Lowell man was arrested after detectives observed what they believed was a drug transaction in Columbian Square Thursday morning, police said.
View ArticleWeymouth case highlights issue of homeless sex offenders
Law enforcement officials say homeless sex offenders – who are required to verify their registration information every 30 days, including an address if they are staying in a shelter – create a new set...
View ArticleWeymouth case points to risk of homelessness among sex offenders
Law enforcement officials say homeless sex offenders – who are required to verify their registration information every 30 days, including an address if they are staying in a shelter – create a new set...
View ArticleBraintree man struck, killed by car in Falmouth
FALMOUTH – A 57-year-old Braintree man who was struck by a car Saturday outside the Cape Cod Fairgrounds night died from his injuries, according to Falmouth police.Around 6:50 p.m., rescuers were...
View ArticleCrime-prevention meetings set for Ward 3, Ward 6 in Quincy
Two more meetings have been scheduled as part of the Quincy Police Department's ongoing series looking at crime trends in specific city neighborhoods.
View ArticleQuincy couple indicted in connection with fatal Boston shooting
BOSTON - A Quincy man and his girlfriend have been indicted on charges stemming from a gunfight in Boston that left a 28-year-old man dead this past spring.Niccokawon Pledger, 26, was held without...
View ArticleFormer Easton man charged with killing father in Dedham
A 25-year-old man, who used to live in North Easton, was charged Tuesday with killing his father during a dispute.
View ArticleNew Milton deputy police chief named
James O’Neil, a 29-year-veteran of the Milton Police Department, has been appointed deputy police chief.
View ArticleQuincy grandmother: Images of slain grandson still haunt me
David Evans pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2012 death of Andrew Stanley.
View ArticleReport says deputy sheriff from Bridgewater justified in shooting killer in...
TAUNTON - The off-duty sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a deranged, knife-wielding murderer inside Taunton’s Bertucci’s restaurant last spring was "clearly justified in using deadly force,"...
View ArticleWeymouth man, 24, found dead in car in Boston
BOSTON - Boston Police homicide detectives are investigating the death of a South Weymouth man whose body was found in a parked car in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood this past weekend.Police said...
View ArticleCourt hearing rescheduled in Quincy murder case
A pretrial hearing has been pushed back three weeks in the case of a Germantown man accused of fatally punching and stomping another man inside a Quincy Center bar last year.
View ArticleQuincy hit by rash of tire thefts
QUINCY - Police say three cars were left up on milk crates and blocks over night Thursday as the city and nearby towns continue to see a rash of tire thefts.Capt. John Dougan of the Quincy Police...
View ArticleWeymouth man charged with robbing elderly woman in Dorchester
BOSTON – A Weymouth man was arrested Friday after police identified him as a suspect in the unarmed robbery of a 75-year-old woman earlier this month. Police said the woman told investigators she had...
View ArticleBurglars claim to be looking for lost dog -- in Cohasset man's kitchen
QUINCY -- Police say two men who were warned about hitchhiking on Route 3A on Saturday afternoon later broke into a Hillside home and claimed to be looking for a lost dog.Patrick O’Toole, 21, of...
View ArticleQuincy school bus driver cited for crash
Bus driver Mark Woods has been cited by Quincy police for negligent operation and marked-lanes violations in the Oct. 25 school bus crash on Quarry Street. Several students were shaken up in the crash...
View ArticleBoston man indicted in Quincy double stabbing
DEDHAM - A Norfolk County grand jury has indicted a Boston man accused of stabbing two neighbors who tried to break up a fight in a Quincy apartment building this summer.Travis Alden Jones, 22, is...
View ArticleTasers now 'another tool in the toolbox' for Weymouth police
The police department has joined a handful of other South Shore forces in arming its officers with Tasers, providing them with a typically-nonlethal form of defense.
View ArticleMarshfield man charged with domestic assault
MARSHFIELD – A 34-year-old Marshfield man faces kidnapping and strangulation charges stemming from an Oct. 19 incident involving a former girlfriend.Justin Evans of 91 Holyoke Ave. was arraigned Oct....
View ArticlePair arrested looking for lost dog -- in Cohasset man's kitchen
QUINCY -- Police say two men who were warned about hitchhiking on Route 3A on Saturday afternoon later broke into a Hillside home and claimed to be looking for a lost dog.Patrick O’Toole, 21, of...
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