CRIME & SAFETY
OSHA investigating contractor linked to construction accident that claimed life of Billerica officer
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday confirmed that it has launched an investigation into a general contractor linked to a construction accident that claimed the life of a beloved Billerica police officer last week.
Family shot and killed in apparent murder-suicide in Lowell, DA says
A father shot and killed his wife, his daughter and then himself in an apparent murder-suicide in Lowell Saturday morning, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office. The father called 911 just before 6:40 a.m. and told dispatchers he had shot his wife and child, the Middlesex District...
Hundreds attend vigil for fallen Mass. police sergeant
It was an incredibly emotional night in Billerica, Massachusetts, on Sunday as the community came together to remember a veteran of the city's police department who was killed in a crash while working a construction detail. Sgt. Ian Taylor was working Friday at the intersection of Boston Road at Pollard...
Brawl breaks out outside Mass. court as man is arraigned on murder charge in woman’s road rage death
A fight broke out on Tuesday during a court hearing for a man charged with murder in the death of 26-year-old Destini Decoff during an apparent road rage incident in Hopkinton.
Editorial: Benefits of police body cameras well worth the expense
In the nationwide atmosphere of heightened scrutiny on the performance of police officers, the Lowell Police Department launched a body-camera pilot program last April that equipped 30 officers – 10 on each shift – with those devices. As part of this initial introduction, then-interim Police Superintendent Barry Golner...
Ex-Mass. State Police trooper who burned documents sentenced to prison
A former Massachusetts State Police lieutenant was sentenced to prison months after he was convicted of an overtime scheme where he burnt and shredded documents, Acting United States Attorney Joshua Levy’s office announced. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Guzman sentenced Daniel Griffin, 60, of Belmont, to serve five years...
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