Police receive report of possible kidnapping at Wollaston station
QUINCY – Police are investigating a report of a woman being forced into a minivan at the Wollaston MBTA station after apparently trying to escape earlier this morning. Police first received a report...
View ArticlePolice warn of man robbing people at gunpoint in North Quincy
QUINCY – Police are urging North Quincy residents to be vigilant after a pair of armed robberies in which a man walked up to people as they were getting out of their cars and threatened them with a...
View ArticlePolice say report of Wollaston kidnapping was mistaken
QUINCY – Police say a report of a possible kidnapping at the Wollston MBTA station this morning turned out to be mistaken. Police launched an investigation after a witness reported seeing what looked...
View ArticlePolice conduct routine canine drill at Scituate High School
Police from six departments and eight dogs were at Scituate High School Friday afternoon for a routine drill.Officer Brian McLaughlin said that the school was in "stay-in-place mode," rather than a...
View ArticleLaw gives employers flexibility on pot policies
While the legal status of marijuana has changed significantly in Massachusetts, employers' rules and policies regarding the drug are largely unaffected.
View ArticleWhere is Scott Wolas, and what is he up to?
The man who Quincy police say scammed local investors out of millions of dollars by falsely claiming he was going to renovate the Wollaston-area Beachcomber club appears to be lying low – but for how...
View ArticlePlymouth, Bristol county sheriffs join forces with ICE on immigration law...
DARTMOUTH — Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson and Plymouth County Sheriff Joe McDonald will enter a partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to perform immigration law...
View ArticlePolice arrest man they say robbed Quincy Chipotle with syringe
Quincy police say he threatened the cashier with a hypodermic needle.
View ArticlePolice: Weymouth man fired gun from car after leaving Quincy nightclub
He fired off three or four shots as he was driving down Hannon Parkway, Quincy police say.
View ArticleUMass chancellor: Stabbing happened outside my Stoughton home
STOUGHTON - One day after a 20-year-old man was stabbed multiple times at a large house party in Stoughton early Sunday morning, the homeowner, who is also a UMass Boston Chancellor, J. Keith Motley,...
View ArticleSearch for answers in disappearance of Hanson woman continues
John Smith is a former Littleton, N.H. police officer and private investigator who has worked with Maura Murray’s father, Fred, since she disappeared in 2004. He’s planning an event on Saturday, Feb....
View ArticleSampson, facing death sentence, wants to see juror's secret letter
BOSTON - Convicted spree killer Gary Lee Sampson is asking a judge to let him read a secret letter written by one member of the jury that sentenced him to death earlier this month.In a motion filed in...
View ArticleCarver Fire Company 1, chief, deputy to move Sunday
It’s a building planners take pride in as move-in day gets closer.
View ArticleHingham police sergeant gets early parole
Former Sgt. Kris Phillips will leave the Dukes County jail at the end of February, after he's served 3 months of a 6-month sentence for medical-insurance fraud. The state parole board granted his...
View ArticleQuincy police officer surrenders after shots fired in domestic dispute
Audio from the dramatic event reveals tense moments for Raynham Police on Britton Street
View ArticleQuincy cop arrested in Raynham standoff held without bail
Keith A. Wilbur, 51, of 332 Britton Street, Raynham will be held pending a dangerousness hearing.
View ArticleRandolph woman charged with allowing prostitution at CT spa
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — The owner of Connecticut day spa located across the street from town hall and close to a police station is facing prostitution charges.Hamden police said Monday that 55-year-old...
View ArticleSuspect car found in Quincy after serious pedestrian hit-and-run
QUINCY – Boston police say they’re still searching for a driver who may have abandoned their car in Quincy after hitting and seriously injuring a pedestrian in Dorchester on Tuesday evening. Boston...
View ArticleCourt orders compromise in Mass. drug cases tainted by lab misconduct
BOSTON — The highest court in Massachusetts has rejected a proposal for the mass dismissal of more than 24,000 drug convictions because of misconduct by a former state drug lab chemist.The Supreme...
View ArticleState Street pays $64 million to settle fraud investigation
State Street Corp., the Boston-based international financial services company, has agreed to pay a $32.3 million criminal penalty to resolve charges that it engaged in a scheme to defraud a number of...
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