CRIME & SAFETY
No charges in Massachusetts after 4 newborns found frozen, wrapped in tin foil inside Boston apartment: DA
The Suffolk District Attorney announced that they will not seek criminal charges against anyone, two years after newborns were found in a South Boston apartment freezer.
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...
OSHA finds Boston window cleaning company responsible for death of employee who fell 29 stories
Sky Safety Inc. said it was not responsible for the death of the employee in a statement to Boston.com. Federal officials found a local window cleaning company is responsible for an employee’s fatal 29-story fall from a building in downtown Boston in October after failing to inspect equipment for damage, they announced Thursday.
Deaf woman injured in East Boston stabbing
One person was taken to the hospital after a stabbing in East Boston on Friday afternoon. Investigators swarmed a Brandywyne Drive apartment community Friday after a call came in that a resident had been stabbed. The resident, a deaf woman, was brought to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Authorities identify Framingham man killed in head-on crash on Route 20 in Sudbury
SUDBURY — Authorities have identified the Framingham man who was killed Tuesday morning after his car collided head-on with a tractor-trailer on Boston Post Road. Authorities said Biejan Michael Amini, 34, died after the Nissan Sentra he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer at about 10:30 a.m. on Boston Post Road (Route 20) near its intersection with Wayside Inn Road.
Father and Son Assaulted at Ashmont MBTA Station, Two Juveniles Charged as Boston Community Calls for Increased Transit Safety
A 51-year-old man and his 6-year-old son were victims of a brutal attack by a group of five juvenile males at the Ashmont MBTA station on April 26 around 7 PM, law enforcement officials report. The altercation began after the man asked the teenagers to snuff out their marijuana cigarette. The incident, which disturbed the evening commute, quickly escalated into physical violence, prompting an investigation by the Transit Police Department.
Police arrest 7 people for drug-related crimes and other charges as part of Operation Granite Shield
NASHUA, NH – During the week of April 29, 2024 members of the Hudson Police Department and the Nashua Police Department’s Narcotics Intelligence Division and Problem Oriented Policing Unit arrested seven people for various drug crimes, crimes frequently associated with criminal behavior related to drug activity and other criminal offenses. Officers were operating under the New Hampshire Substance Abuse Reduction Grant.
Massachusetts State Police, K-9 ‘Zigo’, track down stolen vehicle and suspects after pursuit
“At approximately 2:40 AM on Monday, April 29, 2024, Acton Police requested that Massachusetts State Police patrols out of the Concord Barracks to be on the lookout for a black Audi that had been stolen in their town. Subsequently, Concord Police observed the stolen Audi pull into a parking lot in their town and saw three occupants get out of that vehicle and enter a gray BMW and speed away. Concord Officers pursued the BMW for a short distance before terminating their pursuit.
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