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A Tewksbury woman was sentenced today for diverting morphine while she was employed as a nurse in the hospice unit at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center campus in Bedford. Kathleen Noftle, 55, was sentenced to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In October 2020, Noftle …

Former Massachusetts State Representative David M. Nangle pleaded guilty today to illegally using campaign funds to pay for his personal expenses, defrauding a bank to obtain loans to purchase his home and repay his personal debts, and collecting income that he failed to report to the IRS. Nangle, 60, of …

A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) was sentenced today on drug conspiracy charges. Ines Lugo, a/k/a “Queen China,” 42, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to time served (approximately 47 days in prison) …

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service A three-step, 12-cent gas tax increase, fare-free MBTA and regional transit authority buses, new surcharges on parking space rentals and purchases, higher ride-hailing fees and more all featured in a new overhaul bill proposed by the Massachusetts Senate’s point person on transportation. Transportation …

“The DNRT is currently looking into the possibility of acquiring an all-terrain wheelchair or other piece of adaptive equipment to loan to visitors with physical challenges so that they may enjoy some of our nature trails. We are seeking input from community members who identify as physically disabled on the …

“As a reminder to all drivers: it’s the law when approaching stopped emergency blue, red, or yellow lights to slow down and move over. The lives of first responders, construction crews, and tow truck operators depend on it! Last week one of our Troopers was struck by a vehicle that …

“Shortly before 3 a.m. yesterday Trooper Thomas Shruhan, assigned to State Police-Milton, was on patrol traveling on Route 138 in Milton. At that time he observed a black Chevrolet Monte Carlo with no front license plate and no active inspection sticker. He activated his emergency lights and stopped the vehicle …

The former Second-in-Command, or Cacique, of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges. Angel Roldan, a/k/a “King Big A,” 35, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, more commonly referred to as RICO conspiracy. …

By Katie Lannan State House News Service The state’s education commissioner wants elementary school students back in the classroom full-time in April, as part of a plan to phase out remote learning that officials announced Tuesday as Massachusetts approaches the one-year anniversary of the initial March 2020 school closures intended …

A 26-year-old Fall River man who was involved in the theft of eight motor vehicles and the attempted theft of three others last August, was convicted of a litany of crimes recently and sentenced to serve five years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. …