Tewksbury

It’s been one year since a remarkable bond formed between a Tewksbury couple and a stranger.

Massachusetts State Police Trooper James Doran, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a car crash Sunday night in Tewksbury, has resigned, the department said.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a car crash Sunday night in Tewksbury, according to court documents filed by police. James Doran was taken into custody after the 11:12 p.m. report of the crash at Main and Clark streets, which sent two people to the hospital to be evaluated, according to a Tewksbury...

A Massachusetts man is facing assault charges after he allegedly attacked employees and escaped from Tewksbury State Hospital, where he was being held on a criminal charge. Benjamin Hirtle, 27, of Hingham, was at the hospital because his bail had been revoked on a pending charge of enticing a minor. Tewksbury police say that on Thursday around 9:30 a.m., Hirtle…

Police in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, say a 14-year-old has been arrested after a gun was pulled on a mail carrier. The incident happened around 11 a.m. Tuesday on Shawsheen Street. A masked person threatened a U.S. Postal Service worker with a gun. The letter carrier wasn’t robbed or hurt, according to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which is helping to...

It was a day-long manhunt for a gunman who pulled a firearm on a U.S. postal worker in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, Tuesday. It prompted a heavy police response, including a SWAT team.

Update Aug. 15: A 14-year-old has been arrested in this case. Click here for more information. Police in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, shared a photo Wednesday of a person of interest in connection with a manhunt for a masked man accused of threatening a U.S. postal worker with a gun, which prompted a large police presence. The man was caught on surveillance…

A masked man brandished a gun at a U.S. mail carrier Tuesday morning and fled, later escaping police, officials said. He remains at large, and the subject of a large search involving a SWAT team, police dogs and drones, according to Tewksbury police. A gun, believed to be the man’s, has been found. The letter carrier was not robbed...

A man was arrested on charges including kidnapping and assault and battery over an incident at a Tewksbury, Massachusetts, motel early Wednesday morning, police said. After a man reported that he was assaulted by an acquaintance he’d met at the Motel 6 the day before, Isiah Malik James, a 28-year-old from Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, was arrested, Tewksbury police said...

A car was shot at after it left a Home Depot, in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, police said Monday. Officers responded to a report of a shooting at about 5:06 a.m. on Main Street, according to Tewksbury police. Investigators say two vehicles left the Home Depot traveling south on Main Street, and that the car behind fired several shots at the lead…

A driver accused of purposely striking a Massachusetts State Police cruiser during a traffic stop on I-495 Thursday night was captured in Westford, police said Friday. Mass. State Police said it all started when troopers stopped a stolen Toyota Camry on I-495 south in Tewksbury. A male driver got out of the car, and when he did, a female driver…

CORRECTION (Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, 9:56 a.m.): An earlier version of this story misstated where the alleged stabbing took place. Brian Kobs stood before a judge inside Lowell District Court on Tuesday, less than a week after he was arrested for stabbing a patient at the Tewksbury Hospital campus. Police began an over 12-hour search for the 39-year-old last Thursday…

The manhunt for a man wanted in a stabbing in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, ended after more than 12 hours Friday morning with the man taken into custody. Brian Kobs was found and taken into custody in Tewksbury, local police said. He was found in a shed behind a home on Chandler Street, across the street from Tewksbury Hospital, the state-run mental…

Police in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, are investigating a stabbing. The Tewksbury Police Department said it searching for a man “who stabbed another person on the State Hospital grounds.” The department later identified that man as Brian Kobs. Tewksbury Hospital is located on East Street near the former site of Tewksbury State Hospital, which is now home to a museum. Police say…

Police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a woman in the parking lot of a shopping center in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, last month. The flasher made a lewd comment to the woman as well, according to the Tewksbury Police Department. On Monday they shared surveillance images showing a driver in a grey hooded sweatshirt and the white pickup…

Police in Tewksbury, Massachusetts say the man who allegedly stole money from a donation box at the town’s public library is now in custody. According to police, 26-year-old Anderson Phao turned himself in Sunday morning. He’s facing several charges including larceny from building, break into depository, vandalize property, and thief, common and notorious. The police department had shared two...

A man has been arrested in connection to a robbery at a convenience store in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, last month. Domenic Myers Yancy, 20, of Lowell, Mass., was charged with armed robbery while masked and assault with a dangerous weapon in connection to the incident that occurred on Nov. 19 at Andy’s Convenience, Tewskbury police announced Saturday. Back in November, officers…

A person armed with what appeared to be a large capacity firearm robbed a convenience store in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, on Sunday night. Tewksbury police said there was law enforcement activity in the area of Woburn Street in response to the armed robbery at Andy’s Variety Package. On Monday they released surveillance images of the suspect, who is described as...

Police in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, are looking for a suspect who placed a dead raccoon on the windshield of a woman’s car early Wednesday morning. Around 4 a.m. Wednesday, Tewksbury police said they received a call from a resident on Marshall Street who said she had found a dead animal on the windshield of her car. When officers arrived, they...

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