Massachusetts

A man has pleaded guilty to 10 racially-targeted burglaries in four Massachusetts communities in 2021. The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office said Friday that 32-year-old New York resident Juan Castano had pleaded guilty to 21 indictments in connection with burglaries at homes of Asian and South Asian families in Newton, Wellesley, Andover and Quincy. A codefendant, Wendy Reyes, is due...

A couple from Bridgewater, Massachusetts, have again taken on the roles of Santa’s little helpers this Christmas, handing out hundreds of presents to economically disadvantaged children. Their holiday deeds began when Stephanie and Mark Sabourin bought a decorative holiday mailbox from Lowes last year, which people began filling with letters to Santa. “What we didn’t expect was that people would...

A woman is dead after a fire broke out Thursday in a wooded area in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to officials, who say this appears accidental in the early stages of their investigation. According to the State Fire Marshal’s office, the Somerville Fire Department responded just after 4 p.m. to the woods near Alewife Brook Parkway and Broadway and found heavy...

A man was injured in a shooting at a Taco Bell in New Bedford, Massachusetts, early Thursday morning and another man has been taken into custody. Officers responded to the fast food restaurant on Coggeshall Street just before 1 a.m. for a report of shots fired. The victim was found in the lobby and taken to a local hospital with…

Two years appear to have made a world of difference for the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. At this point in 2022, the DPU was in a harsh spotlight due to its work — or lack thereof — overseeing safety at the MBTA. Federal investigators concluded the DPU had been falling short on its responsibilities as the state agency responsible...

Households in the Greater Boston area spent an average of $101,247 per year across 2022 and 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a third higher than the nationwide average annual household expenditure of $75,172. At a time of regular talk on Beacon Hill of the negative consequences of Massachusetts’ high cost of living, the new data from...

Police arrested a man they say broke into a Massachusetts gas station, stole a car and set it ablaze on Duxbury Beach. The Marshfield Police Department said it was helping the Duxbury Police Department on Thursday to investigate the car fire, which appeared to have been intentionally set. The vehicle was registered in Marshfield, where its owner said it had...

A holiday event serving homeless children in Brockton, Massachusetts, has been canceled due to financial challenges, school committee members say. Over the years, Brockton’s Dinner for Champions grew so much that it moved from Brockton High School in 2018 to Lombardo’s Event Center in 2022 — and to Gillette Stadium last year. “It started off with 100 families and it...

Two Iranian nationals, one a dual citizen who lives in Massachusetts, have been indicted in connection with a drone strike that killed U.S. service members overseas. The FBI arrested 42-year-old Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi at his Natick home on Monday. The same day, 38-year-old Mohammad Abedini was arrested in Milan, Italy, where he lives. Federal authorities said the arrests were related...

The man who murdered his cousin’s wife and their three kids in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, in March 2018 was sentenced to consecutive periods of life without parole in a Worcester court Thursday. Matthew Locke, of Ware, was found guilty last month on four murder charges in the deaths of 38-year-old Sara Bermudez, 8-year-old Madison Bermudez, 6-year-old James Bermudez and 2-year-old...

A former bank teller is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 from customer accounts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Transportation officials say holiday travel will be more spread out than usual since Christmas falls on a Wednesday this year. Here’s what to expect.

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Authorities have identified the victim in a death investigation at a luxury apartment building in Boston’s South End last week and say they are now investigating the case as a murder. The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Shantel Gillespie, Boston police and the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office said Thursday morning. They said that while they are still awaiting a...

Whether you’re traveling by plane, train or automobile this holiday season, top Massachusetts transportation officials gave an update Thursday on what to expect. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the MBTA, Massport and Massachusetts State Police held press conference at 8 a.m. to discuss holiday travel. “I feel like it was just Thanksgiving, but we are here to talk about winter...

The woman accused of posing as a Boston student appeared briefly in court on Thursday morning. Thirty-two-year-old Shelby Hewitt is accused of enrolling in three Boston high schools from 2021-2023 — all while working for the state Department of Children and Families. She was arrested in June of 2023 and is now facing forgery and fraud charges. Hewitt has pleaded...

Earth — and her hometown of Needham, Massachusetts — is going to have to wait a little longer before astronaut Sunita Williams returns from space.

When a 20-year-old blind cat fell through the ice on a pond in Westford, Massachusetts, a big-hearted bystander rowed out to save the animal — video shows him using a shovel to row — and return him to his family....

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A Worcester County couple that’s been scamming people for 20 years — called “professional tenants” because they live at home without paying rent for as long as possible without being evicted — was in court after being exposed in an NBC10 Boston investigation.

The Cannabis Control Commission will offer the executive director position to another person, commissioners said in a Wednesday meeting, after its first choice turned down the job.