TALLAHASSEE –Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) president, James Ammons, will not be suspended despite an ongoing police investigation into the the death of a drum major that is suspected to be a result of hazing. FAMU’S board of trustees declined Governor Rick Scott’s advice to suspend Ammons but they did publicly reprimanded him, reported The Palm [...]
Occupy-related deaths in three states contribute to uneasiness
Nov. 11, 2011 1 Comment
Three deaths have occurred in Occupy protest-related situations this week. In Burlington, Vermont, a 35-year old military veteran committed suicide, while a Salt Lake City protester was found dead by unknown cause in his tent. In Oakland, a man was shot in a fight nearby the protesters, but is supposedly not related to the cause. [...]
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 [...]
Death of a Winthrop man ruled a homicide
Aug. 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
Police ruled the death of a Winthrop man a homicide yesterday and took a suspect into custody. Authorities took John Lacoy, 47, into custody after statements made in an interview and additional evidence made a case for his guilt. The victim was found under a porch earlier this week with a stab wound in his [...]
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 [...]
Springfield man near death after fight over dog
July 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
SPRINGFIELD — A fight over the ownership of a dog left a city man on the verge of death on Tuesday. A woman went to 168 East Street in Springfield to claim a lost dog, and as she was driving away, a man stopped her an accused her of not actually owning the dog, but [...]
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 [...]
Wayland man, 18, charged with killing ex-girlfriend
July 5, 2011 1 Comment
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. [...]
Man killed in Worcester
Nov. 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
Worcester police are investigating the death of a 21-year-old local man, found dead in Crompton Park, near I-290, Sunday morning. According to Worcester Police Sergeant Kerry Hazelhurst, the body of the victim, identified as Kevin J. Shavies, was found by police around 9:05 a.m. He had been shot once in the head and was pronounced [...]
Autopsy can’t determine cause of death in horrific Milton homicide
Nov. 16, 2010 Leave a Comment
MILTON — The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy Tuesday on the body of a young man found butchered on an upscale street. But officials, even with results in hand, still don’t know how the young black male met his demise. “Following that examination, the OCME has informed the Norfolk District Attorney’s [...]
Cheslea husband arrested after wife found dead
Nov. 9, 2010 Leave a Comment
A 50-year-old Chelsea woman was found dead in her driveway early Tuesday morning, and her husband has been arrested for beating her, police said. A passerby found Theresa Wilkes lying in the driveway of her home at 123 Maverick St. around 6 a.m., said Captain Keith Houghton, a Chelsea Police spokesman. Shortly after Wilkes was [...]
Chelsea stabbing victim identified
Nov. 1, 2010 Leave a Comment
The 16-year-old Chelsea boy who was stabbed in the heart and killed Sunday morning was identified by authorities as Cesar Jeronimo Umana. Chelsea and State police responded to Umana’s Grove Street home around 1:30 a.n. and found him mortally wounded. He was taken to Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett where he died. Police are investigating [...]
State Police investigating bodies found in Chelsea, Revere
Oct. 31, 2010 Leave a Comment
Hours after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Chelsea early Sunday morning, police in Revere found a man in a marsh near Route 107 in neighboring Revere. Authorities do not believe the deaths are connected, but Chelsea police have noted an upswing in gang-related violence and are investigating the first death as a [...]
16-year-old boy stabbed to death in Chelsea
Oct. 31, 2010 1 Comment
A bloody year in Chelsea continued Sunday morning after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death on Grove Street in the sixth homicide this year in tiny city bordering Boston to the north. Police responded around 1:35 a.m. to 60 Grove Street where they found the victim unconscious, with a single stab wound to the [...]
28-year-old man shot and killed in New Bedford
Oct. 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
State and local police are investigating the death of a New Bedford man, shot early Saturday morning. Ricardo Encarnacion, 28, was shot and killed around 4:30 a.m. this morning outside of a home at 325 North Front St., said Gregg Miliote, a spokesman for the Bristol District Attorney’s office. Encarnacion, who was found outside, was [...]
One guilty, one not in 2008 Chelsea homicide
May 13, 2010 1 Comment
A Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted a Chelsea man on Thursday of stabbing his mother’s boyfriend to death during a fight at their Chester Avenue home two years ago. Eugene Teixeira, 23, was convicted on manslaughter for the April 29, 2008 stabbing death of Cleo Wiggins. Jurors found Teixeira’s brother, Aasim Smith, now 18, not [...]
