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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...

Three teens were taken into custody after a car allegedly fleeing police crashed into a fire station in Kingston, Massachusetts, on Monday, damaging part of the building and its power systems. Police said the three suspects are teenagers and they believe the vehicle was stolen from the driver’s family. The driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries...

A Kingston, Massachusetts, man appeared in court Thursday after allegedly poisoning and then stabbing his dog to death. At the start of the arraignment Thursday morning, Jonathan Paluzzi’s attorney immediately requested the judge grant a mental competency evaluation be performed before proceedings continue. The judge granted the request and postponed the hearing for a later time. The incident was...

A Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly killing his dog in Kingston. Police responded to a 911 call at The Point at Kingston, an apartment complex on Kingston Collection Way, shortly after 1 p.m. A caller had reported hearing noises including shuffling and a dog whining, followed by silence. Investigators found the body of the dog, a 60-pound bull-terrier…

The suspect has been identified by state police as 34-year-old Trevor Baylef, of Scituate.

A man wanted for an armed carjacking in Boston was arrested Saturday after leading state police on a chase that ended when he crashed his car in Kingston, Massachusetts. The man has been identified by police as 34-year-old Trevor Baylef, of Scituate. According to state police, the agency received a “be on the lookout” alert from Boston police around 8:23…

Massachusetts Environmental Police are expected to be back in Kingston, Massachusetts searching for a bear attacked a man’s goat on Friday afternoon. Officials say shots were fired on Hawthorne Road around 3 p.m. when the homeowner told Kingston police he was trying to scare the bear away, but the bear postured up towards him. The man said he was...

Kingston police and Massachusetts Environmental police have been looking for the bear since this all happened yesterday afternoon but they haven’t been able to find it.

A man who for months has been placing “incredibly dangerous” large rocks in the middle of a rural road in Kingston, Massachusetts, damaging at least 11 vehicles, was arrested Monday night after an officer staked out the road in the rain, police said. Cameron Currier is accused of leaving rocks that weigh between 15 and 50 lbs. on Pembroke Street…

Three men accused are accused of violently beating another person with a 2×4 piece of wood, leaving their victim with a serious head injury and broken bones, according to police in Kingston, Massachusetts. Kingston police said they were called in just after midnight on Friday and found the victim with what appeared to be a serious head injury and multiple…

Mall on South Shore sells for $9M, a tiny fraction of its former value