Marshfield Hills
CRIME & SAFETY
Jury selection underway in murder trial of Marshfield woman accused of killing her husband
PLYMOUTH ‒ The murder trial of Christine Ricci, the Marshfield woman accused of stabbing her husband, Michael Ricci, to death in early 2021, began Monday in Plymouth Superior Court with jury selection. Christine Ricci's attorneys have claimed self-defense. Here's how Judge Diane Freniere described the case to about 40 potential jurors: "At...
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. ...
District Attorney identifies Lakeville swimmer who died after being found in pond
(WJAR) — The man who died in an apparent drowning was identified by the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office over the weekend. The victim was identified as 68-year-old Todd Page. The Massachusetts Environmental Police Department responded to Long Pond in Lakeville for a missing swimmer call during a...
Second weekend stabbing leaves 3 people injured outside Brockton bar
BROCKTON — Three people were stabbed during a fight outside a Brockton bar early Sunday morning, police said. Brockton police responded to reports of a stabbing outside Bar Dino's, located at 1002 Main St. at about 1:53 a.m., Brockton police spokesperson Darren Duarte said. When they arrived, officers found...
DA: Fall River man was protecting other parkgoers when he was fatally stabbed in Brockton
BROCKTON — A Brockton man was held without bail after being arraigned on charges that he fatally stabbed a Fall River man inside a city park over the weekend. Johnny Richmond, 36, of Brockton, pleaded not guilty in Brockton District Court on Monday to a charge of murder. A judge ordered Richmond held without bail at the request of the prosecutor from the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office.
Fire reported at Avon recycling center
Firefighters battled a blaze in a waste management building in Avon, Massachusetts, on Monday morning. The fire was reported around 8:45 a.m. in a commercial building on 40 Ledin Drive, according to the Avon Fire Department. That is the listed address for the Avon Spiegel Recycling Center, operated by Waste Management.
OPINION: Bail – Illegal Alien in the Wind
The recent release on $500 bail and subsequent flight of migrant Cory Alvarez, alleged to have raped a disabled child by force, highlights a little known but serious problem in our judicial system: when a judge is appointed to the court, he or she sits on both civil cases and criminal cases, whether or not they have ever had prior experience in the criminal arena. In this instance, the Alvarez judge was a very experienced attorney in the civil arena, but she was woefully unqualified to make bail decisions, and made a terrible error in this case.
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