Investigation Update: The BPD is releasing a video of the person wanted in connection to a sexual assault which occurred on Sunday, November 8, 2020, at about 2:03 AM in the area of The Public Garden located at 2 Charles Street in Boston. Detectives have learned that the suspect encountered …
Read More »New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of November 16, 2020 –November 20, 2020
The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of November 16, 2020 –November 20, 2020 and they are as follows: Eversource: Eversource will replace the gas mains and service at the following locations: • Hathaway Rd. from Highland St. to train tracks – (Main Relay) • …
Read More »Field hospitals going up in Massachusetts in preparation for fall and winter COVID-19 surge
By Matt Murphy State House News Service In April when the state began setting up field hospitals in Boston, Worcester and elsewhere to deal with the crushing volume of COVID-19 patients needing care, more than 2,000 people a day were being diagnosed with the virus and hospitals were seeing coronavirus …
Read More »Boston Police Department seeking public’s help in identifying individuals in violent hit and run
The Boston Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in effort to identify the individuals in the enclosed video in relation to an assault and a hit and run in South Boston. The facts and circumstances of the original incident are as follows: At about 8:09 PM on Monday, November …
Read More »Bristol Community College gives urban high school students an opportunity to gain college credit for free
Bristol Community College’s new program is opening the door to college for high school students who may not have been able to afford the opportunity to or pictured themselves earning a college degree. Funded through private donations, CollegeTrax allows students from Massachusetts cities, New Bedford and Fall River, which rank …
Read More »Massachusetts man sentenced to decade in prison for child rape and sexual assault of intellectually disabled pre-teen
A 25-year-old Mansfield man who sexually assaulted a pre-teen family member and an intellectually disabled family member was sentenced on Tuesday to serve eight to ten years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Daniel Gringas pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court to indictments …
Read More »Illegal firearm seized, Roxbury man arrested after running over Boston Police officer
At about 7:10 PM on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, officers assigned to the Youth Violence Strike Force, while on a firearm investigation in the area of Berkeley Street and Gray Street in the South End, attempted to conduct a traffic stop of a motor vehicle being operated by the suspect …
Read More »Massachusetts State Trooper chase unknown male after he goes wrong-way on turnpike; strikes ambulance
At 3:05 AM a Trooper on patrol on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Brighton observed a vehicle being operated the wrong way, west on the eastbound side. The vehicle was also traveling at an excessive speed and weaving between lanes, and traffic was light at that time. The Trooper initially reversed …
Read More »2,000+ new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations above 600 in Massachusetts
Colin A. Young State House News Service Another 2,047 cases of the coronavirus and 21 COVID-19 deaths were added to the state’s grand totals Tuesday as the percent of tests that come back positive for the virus continues to climb. The Department of Public Health’s report for Tuesday increased the …
Read More »Massachusetts State Troopers Arrest Man with Stolen Gun, Drugs
Just before 11 p.m. on Sunday Trooper Nathan Robitaille, assigned to State Police-Middleboro, was on patrol traveling on Dean Street in Taunton. As he was passing through the intersection of Honorable Gordon M. Owen Riverway he observed a blue Infinity sedan operating erratically at a high rate of speed. Trooper …
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