2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (895+ words) An investigation by Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts reveals what it calls a repeated pattern of excessive and prohibited force at South Bay House of Correction, months after an inmate died following an altercation with corrections officers at the facility....

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (301+ words) Authorities are investigating an alleged sexual assault at a Massachusetts State Police barracks on Martha’s Vineyard, police said. The incident occurred in late August after the Oak Bluffs Police Department received a report of a “woman in distress,” Police Chief…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (279+ words) The third former staff member of Miss Hall’s School to face criminal charges stemming from the sexual abuse scandal at the private Pittsfield girls’ school pleaded not guilty Thursday, court records reveal. Matthew Johnson, 70, of Connecticut, was indicted Aug. 20 on…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (603+ words) Hot on the heels of last week’s mistrial, Lindsay Clancy is once again asking a judge to find her not guilty in the 2023 deaths of her three children. In a motion filed Thursday, defense attorney Kevin Reddington asked Judge William…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (253+ words) An employee at Marylou’s Coffee in Norwood reported a customer threw food and a tip jar over the counter at them due to a dispute over food allergies. Shortly before 11 a.m. Sept. 1, a store employee called 911 alleging a customer dispute…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (216+ words) A New Bedford woman was recently arrested and charged with murder in connection with a shooting at a Taunton house party, authorities said. Sienna Barboza, 25, faces one count of murder and seven counts of armed assault with intent to murder,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (131+ words) A male suspect was arrested in Portsmouth, New Hampshire Wednesday in connection with the murder of a woman in Salem. Police responding to a wellbeing check on Cabot Street in Salem Tuesday evening found the 42-year-old woman deceased, according to…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (176+ words) A Chicopee Public Schools teacher was placed on leave after being arrested Tuesday on child pornography charges. Keith Harrison, 46, of Lenox, was charged with two counts of possession of child pornography, one count of attempting to commit a crime of…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (333+ words) An 83-year-old woman who owned and operated a West Springfield-based financial services company pleaded guilty last week in federal court to five counts of wire fraud in connection with a nearly $11 million Ponzi scheme, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Barbara…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (186+ words) A man was charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 62-year-old pedestrian on Monday night. Ronei DeOliveira, 44, of Framingham, was arraigned Tuesday in Framingham District Court in connection with allegations that he struck and killed the pedestrian, identified as…...