South Shore, state police fear growing fentanyl, carfentanil trend
WEYMOUTH - With a large amount of the powerful painkiller fentanyl seized in a raid earlier this week in Weymouth, and the announcement by State Police Tuesday that multiple communities in the region...
View ArticleSouth Shore, state police fear fentanyl, carfentanil trend
WEYMOUTH – With a large amount of the powerful painkiller fentanyl seized in a raid earlier this week in Weymouth, and the announcement by State Police Tuesday that multiple communities in the region...
View ArticleHanover doctor charged with 'double dipping' on addiction treatment bills
BOSTON - Attorney General Maura Healey has accused a Hanover doctor of charging "vulnerable" patients for an opioid addiction treatment that was covered by the state’s Medcaid programDr. Ashok Patel,...
View ArticleMilton police investigating hateful messages at Curry College
MILTON - Police are investigating a series of hateful and ‘intimidating’ messages left on the Curry College campus in what appears to be at least two unrelated incidents.Police and college officials...
View ArticleNew defendants named as sex trafficking probe widens
BOSTON - Ten people have been indicted for their role in an online escort service accused of trafficking women for sex in several Massachusetts towns, including Braintree.The defendants indicted...
View ArticleQuincy teen, burglar startle each other, jump out windows
QUINCY - A teenager was so scared by a would-be burglar that broke into her one-story Quincy home Thursday afternoon she jumped out of her bedroom window, police said.The girl, who police did not...
View ArticleAbington man charged with robbing three banks
John Soule, 52, was charged in federal court of robbing banks in Boston, Quincy and Cambridge.
View ArticleMan stole pocketbook from woman inside Canton store
Police released surveillance images Monday in hopes of identifying the suspect.
View ArticleMan held knife to clerk's throat in Canton robbery
The suspect held a knife to the clerk's throat while demanding money.
View ArticleRandolph RMV worker could get 8 months for issuing fraudulent IDs
BOSTON - A Randolph woman accused of using her job at the Registry of Motor Vehicles to produce fraudulent identification documents could spend eight months in prison if a federal judge accepts a plea...
View ArticleKingston man held without a bail after gunfire reported in Carver
CARVER - A Kingston man is being held without bail on charges stemming from a report of gunfire at a Carver home last week.Carver police said the 40-year-old man, who was not identified, was arrested...
View ArticleBrother: Las Vegas gunman was wealthy real-estate investor
MESQUITE, Nev. — Stephen Paddock lived in a tidy Nevada retirement community where the amenities include golf, tennis and bocce. He was a multimillionaire real-estate investor, recently shipped his...
View ArticleHe 'saved my life and lost his:' Las Vegas shooting victims
A registered nurse from Tennessee who died shielding his wife, a doctor, from gunfire. The only son of a Canadian couple who is now left childless. A popular secretary at a New Mexico High School.All...
View ArticleCops: Man charged with selling cocaine to minors in Weymouth
WEYMOUTH - A 19-year-old homeless man was caught selling cocaine to minors in North Weymouth Monday night and then fled from officers who attempted to search him, police said.Emanuel Lopes was arrested...
View Article9-pound bag of drugs thrown from Quincy apartment amid FBI raid
QUINCY - The FBI says a Quincy man threw a bag of drugs weighing nearly nine pounds of out a window as agents were preparing to raid his apartment last month.Jonathan Andrade was arrested at his...
View ArticleCounselors say Las Vegas shootings 'struck a nerve' with clients
Less than 48 hours after a shooter killed 59 and wounded more than 500 at a country-music festival, South Shore counselors said clients sound almost as shaken as they were by the 2013 Boston Marathon...
View ArticleMan accused in Weymouth murder indicted by grand jury
WEYMOUTH - A man accused of killing his former girlfriend in Weymouth - who was also recently added to State Police list of most wanted violent fugitives - was indicted Tuesday in Superior...
View ArticlePembroke man charged with rape
A 21-year-old Pembroke man has been charged with impersonating a police officer, aggravated rape, kidnapping with sexual assault while armed and assault with a dangerous weapon.Irakli Patsuria was...
View ArticlePolice say Pembroke woman left dying crash victim in road
Danielle Mastro showed little emotion at her arraignment for the death of Deborah Combra of Bridgewater in a hit-and-run crash on Tuesday in Brockton. She told police she had been drinking and was on...
View ArticleWeymouth man charged with domestic violence, animal cruelty
WEYMOUTH - A dangerousness hearing has been scheduled for Friday for a Weymouth man who police said punched and struck his girlfriend multiple times during an argument earlier this week.Albert...
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