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New Hampshire man arrested in connection with deadly shooting outside Massachusetts Hindu temple
LOWELL, Mass. — A New Hampshire man is expected to appear in court Wednesday on charges stemming from a shooting early Saturday morning that killed one person and injured two others outside a Hindu temple in Lowell, Massachusetts. Paul Garcia, 38, of Dover, was arrested Tuesday in Lawrence, according...
Former Massachusetts restaurant owner killed in motorcycle crash
A Massachusetts man has died in a weekend motorcycle crash. According to police, on Sunday, at just after 7:45 p.m., the Holliston Police Department evening shift responded to Prentice and Mill Streets, a known dangerous intersection, for a motor vehicle crash involving serious injuries. The crash involved a motor vehicle versus a motorcycle.
25 Investigates: MSP confirm 3 Troopers with connection to Read case now under investigation
25 Investigates has confirmed with Massachusetts State Police that 3 troopers working with the Norfolk County District Attorney’s office are under internal investigation.
Milford man accused in deadly Hopkinton road rage incident held without bail after superior court arraignment
WOBURN, MASS. (WHDH) - A Milford man accused of hitting and killing a woman with his car in Hopkinton earlier this year was ordered held without bail during a superior court arraignment Tuesday. Ryan Sweatt, 36, was first arraigned in Framingham District Court in April. Now appearing in Middlesex Superior...
Suspect shot in the face by Boston police will stay behind bars
BOSTON (WHDH) - A suspect who Boston police shot in the face near the Forest Hills T Station will stay behind bars for now. Investigators say the 23-year-old was driving a stolen BMW when he hit two officers with that car last week. That’s when one of the officers opened...
Massachusetts man accused of obtaining over 200 kilos of filler powders that makes millions of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine
BOSTON – A Cambridge man was arrested last week in connection with an ongoing investigation of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Over the course of the past four years, the defendant is alleged to have been responsible for the manufacturing of over 200 kilograms of counterfeit pills. According...
Massachusetts fisherman found dead on the rocky shore of Sakonnet River in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH − A 65-year-old Massachusetts fisherman was found dead Monday in the Sakonnet River. The body of Leonidas Gonzalez, of Marlborough, was on the surface along a treacherous shoreline near Indian Avenue, according to Portsmouth's deputy police chief, Maj. Michael J. Morse. Gonzalez, a retired jeweler and grandfather, frequently fished in the area, and...
Motorcyclist killed in crash on racetrack at Barber Motorsports Park
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A motorcyclist from Massachusetts died in a motorcycle crash that happened Monday morning on the racetrack at Barber Motorsports Park. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as Abraham D. Schwartz of Dover, Massachusetts. He was taken to Grandview Medical Center where he died.
Abington man sentenced to 5 years in prison for oxycodone trafficking
BOSTON – A federal judge sentenced an Abington man to five years in prison for conspiring to distribute oxycodone pills. Kenneth Veiga, 32, was sentenced June 18 by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, the U.S. attorney's office said in a news release Tuesday. ...
Protestors gather in Stoughton to demand justice for Sandra Birchmore
The pregnant young woman was found dead from an alleged suicide in 2021. A prominent doctor ruled her death a homicide earlier this year. Demonstrators gathered outside Stoughton Town Hall Saturday to demand justice for Sandra Birchmore, a young pregnant woman who was allegedly groomed and sexually assaulted by three former police officers before her death in 2021.
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