CRIME & SAFETY
Child falls from window in Woonsocket
A child fell out of a window in Woonsocket Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Chief Thomas Oates told NBC 10 the 2-year-old boy fell out of a first-floor window,. Officials said he suffered minor injuries. He was transported to Landmark Hospital. Police said they found the child on concrete in...
Woman killed in Hopkinton road rage incident brought ‘life and love’ with her
Destini DeCoff, a 26-year-old woman who was killed when she was struck by a car in Hopkinton earlier this month in what officials described as a road rage incident, lived for her family, including her 7-year-old son, her obituary reads. DeCoff was struck by a car prosecutors say was being...
Body found in Massachusetts identified as woman missing since March
Williamstown Police have confirmed the body found off the Taconic Crest Trail not too far from the New York-Massachusetts border is Fae Morgana Barbone. Barbone, 40, was last seen in the area in early March, which prompted extensive searches over several days by multiple agencies. Her car was reported as...
Man arrested for ‘shots fired’ incident in Plainfield
PLAINFIELD, CT (WFSB) - A man faces charges for a shots fired incident that left another man hurt in Plainfield. According to Plainfield police, 32-year-old Miguel Pizaro-Escalera of Milford, MA was arrested for the incident in the area of Green Hollow Road. The incident was first reported just before 10...
Joint operation at Connecticut-Massachusetts border looks for human traffickers
UNION, Conn. (WTNH) — Federal and state agencies worked together on Thursday to catch safety violations — and potentially human traffickers — at the Connecticut-Massachusetts border. Law enforcement, including Homeland Security, took part in Operation COBRA. Teams looked for overweight trucks and safety violations at the Interstate 84 weigh station in Union. Within 25 minutes […]
Officials ID man found dead in Framingham home after anonymous 911 call
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — A man found dead in a Framingham, Massachusetts, home last week has been identified by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office. On April 10, Framingham police responded to a home on Fenwick Street after receiving an anonymous 911 call around 6 p.m. Inside, police found a man dead with apparent trauma to his body, according to the district attorney's office.
3 Mass. residents arrested after police chase involving stolen car, officials say (video)
Three Massachusetts residents were arrested and charged Wednesday after Massachusetts State Police said they tried to stop a stolen car but were led on a chase. Around 3 p.m. Wednesday, Troopers attempted to stop a car that had been reported as stolen. The car fled and merged on to Route 79, according to police. Troopers followed the car but stopped when it exited the highway for local roads.
Supporters of Massachusetts woman accused of murdering cop beau descend on courthouse, claim she was framed by police
Supporters of a Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her boyfriend descended on a courthouse in the state Tuesday claiming she was framed by police. The judge even took the unusual step of blocking demonstrators proclaiming Karen Read’s innocence from being within 200 feet of the courthouse Tuesday as jury selection began. “Karen Read could be any one of us,” demonstrator Dina Warchal told WJAR. “Thank God she has the money and means to fight this. But if it was us everyday people, we’d be in jail right now and you wouldn’t even know about this. That’s scary.” Read, 44 is on trial for...
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