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CRIME & SAFETY
Suspect identified after 6 people are stabbed in Braintree and Plymouth
BRAINTREE - A person is facing charges after police said they attacked four girls at a movie theater in Braintree before stabbing two people at a McDonald's at a rest stop in Plymouth.Four girls attacked at movie theaterPolice said at around 6 p.m., 26-year-old Jared Ravizza entered a theater at the AMC Braintree 10 without paying and stabbed the four young girls. The mother of three of the girls said they were between 9 and 17 years old and were the only people in the theater to see the movie "IF.""They had just sat down, they had just got their...
Jurors hear about Karen Read's blood alcohol level as murder trial enters fifth week
A woman accused of leaving her Boston police officer boyfriend for dead in a snowbank after a night of drinking was still legally intoxicated or close to it roughly eight hours later, a former state police toxicologist testified Tuesday. Prosecutors say Karen Read dropped John O’Keefe off at a house party hosted by a fellow officer in January 2022, struck him with her SUV and then drove away. Read has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, and her defense team argues that the homeowner’s relationship with local and state police tainted the investigation. They also say she was framed and...
Doctor Reveals Shocking Injuries Sustained by Karen Read’s Boyfriend
After he was found unconscious on a snow-covered front lawn in late January 2022, Boston police officer John O’Keefe arrived at a local hospital intubated, hypothermic, and in cardiac arrest, an ER doctor who treated him testified on Tuesday.But while O’Keefe had a shockingly low internal temperature of 80 degrees, abrasions on his right arm, a head trauma, and his heart was not pumping on its own, Dr. Justin Rice said that the 59-year-old officer did not have any injuries to a majority of his body.“From the neck down he did not have a single broken bone, right? You certainly...
Police: One suspect arrested amid ongoing investigation into a double shooting near a Cambridge park
A suspect in connection with a double shooting in the area of Cambridge’s Donnelly Field last week has been taken into custody, according to Cambridge Police.
DA: Mass. man charged with allegedly misleading girlfriend into taking medication to end pregnancy
WATERTOWN, Mass. — A Massachusetts man has been charged in connection with allegedly poisoning and misleading his girlfriend into taking a medication to end her pregnancy, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced. Robert Kawada, 43, of Brookline has been charged with poisoning, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon...
Boston Gang Member Admits to Firearm Possession for Drug Trafficking, Faces Mandatory Sentence
A Heath Street Gang member was brought to book in Boston federal court today, admitting to the illegal possession of a firearm connected to narcotics dealing. The Roslindale man, identified as 27-year-old Blanding, entered a guilty plea to one count of carrying a firearm to further drug trafficking activities. Charges...
Newton police chief on leave ‘for personal reasons’
At Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller gave a shout-out to Newton Police Superintendent George McMains and referred to him as “acting chief.”. It turns out Newton Police Chief John Carmichael Jr. is away from duty for the time being. “For personal reasons Chief John Carmichael is...
Case of ex-Massachusetts teacher charged with rape goes to jury
The jury is now deliberating the fate of the former Hudson, Massachusetts, middle school teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student. Caitlin Harding is charged with three counts of rape of a child. The alleged incidents happened in 2010. Harding denies any assault occurred and last week testified she was...
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