CRIME & SAFETY
No charges after bodies of 4 babies ‘frozen solid’ found stored in mother’s freezer ‘in shoe boxes covered in tin foil’
More than two years after police found the bodies of four infants — two boys and two girls — tucked inside a freezer within a home in Boston, Massachusetts, a district attorney has announced there will be no charges filed. According to a case report from Suffolk County...
Focus turns to demeanor of girlfriend charged in Boston officer's death on second day of trial
BOSTON (AP) — The demeanor of a Massachusetts woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend and the words she uttered at the crime scene were the focus Tuesday on the second day of her trial. Karen Read has been charged with second degree murder and other charges in the 2022 death of Officer John O’Keefe. The 16-year veteran of the Boston police was found unresponsive outside a Canton home. He was taken to the hospital and, hours later, pronounced dead. An autopsy found O’Keefe died of hyperthermia and blunt force trauma. Read has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Testimony from two police officers and two firefighters who arrived on the scene early Jan. 29, 2022, described a chaotic scene in which O’Keefe was laying face up and Read was attempting to give him CPR. She had blood on her mouth, possibly from giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. They described Read as distraught and screaming and that O’Keefe had no pulse and wasn’t breathing. They also described interactions with Read, in which she made statements that appear to implicate her in O’Keefe’s death.
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 April 17, according to police. ...
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.
Driver killed in Route 128 crash in Needham identified by Massachusetts State Police
Investigators have identified the driver who was killed Tuesday morning in a crash on Route 128 South in Needham, Massachusetts. Massachusetts State Police said Dylan Chaves, 31, of Fiskdale, was killed in the crash that involved two pickups near Exit 33 in Needham. The driver of the other truck was seriously injured.
Husband shot wife and daughter, then turned gun on himself in Lowell murder-suicide, authorities say
Authorities have identified three people who died in a murder-suicide at an apartment in Lowell, Massachusetts in April. The Middlesex District Attorney's Office identified the family as Steven Johns, 52, his wife Kaydion Dawson, 45, and their 7-year-old daughter. Investigators say Johns called 911 on April 27 to report that he shot his wife and daughter. By the time police arrived at the home on Warren Street, he had turned the gun on himself.
Jury finds Watertown police officer not guilty of 2021 rape
A jury found a Watertown officer not guilty of charges he sexually assaulted a woman three years ago, but he remains on administrative leave pending the police department's review. Kevin Rooney was indicted on two counts of rape and one count of indecent assault in 2022. A Middlesex Superior Court...
75-year-old man sentenced to under 3 years in 1966 killing of 10-year-old girl
Decades after a 10-year-old Massachusetts girl was beaten to death, a man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to under three years in prison. The office of Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said Thursday that 75-year-old Donald Mars of Bedford had changed his plea following his 2022 indictment in the 1966 death of Betty Lou Zukowski. He had previously pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.
Quincy Police Arrest Weymouth Man for Drug Trafficking, Seize Cocaine and Fentanyl in Montclair Sting
The streets of Quincy are a little cleaner today after the Quincy Police Department's Drug Control Unit clapped the cuffs on a 31-year-old Weymouth man during a crackdown in the Montclair area yesterday. The successful sting operation, which included surveillance tactics, led to the seizure of a significant stockpile of crack cocaine and the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl, substances which have long plagued the streets of Massachusetts.
2nd man wanted in Boston shooting that left 5 injured, including a brother and sister, arrested
A man wanted in connection with a mass shooting in Boston last year that left five people injured, including a young brother and sister, has been arrested, Boston Police announced.
Student suspended for threatening to shoot up all-girl Catholic school in Milton
A student is accused of threatening to shoot up a school in Milton, Massachusetts. Police are investigating the threats a student allegedly made before April vacation at Fontbonne Academy, an all-girl Catholic prep school. Sources tell the NBC10 Boston Investigators that the student also told classmates she was to going...
Man charged with installing credit card skimmer at Walmart in Hudson
HUDSON - Federal investigators are accusing Roman Serban of stealing thousands of dollars from Walmart customers across the Northeast, including here in Massachusetts.Installed skimming devices at WalmartsAccording to an FBI criminal complaint, between July 2 and July 8 of 2023, Serban stopped at 19 Walmarts, including a location in Hudson."Other people should work hard for their money instead of stealing from others," said Hudson resident Ann Bouvier.Investigators said Serban used skimmers installed on top of credit card terminals or Walmart's point of sale. The fakes are designed to look like a normal machine but with additional electronics to capture data....
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