CRIME & SAFETY
Lawrence fire chief says they're finding illegal, unsafe apartments at every response
Watch the story tonight at 11 p.m. on NBC10 Boston or míralo en español en Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra. Para leer en español, haz clic aquí. Elio Diaz was working on one of his trucks on January 19 when he looked across Salem Street and noticed flames emerging from a home.
Lawrence Shooting Suspect Apprehended After Dragging Officer and Swamp Chase
In the dark early hours of a Monday in Lawrence, an episode unfolded that seemed plucked straight from an action-packed police drama, but it was all too real according to Massachusetts State Police News. A State Trooper captured a man wanted in connection with a shooting after the suspect led law enforcement on a high-stakes chase – one that included dragging a Lawrence officer with his vehicle.
7-Eleven armed robberies and others tied to violent gang, police say. One arrested
QUINCY ‒ Police in Quincy and Norwell have made one arrest and issued two warrants connected to a pair of armed robberies targeting two different 7-Elevens and a car theft from a Quincy autobody shop. The separate robberies took place within less than an hour on the morning of...
Fatal strangulation of 59-year-old in Nashua motel room still unsolved 15 years later
NASHUA, N.H. — A man was found strangled to death inside a Nashua motel room in 2009, and no one has ever been arrested in the case. John R. Wiegmann, 59, was found dead in his room at the Motel 6 on Progress Avenue on Sunday, May 3, 2009.
Dylan Chaves, of Fiskdale, ID'd As Driver In Fatal Crash
Dylan Chaves, of Fiskdale, was driving his pick-up truck south on I-95 just after 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30, when the vehicle lost traction and turned sideways into the left lane of oncoming traffic, State police said. The Nashua man who crashed into the truck was taken to an...
Massachusetts man awaiting extradition to Vermont in connection with 2023 shootout
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Massachusetts man is waiting to be extradited to Vermont for an alleged connection to a 2023 shootout in Burlington. Walter Jones, 28, of Springfield was arrested on March 19. Massachusetts court records show he was the subject of a warrant as a fugitive from justice.
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