Crime

A former Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) employee was sentenced today for embezzling nearly $70,000 in VA funds. Michael Donaher, 41, of Lakeville, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to time served (approximately one day), three years of supervised release with the first six months to be …

Twenty-eight years ago this morning, the body of Susan Taraskiewicz was found in the trunk of her car, which had been left outside an auto repair shop on Route 1A in Revere. So much time has passed since then. But the determination of the Massachusetts State Police and Revere Police …

A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and carfentanil. Rickey Depina, 32, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a fine of $1,000. …

On Saturday, September 12, at about 8:54 p.m. Wareham Police responded to Old Onset Road near Midway Street for a report of a disturbance in the street involving firearms. As officers were approaching, several people fled the area. Officers stopped a vehicle on Onset Avenue, but determined it had not …

A 20-year-old Weymouth woman was arrested yesterday in connection to the ongoing investigation into the Friday afternoon fatal stabbing of Kimberly Duphily in Attleboro, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office, Attleboro Police and Rhode Island State Police …

The 10-year-old New Bedford girl who died early Sunday morning during a three-car motor vehicle crash on Route 6 in Westport can now be publicly identified as Anilda Ribeiro. At 2:15 am Sunday, Westport Police responded to Route 6 in the area of the Route 88 interchange for a report …

“My 9-year-old son and I worked so hard on our Halloween decorations this year. We live on Hillman St. They were up for two nights and someone stole them. People are so rotten! My ring camera didn’t pick up the video but it happened between 11:00pm Sunday and 5:00am this …

Attleboro Police, Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office and Homicide Unit prosecutors continue to actively investigating a homicide, which took place in the City of Attleboro Friday afternoon. Attleboro Police received multiple 911 calls around 3:55 p.m. Friday in regards to a commotion at 6 Leroy …

By Colin A. Young State House News Service Month after month, there are murders, kidnappings and rapes in Massachusetts that might be prevented if the Legislature were to advance one of Gov. Charlie Baker’s legislative priorities, Public Safety Secretary Thomas Turco wrote to lawmakers Thursday in a plea for late-session …

Attleboro Police, Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office and Homicide Unit prosecutors are actively investigating a homicide, which took place in the City of Attleboro yesterday afternoon. Attleboro Police received multiple 911 calls around 3:55 p.m. today in regards to a commotion at 6 Leroy Street. …