CRIME & SAFETY
Three charged in stabbing death at Leominster apartment complex
LEOMINSTER — A Fitchburg man has been charged with murder and two others are charged with assault and battery in connection with Tuesday’s stabbing death outside of a building at the Riverside Village Apartments at 24 State St. Juan Diaz Contreras, 19, of 25 Forest St. No. 1, Fitchburg, was arrested Thursday night without incident...
Nashua police officer helps rescue injured swan
NASHUA, N.H. — It's not often you find anyone, let alone a New Hampshire police officer, holding a swan. But Animal Control Officer Bob Langis did just that during a special rescue on Thursday. An injured swan in Nashua was picked up and taken for evaluation. Nashua police said...
Boston Federal Jury Convicts Mexican Man in Massive Cocaine Trafficking Operation from Texas to Massachusetts
A Mexican national is now facing a potential life sentence after a federal jury in Boston found him guilty for his role in a massive cocaine trafficking operation. Erasmo Lira-Mendez, the 39-year-old defendant, was nabbed with a whopping 20 kilograms of cocaine in Littleton, Massachusetts, as reported the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Victim of deadly Templeton dirt bike crash identified as Stow man
The victim of a deadly crash over the weekend in Templeton has been identified. Brian Olson, 25, of Stow succumbed to injuries he sustained after the dirt bike he was riding collided with a car in the area of 712 Patriots Road (Rte. 2A) at about 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office.
Mother who abandoned newborn in northern Maine in 1985 appeals sentence
PORTLAND (WGME) -- The mother of Baby Jane Doe, who was abandoned in a northern Maine gravel pit and left to die more than 35 years ago, is appealing her sentence. She is currently serving six years in prison. Police arrested Lee Ann Daigle, formerly Lee Ann Guerrette, of Lowell,...
Adam Montgomery sentenced for killing 5-year-old daughter. What the judge said to him.
Adam Montgomery, the killer of his five-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery, was sentenced by a judge to serve 45 years-to-life for her murder New Hampshire state prison on Thursday. Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Amy Messer said all of Adam Montgomery's actions reflected an ultimate indifference to human life. "Harmony was an innocent...
Editorial: Guard’s assault grim reminder of dangers inherent in this duty
It’s no surprise that corrections officers exhibit the worst health of any U.S. occupational group, with high rates of on-the-job injuries, suicide, obesity, hypertension and sleep disruption. Their life expectancy averages more than a decade less than those in other professions, according to research in multiple states. Mazen El...
Ex-correctional official sent to US prison for payments from Galleon's Rajaratnam
BOSTON (Reuters) -A former correctional counselor at a federal prison in Massachusetts was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison for corruptly accepting tens of thousands of dollars from a wealthy inmate identified by a source as Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam.
Body of missing Vermont man Devin Whitham found in New Boston, NH, police say
NEW BOSTON, N.H. — The remains of a missing Vermont man have been located in a wooded area in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, according to police. The New Boston Police Department reported that on April 26, a hunter discovered a set of skeletal remains near Francestown Road in the town of New Boston. Police transported the body to the chief medical examiner in Concord for further analysis and to obtain a positive ID.
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