CRIME & SAFETY
Bellingham man faces charges after crashing through ice cream shop’s parking lot
A Bellingham man is being criminally cited for operating under the influence, along with a slew of other traffic violations, after he crashed his Ford F350 through three parking lots on Pulaski Boulevard Sunday evening.
Karen Read made a ‘beeline’ for dead cop boyfriend John O’Keefe’s body hours after killing him: Prosecutors
Karen Read allegedly hit her Boston cop boyfriend John O'Keefe and left him to die during a snowstorm. O'Keefe's body was 80 degrees when he arrived at the hospital. The post Karen Read made a ‘beeline’ for dead cop boyfriend John O’Keefe’s body hours after killing him: Prosecutors first appeared on Law & Crime.
Focus turns to demeanor of girlfriend charged in Boston officer's death on second day of trial
BOSTON (AP) — The demeanor of a Massachusetts woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend and the words she uttered at the crime scene were the focus Tuesday on the second day of her trial. Karen Read has been charged with second degree murder and other charges in the 2022 death of Officer John O’Keefe. The 16-year veteran of the Boston police was found unresponsive outside a Canton home. He was taken to the hospital and, hours later, pronounced dead. An autopsy found O’Keefe died of hyperthermia and blunt force trauma. Read has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Testimony from two police officers and two firefighters who arrived on the scene early Jan. 29, 2022, described a chaotic scene in which O’Keefe was laying face up and Read was attempting to give him CPR. She had blood on her mouth, possibly from giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. They described Read as distraught and screaming and that O’Keefe had no pulse and wasn’t breathing. They also described interactions with Read, in which she made statements that appear to implicate her in O’Keefe’s death.
1 driver killed, 2nd seriously injured in early morning crash on Route 128 in Needham, Massachusetts
NEEDHAM, Mass. — One driver was killed and another seriously injured Tuesday in a crash on Route 128 South in Needham, Massachusetts, state police said. Massachusetts State Police said troopers responded to the crash, which involved two pickups, near Exit 33 in Needham. State police said the investigation indicates...
Driver high on meth led police on chase through multiple Mass. towns, authorities say
A driver accused of leading police on a chase through several towns and sending his truck crashing down a retaining wall in an attempt to escape was high on methamphetamine, Massachusetts State Police said Wednesday. The situation started around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when police in Middleton began pursuit of a...
3 hospitalized after Holliston crash sends car down embankment
A crash in Holliston, Massachusetts, sent a car down an embankment and three people to the hospital. Police in Holliston say the two-vehicle crash happened Wednesday night on Washington Street. One vehicle went through a stop sign, hitting another vehicle and forcing it off the road, according to police. The...
Massachusetts Kidnapping Suspect Arrested In Rhode Island
The suspect wanted for an assault and kidnapping in Massachusetts has been taken into custody in Rhode Island. Forty-one-year-old Jamaine Johnson allegedly choked his girlfriend in a domestic incident, stole her car and took off with their six-month-old child. He reportedly threatened to harm himself and the child. Overnight Tuesday,...
Man faces charges after crashing into Bellingham home
BELLINGHAM, Mass. (WLNE) — A man was arrested yesterday after police say he crashed into a house yesterday. The accident happened on Ray Avenue. 46-year-old Christopher Lockwood is facing charges of operating under the influence, operating to endanger, and possession of heroin. Lockwood is expected to be arraigned at...
Authorities identify dismembered human remains found in 1989 in Warwick, Massachusetts
WARWICK, Mass. — Ending a mystery that began in 1989, authorities identified the dismembered body dumped beside a rural road in western Massachusetts as those of Constance Bassignani, a former resident of Franklin, and called her now-dead husband, William Bassignani, as a person of interest in her murder. Her...
Man accused of placing card skimmers in New Hampshire Walmart and other stores across Northeast
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A man who police believe is in the U.S. illegally is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing data through credit card skimmers around the Northeast. According to court documents, Romario Serban placed the skimmers at Walmart stores in New Hampshire, New York, Maine and Massachusetts last July.
Man arrested for stealing more than 27K credit card numbers at Walmart locations, affidavit says
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – A man accused of stealing more than 27,000 credit card numbers at different Walmart locations in the northeast was arrested and charged in North Carolina last week. A criminal complaint was filed against Romario Serban on April 10 alleging he “participated in a fraudulent...
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