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CRIME & SAFETY
Authorities searching for man accused of raping 2 workers at gunpoint inside Framingham store
Authorities on Tuesday released the name of a man wanted in connection with an investigation into the gunpoint rape of two women at a department store in Framingham in 1989.
Teen died from eating a spicy chip as part of social media challenge, autopsy report concludes
A Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from ingesting a substance containing a high amount of the chili pepper extract capsaicin, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press.The Worcester teen, a 10th grader, died on Sept. 1, 2023, after eating the chip. He was found unresponsive by police who were called to his home, and brought to a hospital, where he died. The cause of death was listed as cardiopulmonary arrest “in the setting of recent ingestion of food substance with high capsaicin concentration.” The report also noted that the teen had an enlarged heart and a congenital heart defect.
‘It was chaos’: Three men charged in shooting death of teenage boy at large Northboro house party
A wild free-for-all after shots were fired at what the Worcester County DA’s Office says was a birthday party at a Northborough home early Sunday morning. That million-dollar home is still listed on Booking.com.
Early morning fire breaks out at Bill’s Pizzeria
A fire broke out at a popular downtown restaurant early Wednesday morning, causing an hour-long road closure of Main Street. The call came in about the fire at 6:19 a.m., accourding to Hopkinton Police Department Lieutenant Scott van Raalten. “It was not large at all,” he explained. “It affected the...
Couple Hit, Killed By MBTA Train; Man Was Trying To Pull Girlfriend From Track: DA
The 65-year-old woman and 59-year-old man were hit in the area of Washington Avenue between Cochituate Street and Middlesex Avenue, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said on Tuesday. Police were called to the scene just before 6 p.m. The victims' names were not released. Witnesses said they saw the woman...
Family to face Mass. killer for first time since 1994 conviction
GROVELAND, Mass. — Thirty years after the brutal beating death of a Massachusetts teenager, her killer will go before the Massachusetts Parole Board on Thursday to argue he should be set free. Richard Baldwin was convicted in 1994 of murdering Beth Brodie, a 15-year-old cheerleader from Groveland. Baldwin was...
Police: Motorcyclist who crashed on controversial Mill Street was driving erratically
WORCESTER — A preliminary investigation of a motorcycle crashing into a parked vehicle on Mill Street Tuesday found the motorcycle driver was operating erratically, police said. The male motorcycle driver, who was not named by police, was in critical condition at midday Wednesday, according to police. The driver accelerated and attempted to pass...
'I really loved him': Fiancee of Northbridge stabbing victim forced to cope with sudden loss
NORTHBRIDGE ― The last time Taralina Mitchell saw David LeBoeuf, her future husband and the father of her future child, was when he left to go to the store the evening of May 3. After police sirens rushed by their Whitinsville home, Mitchell said she had “a gut feeling,” and made many attempts...
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