Guilty plea in Quincy rape sends attacker to prison for 9-10 years
DEDHAM -- A 28-year-old New Hampshire man will spend eight to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty on Tuesday to raping a woman in his Quincy apartment in March. Steven Lent admitted to aggravated...
View ArticleFormer Easton man arraigned on murder indictment in father's death
An Easton man was arraigned in superior court on a first-degree murder charge Wednesday in the death of his father.
View ArticleFormer Quincy DPW worker gets probation in connection with alleged illegal...
James Fitzpatrick of Quincy left his job at the city’s department of public works on Friday, and was sentenced to a year’s probation on Monday.
View ArticleSpree killer Gary Lee Sampson addresses jury for first time
Sampson read a statement at the federal courthouse in South Boston to the group of people who will decide whether or not he should be put to death, a dramatic climax to a case that's spent 15 years in...
View ArticleWeymouth brothers indicted in home invasion
DEDHAM - A Norfolk County grand jury has indicted two brothers accused of putting a gun in a man’s mouth and pistol-whipping him in front of his children earlier this month.Alfredo A. Galarza, 25, and...
View ArticleTwo indicted in Quincy Point shooting
DEDHAM - A man and woman have been indicted in connection with a shooting late this past summer that left at least eight rounds scattered across a residential street in Quincy Point but caused no...
View ArticleOff-duty Marshfield police chief arrests man for trying to break into vehicles
When officers arrived on scene, the man, Leonard DiMuzio, 27, of Marshfield, had already been apprehended by Police Chief Phil Tavares, who was off-duty at the time but had heard the call over the radio.
View ArticleCops: Duxbury man posed as HVAC worker, stole from employees
BROOKLINE - A Duxbury man suspected of stealing valuables from at least three Cohasset teachers while posing as a heating-and-cooling worker last year has been accused of pulling the same stunt at...
View ArticleWhitman man charged with animal cruelty for underfeeding dog
Whitman resident David Saccone was shocked when he was charged by the MSPCA with two counts of animal cruelty.
View ArticleYEAR IN REVIEW: The top stories in Whitman and Hanson in 2016
A town-wide manhunt in Hanson, a dog that died after a trip to a Whitman groomer, and a rejected $3 million override for schools were some of the biggest stories of the year.
View ArticleAlleged wrong-way driver from Norwell charged with drunken, drugged driving
A Norwell man is facing drunken and drugged driving charges after allegedly driving the wrong direction on Route 95, causing another car to crash to avoid him
View ArticleViolent crime rate sinks to 41-year low in Massachusetts
After peaking in the early 1990s, the violent crime rate has dropped by more than half in Massachusetts, falling last year to its lowest level since 1974, according to FBI data.Statistics released...
View ArticleSuspects in Stoughton CVS shooting indicted
The three suspects accused of being involved in a shooting inside a Stoughton CVS Pharmacy in September have been indicted.
View Article'Flash-mob' thefts, like one in Hingham, have retailers worried
Flash mob thefts like a recent one at the Apple Store at Derby Street Shoppes in Hingham, have retailers worried.
View ArticleRetailers have little defense when faced with shoplifting mobs
HINGHAM - The heist involved more than $14,000 in electronics and was over in seconds.A half dozen teenagers had appeared at the entrance of the Apple Store at the Derby Street Shoppes, then rushed a...
View ArticleDo you recognize these Stoughton gas-station thieves?
Police released still surveillance images Monday in hopes of identifying the men who robbed the gas station while armed last Thursday.
View Article2 shootings in 3 days in Randolph
One man was shot and more than a dozen gunshots were fired about 72 hours apart overt the weekend.
View ArticleQuincy man charged with indecent assault on MBTA worker
NEWTON - A Quincy man was arrested last month after police say he indecently assaulted an MBTA worker on a trolley in Newton.Transit Police said the assault was reported around 7:45 p.m. Dec. 28 on a...
View ArticleBraintree headmaster's sex charges dismissed, lawyer says
WORCESTER - The lawyer for a Braintree private school official arrested in September for allegedly soliciting sex from an uncover police officer says all charges against her client has been...
View ArticleWoman who lost unborn child sues alleged drugged driver
BROCKTON - A Bourne woman is suing a pizza delivery driver who police say was high on opiates when he crashed head-on into her car in Carver, killing her unborn child and leaving her with serious...
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