CRIME & SAFETY
No charges after bodies of 4 babies ‘frozen solid’ found stored in mother’s freezer ‘in shoe boxes covered in tin foil’
More than two years after police found the bodies of four infants — two boys and two girls — tucked inside a freezer within a home in Boston, Massachusetts, a district attorney has announced there will be no charges filed. According to a case report from Suffolk County...
District attorney says more remains found in Easton
EASTON, Mass. (WJAR) — For the second day in a row, police recovered skeletal remains near a brook behind a home in Easton. Residents said Thursday that it's unnerving to hear a human skull was found just behind a home in their neighborhood. Police say there's no threat to...
Sandra Birchmore Was Allegedly Assaulted by Three Police Officers — Then She Took Her Own Life
According to The Marshall Project, in 2014 Sandra Birchmore's mother wrote a letter to the leader of their local Explorer program to thank him for the work he was doing. Birchmore had signed up for the youth program that matched kids with local police in 2010 when she was 13 years old. Four years later, she was a different person, but not for the reasons her mother might be thinking. On Feb. 4, 2021 Birchmore's body was found in her Canton, Mass. apartment. The cause of death was apparent suicide. It would later be revealed that Birchmore had been victimized...
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...
2nd man wanted in Boston shooting that left 5 injured, including a brother and sister, arrested
A man wanted in connection with a mass shooting in Boston last year that left five people injured, including a young brother and sister, has been arrested, Boston Police announced.
Video shows pickup truck crash through fence during police chase on North Shore
DANVERS - A pickup truck crashed through a fence during a police chase on the North Shore Tuesday afternoon. Video from SkyEye shows the truck weaving in and out of traffic, sometimes driving on the wrong side of the road.State police said the driver was 37-year-old Joseph Kennedy from Malden. I-Team sources say the chase started earlier Tuesday in Middleton, the suspect then moving on to Danvers and Peabody.At one point, police suspected Kennedy may have a gun. The pickup truck slowed down and pulled into a parking lot on Route 114 in Middleton. Police cruisers blocked the entrance back to the road. Officers had their weapons drawn as they approached the driver in the parking lot, but he took off, crashing through a fence and over an embankment before driving away. A short time later the suspect ditched the truck and ran into the woods near a cemetery in Danvers. A state police K-9 went after the suspect and troopers took him into custody. Kennedy is facing several charges including operating under the influence of drugs, failure to stop for police and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
Police seek help finding two missing teens from East Boston
BOSTON — In an urgent plea for public assistance, the Boston Police Department has issued a Missing Persons Alert for two teenagers from East Boston, last seen on the morning of April 1. Christina Santos Rodriguez, 16, and Yoraida Toj, 17, have been reported missing and authorities are asking...
Jury finds Watertown police officer not guilty of 2021 rape
A jury found a Watertown officer not guilty of charges he sexually assaulted a woman three years ago, but he remains on administrative leave pending the police department's review. Kevin Rooney was indicted on two counts of rape and one count of indecent assault in 2022. A Middlesex Superior Court...
Boston police officers bring cake and sing "Happy Birthday" to man who called 911
EAST BOSTON - Two Boston police officers went out of their way to bring some birthday cheer to a man who called 911.Police said the man in East Boston called 911, saying he wanted someone to wish him a happy birthday. Before two police officers responded, they stopped to buy him a small cake and birthday candles.The police officers then arrived at the man's home and their body cameras captured them singing "Happy Birthday" to him before he blew out the candles on his cake.
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