Activists call for changes at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton
Some members of a disability rights group face trespassing charges for attempting to force their way into the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton Monday evening.
View ArticleWeymouth men indicted in wine-bottle attack on autistic man
DEDHAM - A Norfolk County grand jury has indicted four people, including two men from Weymouth, accused of attacking an autistic man who police say was robbed and beaten with a wine bottle this...
View ArticleHingham man charged for 'classic Ponzi scheme'
Secretary of State William Galvin said he'll also seek an emergency order to keep Stephen Eubanks from taking more money from investors. Eubanks faces a civil hearing for taking $529,000 from investors...
View ArticlePolice say driver who hit Quincy pedestrian hadn't scraped frost from windshield
QUINCY - Police say a Brockton man who hit a pedestrian in Quincy on Tuesday morning told officers he couldn't see the woman because he hadn't scraped all of the morning frost from his windshield.Capt....
View ArticleBrockton lawyer confirmed as Plymouth judge
An Easton man, who is an attorney in Brockton, was approved as a district court judge Wednesday.The Governor's Council approved Edward H. Sharkansky for a seat on the Plymouth District Court."I'm just...
View ArticleJurors hear gruesome details of carjack killings in Sampson retrial
Gary Sampson’s lawyer, William McDaniels, urged the jury at his retrial to spare Sampson’s life and instead sentence him to life in prison. He said Sampson has struggled with traumatic brain injury...
View ArticleKingston State Trooper's vehicle homicide trial underway
John Basler, 28, of Kingston, is also charged with manslaughter while driving drunk and other offenses for the September 2013 head-on collision in Plymouth that fatally injured Susan Macchi and her...
View ArticlePolice investigating Quincy convenience store burglary
QUINCY – Police say a burglar was caught on camera breaking into a Quincy Avenue convenience store early Monday morning and grabbing money from a cash register.Capt. John Dougan of the Quincy Police...
View ArticleMan set up online, robbed at knifepoint in Stoughton
A Norwood man thought he was meeting a woman in Stoughton, but was instead robbed at knifepoint.
View ArticleGovernor Baker confirms investigation of Environmental Police
The Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs is investigating a pattern WCVB-TV uncovered of environmental police officers spending portions of the work day at home and receiving overtime for...
View ArticleFormer Quincy man seeks new trial in wife's murder
BOSTON - A former Quincy man who murdered his estranged wife and left her body for their 8-year-old son to find is due back in court in this week as he makes his latest bid for a new trial.Daniel L....
View ArticleWeymouth woman charged with stomping kitten to death
A Weymouth woman is facing an animal cruelty charge after allegedly stomping on her kitten and killing it in a drunken rage.
View ArticleState trooper acquitted of manslaughter in death of mother and daughter in...
State Trooper John Basler, of Kingston, was found not guilty of two counts of vehicular manslaughter in the crash that killed Carver residents Susan and daughter Juliet Macchi. He was found guilty of...
View ArticleCourt upholds decision in Quincy indecent assault case
QUINCY - The state’s highest court has denied the request of a man who sought to withdraw his plea in a Quincy indecent assault case because he wasn’t told about the consequences of having to register...
View ArticleVandals damage earth-moving equipment in Cohasset
COHASSET - Police say vandals who damaged heavy equipment at a Cohasset construction site over the weekend appeared to have targeted the owner of a Hanover excavation company who has suffered similar...
View ArticleTrooper involved in fatal Plymouth crash gets 120-day sentence
BROCKTON - A State Police trooper from Kingston will spend 120 days in Dukes County jail on Martha’s Vineyard for driving drunk and speeding at the time of a head-on accident in Plymouth that killed a...
View ArticleSentence upheld for Weymouth man who raped, killed cousin
BOSTON - The state’s highest court has upheld the life sentence of a former Weymouth man who raped and killed his 6-year-old cousin at his grandmother’s house nine years ago.In a decision issued...
View ArticleContractors offering reward in Cohasset vandalism case
After vandals damaged heavy equipment belonging to Hanover-based Site Pro Excavating, local contractors are banding together to offer a monetary reward for information leading to an arrest.
View ArticleStoughton detective spots car, leads to arrest of bank robber
A man wanted for robbing a Revere bank while armed and wearing a Halloween mask in late October was arrested in Stoughton on Thursday.
View Article16-year-old shot on Neponset River bike path
The shooting Friday night took place on a section of the path behind the Ryan Playground in Mattapan and near the Central Avenue trolley stop, state police said.
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