Crime

Shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 4, Massachusetts State Police patrols received a call of shots fired in the area of 66 Stratton St. in Dorchester. Boston Police were able to confirm the gunfire at the scene and issued a report of a white Chevrolet sedan with heavy tint …

Despite the fact that it defies common sense and logic people continue to text, scroll social media, take selfies and do their hair in the mirrors while driving. It not only places oneself at risk of injury or even death, but it also places everyone – pedestrians and commuters alike …

In late March, a young female Jack Russell Terrier-type dog was found deceased near a Lawrence, MA, school. A necropsy has revealed the dog’s death was the result of extensive abuse, and the Animal Rescue League of Boston’s (ARL) Law Enforcement Department, working in conjunction with the Lawrence Police Department, …

On Tuesday, April 6, at about 2:15 p.m. Wareham Police Detectives stopped a vehicle on Cranberry Highway near Depot Street. The detectives had developed information that the female operator was suspected of dealing illegal drugs in Wareham. It was believed that the suspect was hiding the drugs in a safe …

After a 29-year old Rowlan L. Dasher was released from NORCAP Lodge, a nearby drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, he was unable to get a ride to a Seekonk Motel where he was staying, so he allegedly robbed a Shell gas station on Rt. 140. After ordering a doughnut and …

A 61-year-old man who had been living on the lam in South Carolina for 17 years before being apprehended was convicted late last month of child rape and other related charges, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. John Rodrigues of Anderson, SC, pleaded guilty in Fall River …

CORRECTION: An earlier press releases stated there was one arrest, when in fact there were two arrests. “On April 2 NBPD Narcotics and Gang Detectives seized approximately 88.5 grams of Fentanyl, a small amount of cocaine and $2,578 from a Nissan Altima in the parking lot area of 85 Coggeshall …

A Cambridge woman was arrested today and charged with stealing Social Security benefits and committing wire fraud to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”) benefits, formerly known as Food Stamps. Shirley Buchanan, 66, was indicted on one count of theft of public funds and three counts of wire fraud. She …

A 28-year-old New Bedford man who took part in the vicious beating of another man was convicted last month during a six-person Fall River Superior Court jury trial, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Kevin Aquino was convicted by the jury of his peers of an indictment …

“We have recently been harassed and vandalized by a God-fearing Christian who thinks we do evil. She is a repeat offender and nothing is being done about it. She douses the shop with holy water, burns small sage fires, steals my cart, and tonight (4th offense I’ve called police for) …