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Police misconduct, employment allegations have cost Springfield a whopping $11 million in recent years
In one case, officers allegedly stomped on a man in a package store, breaking his nose and ankle. In another confrontation, police allegedly shot an unarmed man twice.
Girl, 14, killed by commuter rail train in Worcester, police say
The girl was among a group of teenagers “trespassing on the right of way” of the Framingham-Worcester line near Atlas Street Thursday night, police said.
Worcester man charged in 2008 stabbing death of Becker College student
Marquis Brown, 40, was indicted Tuesday in Worcester Superior Court on a charge of first-degree murder in the 2008 killing of 19-year-old William Smith, prosecutors said.
‘Through a Rainbow Lens,’ exhibit on Lynn’s LGBTQ+ history, wins national award
The multimedia project by local nonprofit United Lynn Pride combines extensive archival research and the oral histories of 32 residents to map the North Shore city’s LGBTQ+ roots.
Elderly man pulled from burning home in Revere
Crews battled thick smoke and heavy flames at 661 Washington Ave., where a fire broke out around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, officials told WCVB-TV.
Brockton man sentenced to 25-30 years for shooting pregnant girlfriend in the head in 2020
Shaun Holiday, 30, was convicted May 15 by a Brockton Superior Court jury for the shooting that left the woman permanently blind, prosecutors said.
‘Operation Spring Clean’ nets 117 arrests of violent felons across the state, US Marshals Service says
“Operation Spring Cleaning” was underway from March 31 to May 30 and resulted in arrests in Brockton, Holyoke Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, Springfield, and Worcester, officials said Monday.
Brockton driving school owner pleads guilty to bribing RMV road test examiners
Between August 2019 and April 2021, Carlos Cardoso, 71, paid an examiner at the Brockton Registry of Motor Vehicles between $20,000 and $30,000 in bribes, prosecutors said.