Bridgewater State student ordered off campus for allegedly strangling woman
Adolphus Nwokeji, a 22-year-old Beverly man, allegedly strangled a woman at Bridgewater State University late last week, and he was forced to stop by a karate kick to the stomach by another woman,...
View Article$1,000 bail for driver in Cohasset crash caught on video
QUINCY - Bail has been set at $1,000 for a Scituate woman charged with drunken driving after a harrowing head-on crash caught on video in Cohasset over the weekend.Laura Farrell, 53, was arraigned...
View ArticleQuincy man charged with trying to stab bus driver
BOSTON - A Quincy man was arrested late Tuesday night after police said he tried to stab an MBTA bus driver through an open window.The bus driver told police that Dennison Drew, 25, had walked up to...
View ArticleDementia patient held for beating death of 86-year-old roommate at Randolph...
RANDOLPH – A 58-year-old dementia patient at a Randolph nursing home has been arrested for the fatal beating of his 86-year-old roommate.The Norfolk District Attorney's Office said Walter Rice Jr....
View ArticleQuincy Police to crack down on underage drinking with compliance checks
QUINCY – Police plan to crack down on underage drinking in Quincy in the coming weeks with the help of a $10,000 grant.The money, which was provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety...
View Article86-year-old dementia patient in Randolph allegedly killed by roommate
RANDOLPH – When Officer Stephen Morse stepped into room 375 on Wednesday morning, he found blood splattered on the walls, soaking a pillow and coating two beds.It was here that police say 58-year-old...
View ArticleBridgewater State day care director ignored warnings in rape cases
Judith Ritacco, the former director of the day care at Bridgewater State University, admitted to sufficient facts for a guilty finding Thursday morning on the charges of reckless endangerment of a...
View ArticleDA: Four murdered in Groton
Authorities say four people were found dead at a home in the small town of Groton in north central Massachusetts. A suspect is in custody.Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan says police found two...
View ArticleFour murdered in Groton
A 22-year-old man will face murder charges in the deaths of four people found at a home in the small town of Groton in north central Massachusetts.Police in Groton found two women and a man dead inside...
View ArticlePolice seek Quincy gas station robber
A man held up Prestige Gas Station on Franklin Street at gunpoint Saturday night.
View ArticleHolbrook selectmen praise three police officers
HOLBROOK -- The selectmen recently honored police Sgts. Bill Marble and Brian M. MacGregor and patrolman Casey Surprenant.A call from a resident expressing gratitude prompted Police Chief William J....
View ArticleHingham lawyers named officers of Mass. Bar Association
Hingham resident Christopher P. Sullivan has been elected president of the Massachusetts Bar Association and John J. Morrissey, also of Hingham, has been elected treasurer.Sullivan is a partner at...
View ArticleSuspect charged in 2016 death of elderly man in Dedham
A Boston man has been indicted for the murder of 89-year-old Ignazio Chermesino, who died two weeks after he was assaulted in a robbery.Nicholas Durfee, 36, of Roslindale, has been held on $100,000...
View ArticleSuspect in shooting of Raynham father, son linked to Boston murder
Police believe a shooting of two motorcyclists on Route 93 was the beginning of an apparent rampage in which a man killed a woman, then crashed a vehicle.
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View ArticleQuincy man charged with child rape
QUINCY - A Quincy man is free after being arraigned last week on two counts of child rape with force.Following his arraignment Thursday in Quincy District Court, David DeBoer, 53, of 145 Billings St.,...
View ArticleSouth Boston man charged with breaking into Quincy restaurants
QUINCY - Police have arrested a South Boston man suspected of breaking into three restaurants and one grocery store in Quincy this weekend.Dennis Reddy, 65, was due to be arraigned Tuesday on charges...
View ArticlePolice: It appears gunman did not know victims in Expressway shooting
TAUNTON - It does not appear the gunman in Sunday night’s Expressway shooting knew the victims, state police spokesperson David Procopio said Tuesday.But state police are not calling the incident road...
View ArticleShe cleaned up, then Whitman woman cleaned them out, police say
Kathryn N. Astuto, 32, of Whitman, was arraigned at Brockton District Court on Tuesday, where she was hit with eight counts of larceny over $250. This comes after Astuto was initially arraigned in late...
View ArticleBoston man charged with murder of Taunton man on Expressway
Lance Holloman, who was a suspect in a shooting on the Expressway and in a Dorchester home, has now been charged in both murders.
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