Crime

On the morning of Friday, December 4, Massachusetts Environmental Police assisted the Aquinnah and Chilmark Police Departments after a vehicle operator was found to be in possession of an untagged deer. A brief investigation determined that the operator pulled over to the side of the road, exited his vehicle, and …

The suspect had been wanted for November shooting of a Massachusetts state trooper. Two deputy U.S. Marshals with the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force were injured this morning in a shootout in the Bronx with a suspect wanted in Massachusetts for a November shooting of a state police …

During archery season, an individual was found to have shot a deer from inside his house in Whately. The subject utilized a driveway sensor positioned over bait in the backyard to be alerted of the animal’s presence, whereupon he illegally killed a 10-point buck with a rifle. The case is …

At approximately 10:20 p.m. yesterday Trooper Jenny Rincon, assigned to State Police-Andover, was on patrol traveling on Route 93 in Woburn. As she approached exit 37 she observed a Toyota SUV traveling at 85 miles per hour cutting off other vehicles. She activated her cruiser’s blue lights and initiated a …

The Saint Lucie Medical Examiner’s office in Florida has confirmed that the deceased body located last week in a field off of Route 95 in Fellsmere, Florida, ​is that of 18-year-old Jalajhia Finklea. An autopsy performed in Florida has also confirmed that Ms. Finklea’s death was caused by two gunshot …

This morning at approximately 8:30 a.m., troopers responded to Route 146 in Uxbridge for a reported assault and battery of an EMT operating an ambulance by a patient inside. The patient then fled the ambulance on foot into the wooded area. The patient, a 25-year-old man from Worcester had threatened …

Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe, Massachusetts State Police Colonel Christopher Mason, Barnstable Police Chief Matthew Sonnabend, and the United States Marshals Service (USMS) announce that suspect ANDRE STERLING (dob: 10-2-85), wanted for the November 20, 2020 shooting of a Massachusetts State Police Trooper, was recently tracked to the …

Shortly after 11 a.m. on December 1, Trooper Mark Thomas, assigned to State Police-Andover, was patrolling Route 93 in Wilmington. While he was traveling northbound prior to Exit 41 he observed a black BMW sedan with no license plate on the rear of the vehicle. Trooper Thomas activated his blue …

A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges. Raekwan Paris, a/k/a “King Debo,” 25, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, more commonly referred to as …

A Fitchburg man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack and cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Anthony Baez, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 156 months in prison and five years of supervised release. In July …