$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
Jan. 7 Leave a Comment
Bullet hits White House window
Nov. 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
A bullet hit a White House window early Tuesday morning, but was stopped by the building’s ballistic glass, according to the U.S. Secret Service. The Secret Service said a second bullet was found on the White House grounds. No one was injured. Authorities did not specify the type of bullet. The discovery came after reports [...]
Connecticut pediatrician charged with having child pornography
Aug. 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
A pediatrician from Southeastern Connecticut was arrested on Tuesday and charged with possession, receipt and distribution of child pornography. Todd Parrilla, 47, of Stonington was caught by an undercover officer from Kansas City, Missouri allegedly downloading 104 images of child pornography from a public internet file-sharing program. The suspect is currently a pediatrician in Pawcatuck, [...]
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 [...]
Springfield mayoral candidate decries crime rate — stats say city is more dangerous than New York
May 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
SPRINGFIELD — Mayoral Candidate Antonette Pepe promised today to take immediate action against crime if elected after she learned that Springfield is the 12th most dangerous city in America, according to recent FBI statistics. The city rose in every category except for larceny from 2009, and has surpassed the crime rates of much larger cities, [...]
Braintree Police investigating alleged electronics scam
Oct. 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
Victims scammed out of $3,600 for Sears electronics
Miami’s Tent City in retrospective
June 2, 2010 1 Comment
The history and tale of sex offenders living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway.
Report: NBC will cancel “Law & Order”
May 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
Groundbreaking show ending after 20 years
Chelsea police shut down “horror movie” illegal dentist’s office
April 30, 2010 1 Comment
In what Chelsea police called “a scene out of a horror movie,” an illegal dental operation was shut down yesterday. City inspectors and fire investigators, acting on a tip, had police raid a building on Essex Street, where they found the illegal operation being run out of a dirty basement. Police found dental instruments, blood [...]
Wanted Virginia burglar arrested in Braintree
Feb. 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
An alleged burglar from St. Louis, who was wanted in Virgina, was arrested in Braintree on Sunday, police said. Kelvin K. Hall 43, was arrested as a fugitive from justice after officers responded to a domestic disturbance call on Granite Street — the home of one of Hall’s family members. When police checked Hall for [...]
How bad is copper theft?
Dec. 3, 2008 Leave a Comment
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, last April, when tornadoes were threatening Jackson, Mississippi, many residents were not alerted to the severe weather because five tornado warning sirens didn’t work. The reason: the sirens’ copper wiring had been stolen. A month before that, 4,000 Polk County, Fla. residents were powerless when thieves ripped copper [...]
FBI agent killed in line of duty
Nov. 19, 2008 Leave a Comment
Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Samuel Hicks, assigned to the Pittsburgh FBI Office, was shot and killed Wednesday while serving a federal search warrant on a suspected drug distribution ring. One suspect is in custody, the FBI said in a statement. Hicks, 33, joined the FBI in March 2007. The University of Pittsburgh graduate [...]
BREAKING NEWS: FBI agent shot serving warrant
Nov. 19, 2008 Leave a Comment
PITTSBURGH — The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration and local police were executing a federal search warrant this morning when an FBI agent was shot at the scene. “We are in the process of notifying the agent’s family and will provide more details later today,” the FBI said in a statement. The FBI [...]
LG, Sharp, Chunghwa agree to plead guilty in price-fixing conspiracies; will pay $585 million
Nov. 12, 2008 Leave a Comment
The U.S. Department of Justice released the following: Three leading electronics manufacturers “" LG Display Co. Ltd., Sharp Corp. and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. “"have agreed to plead guilty and pay a total of $585 million in criminal fines for their roles in conspiracies to fix prices in the sale of liquid crystal display (LCD) [...]
News Update: Connolly convicted; former FBI agent may serve life sentence
Nov. 6, 2008 Leave a Comment
Retired FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr. was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder for leaking information to informants that caused them to kill a potential witness more than two decades ago. The jury ruled that Connolly leaked information to James “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, which led to the murder of John B. [...]
