CRIME & SAFETY
Marlborough man who drove school bus in Littleton is charged with raping a child
MARLBOROUGH — A Marlborough man who worked as a school bus driver in Littleton has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he raped a child last year. Derek Thistle, 32, was released on $10,000 bail after his arraignment Friday in Middlesex Superior Court. He was ordered not to have any contact with the victim or any witnesses; to have no unsupervised contact with minors; to not leave the state; and to report weekly to the probation department. ...
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...
Nashua man found shot dead 100+ miles from where he was last seen in 1991
NASHUA, N.H. — The shooting death of a Nashua man remains unsolved decades later. Maurice Giguere was 30 when he was last seen alive on Feb. 22, 1991. He was seen leaving a party across the street from his home on Clairmoor Drive. He was reported missing by a...
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.
Steven Johns, Kaydion Dawson ID’d as couple dead in Lowell murder-suicide
Officials on Friday identified a Lowell man who killed his wife and 7-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself as Steven Johns, 52, and identified Johns’ wife as Kaydion Dawson, 45. Johns called 911 just before 6:40 a.m. on Saturday and told dispatchers he had shot his wife...
New Hampshire jury finds state liable for abuse at youth detention center and awards victim $38M
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire jury awarded $38 million to the man who blew the lid off abuse allegations at the state’s youth detention center Friday, finding in a landmark case that the state’s negligence allowed him to be beaten, raped and held in solitary confinement as a teen.
New England’s Unsolved: The Disappearance of Amanda Grazewski
A frustrating 4-year search for a missing woman in New Hampshire: No one has seen or heard from Amanda Grazewski since Saint Patrick’s Day 2020. She was last seen in Derry, NH. But the search for Amanda has taken police to several local cities.
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...
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.
Manchester City Councilwoman Arrested for Falsifying Records, Lying Under Oath
A cloud of dishonor now hangs over the Manchester City Council as Councilwoman Tameka Lowe, one of its members, is behind bars. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed Lowe's arrest on charges of lying under oath and falsifying her criminal history on official documents. On February 8, 2024, an investigation...
MBTA train makes stop after drunk driver parks on tracks, police say
A North Andover man who drove drunk and stopped his car on train tracks was arrested after his stop prompted an Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority train to make an emergency stop, the Reading Police Department announced Wednesday. Christopher Kierce, 46, was charged with operating under the influence (liquor) and trespassing...
Man from New Hampshire disappeared in California 10 years ago Wednesday
MANCHESTER, N.H. — It's been 10 years since a Hampstead man vanished in California and investigators are hoping someone will come forward with information. Brian Alexander Wilson was last seen in Point Reyes Station, California. He was reported missing on May 1, 2014, at the age of 35. Officials...
Hit-and-run motorcyclist in jail after Methuen fatality
METHUEN — Martin Quinlan, 29, of Andover is being held without bail for 90 days after a hit-and-run motorcycle crash that killed Pamela O’Neil in Methuen on Sunday. Quinlan, who has another pending case related to driving, was arrested Monday and charged with leaving the scene of personal injury and death, as well as unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
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