Quincy man indicted in robbery, beating behind city hall
QUINCY - A Norfolk County grand jury has indicted a Quincy man accused of robbing and beating a man behind Quincy City Hall this fall.Brian Silck, 44, has been held on $25,000 bail since his district...
View ArticleTire thieves strike again in Quincy
QUINCY - Police say a Quarry Street resident getting ready to go to work this morning found that someone had stripped the tires off his car overnight.The car was one of at least two targeted overnight...
View ArticleHingham police chief testifies in cop's insurance fraud trial
Sgt. Kris Phillips faces four counts in Plymouth County Superior Court -- filing fraudulent medical insurance claims, perjury and witness intimidation. The charges are from a 2015 claim of on-duty...
View ArticleCanton man accused of punching man over smoking complaint
CAMBRIDGE - MBTA Transit Police say a Canton man was arrested Monday and charged with punching a 67-year-old old man who complained about his smoking inside the Harvard Square T station earlier this...
View ArticleFinancial authority asks judge to throw out Scituate man's conspiracy accusation
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and a Portland, Oregon-based digital archiving company have asked a D.C. district court judge to dismiss a Scituate man's complaint that the two conspired...
View ArticleBrockton man, 18, charged with murdering mother
A woman was stabbed to death inside her Merritt Avenue home Wednesday afternoon. Her son is now charged with killing her.
View ArticleCarver cook accused of stealing food meant for elderly
CARVER - The former cook for the Carver Council on Aging and two Plymouth women has been charged with larceny from a building and conspiracy for allegedly stealing food meant for the town’s...
View ArticleShots fired outside Sharon motel; police investigating
SHARON – Police said they found a weapon but no victims or suspects after responding to a report of gunshots near a Route 1 motel Thursday morningSharon police said they received a call from the Econo...
View ArticleMarshfield woman faces three counts of assault
Kathleen Lyons, 52, of Marshfield, was arraigned in Plymouth District Court Thursday morning after allegedly attacking a neighbor Tuesday afternoon.
View ArticleHingham cop gets 2-year sentence for insurance fraud
Police Sgt. Kris Phillips, 53, was convicted Thursday by a Plymouth County Superior Court jury. He'll serve 6 months in the Dukes County jail, with the other 18 months suspended for 3 years.
View ArticleCook, two others allegedly stole from Carver's senior center
CARVER – The Carver Council on Aging’s former cook and two Plymouth women have been charged with larceny from a building and conspiracy after authorities say they stole food meant for the town’s...
View ArticlePolice focus on emotional wellbeing of cops
Eight police departments in Eastern Massachusetts are teaming up to put a heightened focus on the emotional wellbeing of officers responding to high-stress critical incidents and traumatic events.
View ArticleMilton man, 19, charged in Stoughton crash that injured 5 people
The teenager told police he took his eyes off the road, which led to five people, including himself, being injured.
View ArticleThree Brockton men charged with stealing from donation bins
Julio Ramos, 38, Octaviano Alves, 33, and Jason Gomes, 20, were all charged with receiving stolen property above $250 after being pulled over in Marshfield early Friday morning, Dec. 2.
View ArticleBrockton men charged with stealing from Marshfield donation bins
Julio Ramos, 38, Octaviano Alves, 33, and Jason Gomes, 20, were all charged with receiving stolen property above $250 after being pulled over in Marshfield early Friday morning, Dec. 2.
View ArticleCohasset police charge Scituate man with fourth-offense drunk driving
Cohasset police arrested Gerard E. Sheehan, 50, of 770 Country Way, Scituate, on Saturday, on a charge of fourth-offense drunk driving.In a complaint filed with Quincy District Court, officer Paul...
View ArticleRockland man wanted for allegedly driving at Quincy officers
QUINCY – Police are looking for a Rockland man who they say nearly ran over two police officers who walked up to his car outside the Quincy Center MBTA station Tuesday afternoon/ Capt. John Dougan said...
View ArticleHingham CVS robbed of razor blades again
Police want to question an as-yet unidentified man about a Dec. 1 theft of $576 worth of men's razor blades from the CVS at 86 South St. This is the third time the same CVS has been robbed.
View ArticleFormer van driver indicted on charges of inappropriately touching six women
A former van driver who drove elderly clients to and from a Norwell care facility was indicted Tuesday by a Plymouth County grand jury on charges he inappropriately touched six women.Robert McNeil, 57,...
View ArticleLetter to Sharon mosque pledges to keep new Muslims out of U.S.
It's far less vitriolic than some of the other letters recently mailed to Islamic institutions across the U.S., but an antagonistic message sent last week to the Sharon mosque is causing discomfort...
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