CRIME & SAFETY
Local Law Enforcement and Community Rally in Search for Missing Man Michael Santos in Lowell
Authorities are urgently searching for Michael Santos, a 29-year-old man reported missing since yesterday afternoon. Santos, described as having a thin frame at 5’5” and 120 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes, and distinguishable glasses, was last sighted in the Nesmith St./Andover St. area at around 12:30 p.m. Lowell Police Department released this information, also noting that he has a notable tattoo on his neck.
Driver dead in fiery crash involving tree in Pelham, NH
A person was killed when their truck slammed into a large tree and burst into flames in Pelham, New Hampshire, on Wednesday afternoon. Pelham police say they were notified around 3:12 p.m. of a motor vehicle crash near 970 Mammoth Road. As first responders headed toward the scene, they learned a black Chevy Avalanche was fully engulfed in flames with the driver still inside.
Police investigate second deadly crash on Mammoth Road in Pelham in two days
PELHAM, N.H. — One person is dead and another person was seriously injured after a crash Thursday evening in Pelham, in the same area ofWednesday's deadly crash, authorities said. Pelham police said before 7 p.m., fire and police responded to a reported serious crash in the area of 700...
Ex-Burlington firefighter gets probation in animal cruelty case
A former Massachusetts firefighter who ran a dog training and boarding facility in South Boston where he allegedly abused animals will be on probation for two years after pleading in the case, prosecutors said Thursday. Tyler Falconer, who used to own Falco K9, on Wednesday pleaded to a continuance without...
New Hampshire man accused in Harvard bomb threat, extortion plot last year was sentenced
A New Hampshire man was sentenced in Boston federal court for making a series of extortionate bomb threats against Harvard University that caused several buildings on campus to evacuate.
Man accused of robbing New Hampshire mail carrier now faces federal charge
MANCHESTER, N.H. — An 18-year-old from Lowell, Massachusetts, who is accused of stealing the keys of a Nashua mail carrier, is now facing a federal charge. Prosecutors said Baraka Janvier and another suspect pointed a BB gun at the carrier while he was delivering mail last week and stole his keys.
Townsend man convicted of rape; will serve 3 to 5 years in prison
A Townsend man was sentenced to three to five years in prison last week after being convicted of rape, police announced Wednesday. John Zagwyn was indicted on a charge of rape in 2019 for raping a woman who was known to him in Townsend in 2017, Townsend Police Chief James Sartel and the office of Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said in a joint statement.
Firefighters spend hours battling blaze at Newton home
Fire broke out at a home undergoing renovations in Newton, Massachusetts, Wednesday. Newton firefighters responded to the home on Central Avenue around noon. A contractor working don't he home said they were doing major renovations - which were almost complete - when the fire broke out. It took hours to bring it under control, with flames popping back up again and again as plumes of dark smoke wafted in the air.
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