CRIME & SAFETY
Teen indicted in connection with fatal 2022 Worcester shooting
One of the two teenagers charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old in 2022 will be tried as an adult in Worcester Superior Court. Isaiah Disla, 17, was charged with murder in connection with the shooting, according to court documents. He was scheduled to appear on Thursday for a pre-trial conference and will appear again on Sept. 9 for his pre-trial hearing.
Firefighters have permit to burn house for training; some neighbors object
Longtime Still River residents clearly recall the fires that scarred the neighborhood in past years. A 2008 fire damaged the old Baptist Meetinghouse, home of the Harvard Historical Society. A brush fire burned 9 acres of grassland in 2013. An earlier fire destroyed a garage on Still River Depot Road.
Judge rules ‘Turtleboy’ blogger can attend Karen Read murder trial
The Holden man known as “Turtleboy” can attend the Karen Read murder trial, a Dedham District Court judge ruled on Friday, The Boston Globe reported. Aidan Kearney, 42, appeared in Dedham District Court for a pre-trial hearing. Unrelated to the Read trial, he was charged separately with violating a restraining order with his former girlfriend.
State police lieutenant Griffin sentenced to 5 years in prison for overtime thefts
WORCESTER ― State police Lt. Daniel J. Griffin was sentenced to five years in prison for habitual overtime thefts in U.S. District Court Friday. Griffin, who was convicted of multiple felonies including overtime theft in December, allegedly orchestrated the theft of more than $130,000 in federal grant funds, hid $700,000 in income from the IRS and fraudulently obtained $170,000 in financial aid from his children's private school.
Fire and Ambulance Log: April 16 to 22, 2024
The Ambulance Service responded to five calls and transported three patients to the hospital, one with Advanced Life Support services on board. One person needed a lift assist. At 2:36 p.m. an alarm went off at a Myrick Lane home, but the duty officer found no smoke or fire. The...
Police Log: April 16 to 22, 2024
In the past week, police made 29 motor vehicle stops, six resulting in verbal warnings and 23 in written warnings or citations; many stops were related to the state law against using hand-held cellphones or other electronic devices while driving. Officers also dealt with three disabled motor vehicles, made one well-being check, and responded to one false burglar alarm.
Boylston police investigate armed robbery at local store
BOYLSTON — Two armed males robbed a Nouria convenience store at 328 Shrewsbury Street early Thursday morning, police said. Around 1:30 a.m., Boylston Police officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at the store. The clerk reported that the suspects displayed handguns, demanded cash from the registers,...
Hudson police make multiple drug-related arrests in April
HUDSON — Several individuals have been arrested on drug-related charges following a series of local investigations by the Hudson Police Department’s Narcotics Investigation Division and Patrol Division from April 9 to April 25, authorities said. Christopher Perrin, 34, from Lowell, was taken into custody on a felony arrest...
Worcester officers arrest man with nine outstanding warrants
WORCESTER — Worcester Police officers from the Neighborhood Response Team arrested 21-year-old John Slater, who had nine outstanding warrants, after spotting him with a stolen vehicle on April 24. At around 6:35 p.m., officers located a stolen motor vehicle at the intersection of Shrewsbury St and Imperial Road and...
Four people arrested in burglary ring that included Hudson and Southborough
REGION – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and State Police Colonel John Mawn Jr. announced that four people have been arrested in a burglary ring, including incidents in Hudson and Southborough. According to Ryan and Mawn, Jovan, 29, of Providence, R.I.; Paul Lemon, 30, of Warwick, R.I.; Steven Berdugo,...
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