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AMBER ALERT: Police seek Stoughton woman, 3 kids in parental kidnapping case
An Amber Alert was issued for a woman and three children in a case of parental kidnapping from Stoughton, Massachusetts, state police said. Police say they are searching for 28-year-old Ashley Vasquez, who is believed to be driving a grey Toyota RAV4 with Massachusetts plates reading “2FZD76.” Three children, ages 8, 9 and 11, are with her, police said. Anyone...
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Man convicted of raping minor in Brazil arrested in Methuen, ICE says
Alexandre Romao De Oliveira, who was sentenced in 2022 by a Brazilian court for the rape of a child, was arrested Monday in Methuen, Massachusetts, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Restaurant owner sought after allegedly spray-painting man's face at Worcester City Hall
A man was spray-painted in the face Tuesday during a city council meeting in Worcester, Massachusetts. City Manager Eric Batista said Wednesday that the incident occurred around the start of a meeting at Worcester City Hall. Police responded to a report of a fight around 6:30 p.m., arriving to find a resident with paint on his face. He told officers...
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Head of Mass. State Police unit that investigated Karen Read loses 6 days of leave
The Massachusetts State Police have disciplined the former head of a unit that investigated Karen Read, making him forfeit six days of accrued leave after an internal investigation. Col. Geoffrey Noble announced Tuesday evening that Det. Lt. Brian Tully, who formerly led the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office’s detective unit, was found to have violated department rules and regulations. Tully...
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Mass. AG Campbell: Gaetz ‘absolutely is not qualified' to be nation's AG
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rep. Matt Gaetz to become the nation’s attorney general was met with shock Wednesday, including from fellow Republicans. Massachusetts’ Democratic attorney general was among those highly critical of the pick. Trump announced Wednesday that Gaetz, a firebrand lawmaker from Florida, was his nominee for the top law enforcement post in the U.S. Speaking Wednesday at...
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Authorities give new details on man's death after standoff with police at NH bed and breakfast
Investigators say a man who died after an hourslong standoff with police last week at a New Hampshire bed and breakfast was shot multiple times before taking his own life. Kevin Steinfeldt, 58, of Plymouth, died early Thursday morning at the Federal House Inn on Route 25 in Plymouth. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office initially said he had been...
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Officer trapped in truck on Boston road blocked by over 100 vehicles, police say
Three people were arrested after an incident Sunday night in which a Massachusetts Department of Youth Services corrections officer was trapped in his truck on a road blocked by more than 100 other vehicles, Boston police said Monday. The incident occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Canterbury Street, a narrow roadway where Jamaica Plain, Roslindale and Mattapan meet. The street...
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ATF Boston urges security measures at religious institutions after recent arson cases
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is advising all religious institutions to increase security after a recent rise in arson cases targeting houses of worship. The ATF’s Boston Field Division said there are no specific threats, but referred to an increase in incidents in the past six months, including in the Massachusetts communities of Franklin and Kingston, and...
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Man charged in ‘random' stabbing of teen on Cape Cod held without bail
A man accused of stabbing a teenage girl at a Cape Cod store on Thursday was held without bail following his arraignment on Friday, where a doctor recommended he be evaluated at Bridgewater State Hospital.
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Man charged in ‘random' stabbing of teen girl at Dollar Tree on Cape Cod
A man was arrested Thursday after allegedly stabbing a teenage girl at a Cape Cod store. Police in Barnstable, Massachusetts, said the stabbing happened Thursday at the Dollar Tree in Hyannis. They arrested 31-year-old Hyannis resident Nikolas Rescigno. The victim, described by police as a juvenile, was brought to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Witnesses told police the girl...
