$15,000 reward being offered for information leading to an arrest
Dead man linked to unsolved 1993 murder of 10-year-old Mass. girl; officials asking public for information
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18-year-old Donald Rudolph charged with killing sister, mother, mother’s boyfriend in Weymouth
Nov. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
The bodies of Paula Rudolph, her daughter, Caylin Rudolph, and Paula Rudolph’s boyfriend, Frederick Medina, were discovered in their home in Weymouth on Thursday. Paula Rudolph’s son, Donald Rudolph, has been charged with murder for the grisly triple homicide. Former New England Patriot Ronnie Lippett, who had been sharing his home with 18-year old Donald [...]
“Anonymous” hacker group takes down police websites, posts personal information online
Oct. 22, 2011 4 Comments
Law enforcement websites and Internet services, including those used by the Boston Police Department came under attack yesterday by members of a hacker group called Anonymous. In a statement released by the group taking credit for the hack, the group claims “solidarity with occupation movement and anti-police brutality protesters.” “In solidarity with the Occupation Movement [...]
Springfield’s Mercy Medical center briefly locked down after area bank robbery
Sept. 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
Mercy Medical Center in Springfield was locked down this morning after two bank robbery suspects were seen fleeing toward the hospital’s emergency room, police said. The TD Bank on Chestnut Street was robbed at 10:30 a.m. Two suspects described as black man about 6-feet tall, one wearing a green had and one wearing a blue [...]
Former corrections officer sentenced on federal drug charges
Sept. 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
A former corrections officer working in MCI-Norfolk was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in federal prison for trying to smuggle heroin into the prison for inmates. Ronald P. McGinn, 40, of Bridgewater, also faces two years of supervised release. He was arrested in April for possession of 29 grams of heroin, which he was bringing [...]
Boston police bust two in Rice Crispy Treat heist
Sept. 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
Two Boston-area men were arrested Monday after police responded to a reported robbery at a 7-Eleven on State Street. Police arrived around 2:30 a.m. and spoke to a clerk who said the two men went into the store, looked around, and then walked up to the register. They threatened to punch the clerk out, and [...]
Police officer shot in Woburn jewelry store robbery
Sept. 6, 2011 Leave a Comment
For the second time in less than a year, a police officer has been shot in the suburb of Worburn during a jewelry heist. Around 11 a.m. Tuesday, a jewelry store was robbed on Cambridge Road in a shopping center. A responding police officer was shot and taken to Lahey Clinic, where his condition was [...]
Suspected gansters arrested for allegedly firing high-powered firearms at Salisbury range
Aug. 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
Two suspected gang members were sentenced on Wednesday on firearms charges from a trip to a shooting range in December 2010. Jeffrey Medina, 20, and Sherwin Garcia, 21, rented three high-powered firearms at a shooting range in Salisbury and shot almost 500 rounds of ammunition at targets while on probation from previous firearms convictions. Medina [...]
Indictment handed down in 2004 murder of Malden woman
Aug. 1, 2011 Leave a Comment
A Dorchester man was charged with the 2004 murder of Julaine Jules on Friday by a Suffolk County Grand Jury. Shabazz Augustine, 32, was charged with first-degree murder for the asphyxiation death of Jules, 26, of Malden. Jules’ body surfaced in the Charles River, wrapped in plastic bags, on September 19, 2004. The victim left [...]
Former operators of Stoughton employment agency convicted of fraud
July 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
The former owners of a temporary employment agency in Stoughton were convicted on Wednesday of paying more than $25 million in unreported cash to their employees in order to avoid paying $7 million in taxes and more in workers compensation insurance premiums. Michael Powers and John Mahan were charged with one count of conspiracy to [...]
Nine arrested in New Bedford in federal investigation
July 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Nine New Bedford men were arrested today on federal and state gun and drug charges according to the United States District Attorney, Carmen M. Ortiz. The arrests sprang from a joint federal and state investigation into gun and drug distribution in New Bedford, which began more than a year ago. Four individuals were indicted on [...]
Reddit co-founder arrested for hacking MIT computers for scientific papers
July 19, 2011 1 Comment
A Cambridge man was charged today with computer intrusion, fraud and data theft after he allegedly hacked into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s network to access protected JSTOR files. Aaron Swartz, 24, was a fellow at Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, according to the Boston Globe, and could have accessed JSTOR legally [...]
16-year-old is 11th homicide victim in Springfield this year
July 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
A teen was murdered in Springfield in what police believe to be a gang-related incident. Tyrel Wheeler, 16, of Springfield fell from a moving vehicle at the intersection of Meredith and Washington Streets after being shot several times at a different location. The vehicle continued down the street with no driver, and Wheeler tried to [...]
Police comb Wayland marsh for evidence in Lauren Astley murder
July 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
Investigators combed the marsh in Wayland where the body of 18-year-old Lauren Astley was found on the Fourth of July, Boston.com reported. A spokeswoman for Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. did not say what police were looking for. Astley graduated from Wayland High School only a few weeks ago. Her ex-boyfriend, Nathaniel Fujita, [...]
Casey Anthony sentenced to an additional year in prison, but may go free in a month
July 7, 2011 Leave a Comment
Casey Anthony did not walk free Thursday morning, as many had speculated. Found not guilty on Tuesday of murdering her daughter, Caylee, Anthony has avoided a possible death penalty. But the 25-year-old was found guilty of four counts of providing false information to law-enforcement officers investigating Caylee’s 2008 disappearance and death. The judge sentenced Anthony [...]
Wayland man, 18, charged with killing ex-girlfriend
July 5, 2011 4 Comments
Prosecutors accused a Wayland teen today of cutting the throat of his former girlfriend, Lauren Astley, 18, after a search of his family’s home yielded blood stained clothing and blood stains in the garage. Nathaniel Fujita, 18, pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder in court today. The former Wayland High School football player [...]
Four killed in holiday weekend violence in Boston
July 5, 2011 Leave a Comment
After a spree of violence over the holiday weekend, Mayor Thomas M. Menino said he would hold an emergency meeting with the city’s police commanders this afternoon to decide whether police should act differently to avoid more violence. Four were killed and nine wounded yesterday throughout five different neighborhoods in just five hours. “It’s so [...]
Man indicted for 23-year-old West Roxbury murder
June 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
After a 23 year search, a man was indicted in the murder of his girlfriend in the West Roxbury area known as the Grove, according to Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. Michael Coker, 48, was arrested today for the murder of 20 year-old Janet Phinney in 1988. [...]
State and federal authorities capture local “Most Wanted” man
June 27, 2011 Leave a Comment
SPRINGFIELD– State Police and Deputy United States Marshals collaborated on Friday to arrest one of Massachusetts’ most wanted criminals. Marshals arrested Marcus Parks, 25, as he left a relative’s home in Bernice, La. where he had been staying. Marshals set up surveillance at 137 Plum Ave. after Massachusetts State Police received a tip that one [...]
Billy Bulger speaks, requests privacy
June 25, 2011 10 Comments
Former Massachusetts State Senate president and University of Massachusetts president William M. Bulger gave a brief statement through a publicity firm: “I wish to express my sympathy to all the families hurt by the calamitous circumstances of this case. As the judicial process takes its course, I shall make no further comment at this time. [...]