CRIME & SAFETY
Surveillance video shows moments before deadly Nashua crash
NASHUA, N.H. — A woman was killed and a man was flown to a Boston hospital after an early morning crash in Nashua. The two were ejected from the car, which came to rest upside down on the bank of a pond off Amherst Street. Nashua police said that...
Man accused of lying to police about identity during Northborough car chase arraigned in court
After being held on bail for his alleged involvement in a high-speed chase through Worcester County, a Fitchburg man was arraigned on additional charges of lying to law enforcement during his arrest.
Tyngsborough police and fire respond to two-alarm structure fire
TYNGSBOROUGH — Police Chief Richard Howe and Fire Chief Wes Russell report that the Tyngsborough Police and Fire Departments responded Tuesday to a two-alarm structure fire on Long Pond Road. On Tuesday, April 23, at approximately 12:18 p.m., the Tyngsborough Police and Fire Departments were alerted to a fire...
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.
Marlborough fire official says mobile home blaze will likely result in total loss
MARLBOROUGH — A mobile home off Route 20 is likely a total loss after being hit by fire on Tuesday afternoon, a fire official said. The fire occurred at the Post Road Mobile Home Park due to an electrical issue, Assistant Fire Chief Jeffrey Emanuelson said later on Tuesday.
Bail hearing held for suspects charged in gift card scam
CONCORD, N.H. — Two people arrested in connection with what prosecutors describe as an international crime ring targeting New Hampshire consumers are being held on high bail. As News 9 Investigates reported last month, the suspects are accused of a scam that involves gift cards. The defendants have been...
Romance scams target thousands in Mass: "You have to get rid of your husband"
TOWNSEND - Organized romance scammers target their victims by using sophisticated scripts, sending messages promising love, then they get men and women to send them money. That is bad enough. But, for a Townsend woman who was duped into believing a famous actor was in love with her, the scam took on a potentially more sinister tone that ended with her in handcuffs.Romance scamsStar-struck, Roxanne Doucette thought she was exchanging romantic text messages with soap opera actor, Thorsten Kaye. Except the messages were not from Kaye, Doucette tells the I-Team, "It was a scam." Fraudsters, pretending to be the actor,...
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