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Police officer shot in Woburn jewelry store robbery

September 6, 2011

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 cen...

Obama’s half-uncle arrested in Framingham

Brittney McNamara

August 29, 2011

While President Obama was kicking back in Martha's Vineyard, his half-uncle was locked up on a drunk driving charge. Unfortunately, Obama could not answer his relative's phone call from the big house. Onyan...

Roxbury man charged with murder plot while incarcerated

Brittney McNamara

August 29, 2011

A jailed Roxbury man hired his former cellmate to murder a state prosecutor, US District Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz alleged in a statement on Monday. Pernell Powell, 73, was charged with using the United State...

Hurricane Irene on course to hit New England

Brittney McNamara

August 23, 2011

It's a tough week in weather for the East Coast: first an earthquake, next a hurricane. Hurricane Irene is currently in the Turks and Caicos and is on course to sweep straight up the Eastern Seaboard. T...

The top 10 East Coast Earthquake Tweets

Jason Rabin

August 23, 2011

The top 10 earthquake Tweets: 1. kevinaries Kevin Aries Picture of #earthquake damage in Boston:yfrog.com/h3aw92j #hubquake 2. paulandstorm Paul and Storm Dear Southern CA Twitterers: you lose your ...

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Virginia, felt in the Northeast

John M. Guilfoil

August 23, 2011

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake as struck the East Coast of the United States, with tremors felt here in Boston and up and down the coast. The quake was originally reported as a 5.9 but was later reduced. The ...

Man charged in connection with last week’s shooting in Reading

Brittney McNamara

August 21, 2011

A Revere man was arrested this morning and charged with the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Reading man that occurred last Monday, the Boston Globe reports. John Burke, 25, was charged with first-degree murd...

Car crash leaves two men in critical condition

Brittney McNamara

August 21, 2011

A single-vehicle crash left two men with serious injuries early this morning, according to State Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney. State Troopers found a white Infinity in flames on the median...

Cambridge will pay $7.7 million discrimination judgement

John M. Guilfoil

August 19, 2011

Cambridge city manager Robert Healy announced Friday that he, and thus the city, will not appeal the Supreme Judicial Court's $4.5 million discrimination verdict, the Globe reported. The suit accused Healy a...

Charles River attack prompts investigation of old cases

Brittney McNamara

August 14, 2011

A woman was assaulted early this morning on the Charles River Esplanade and then thrown into the river by her attacker. Boston University Police and State Police responded to a call at 2:52 a.m. by a man who...

Catherine Greig formally indicted for harboring former mobster Whitey Bulger

Brittney McNamara

August 12, 2011

Catherine Greig, girlfriend of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger," was indicted in federal court yesterday, charged with conspiracy to harbor and conceal Bulger while he was a fugitive for sixteen years. Greig a...

Death of a Winthrop man ruled a homicide

Brittney McNamara

August 12, 2011

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...

Winthrop body still a mystery

John M. Guilfoil

August 10, 2011

The Suffolk County District Attorney's office said Wednesday that the body found decomposing under a porch in Winthrop this week was that of an adult male. No other information has been released. Authorities...

Suspected gansters arrested for allegedly firing high-powered firearms at Salisbury range

Brittney McNamara

August 8, 2011

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...

Indictment handed down in 2004 murder of Malden woman

Brittney McNamara

August 1, 2011

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 Jul...

Former operators of Stoughton employment agency convicted of fraud

Brittney McNamara

July 22, 2011

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...

Nine arrested in New Bedford in federal investigation

Brittney McNamara

July 22, 2011

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 invest...

12-year-old boy collapses and dies at Holden soccer camp

Brittney McNamara

July 19, 2011

A 12-year-old boy collapsed and died at a soccer camp at Wachusett Regional High School yesterday, according to Holden police. The boy was transported to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester with his ...

Reddit co-founder arrested for hacking MIT computers for scientific papers

Brittney McNamara

July 19, 2011

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 Swar...

Man arrested after Amber Alert issued in Massachusetts and New York

Brittney McNamara

July 14, 2011

Massachusetts and New York State Police issued an amber alert for a New York woman and her 4-month-old son. Matthew A. Slocum the suspected kidnapper, was wanted for allegedly committing a triple homicide. ...

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