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Boston and Lynn police arrested 34‑year‑old Miguel Cabrera on charges including trafficking for sexual servitude. Authorities say the arrest followed a South Boston warrant and are asking for tips.
Operation Spring Clean Up led to 24 arrests across Everett and nearby cities, with fentanyl seized and several distribution charges filed.
A Springfield man was sentenced to 220 months after prosecutors said he led a violent drug enterprise operating from a Holyoke apartment stash house.
Andre Blanks, 36, was arrested Thursday at Springfield’s Union Station on an extraditable warrant tied to an alleged New York shooting. U.S. Marshals and local police carried out the capture.
ICE Boston says it arrested Andy Garcia on March 17, citing alleged charges including rape of a child, kidnapping and enticing a minor, and saying he has 15 prior arraignments.
A car at the Chestnut Place apartments in Ashland was struck by gunfire early Friday; investigators found multiple bullet holes and state crime‑scene teams were called in.
A deadly two‑car crash at Plimoth Patuxet Highway and State Road in Plymouth left one driver dead and shut nearby routes Friday while police investigate.
Two Massachusetts men pleaded guilty after a fireworks blast inside Harvard Medical School’s Goldenson Building; no one was injured. Sentencing is set for Aug. 4, 2026.
A road‑rage confrontation on the Lynnway escalated into an assault at a Lynn car wash. Revere Fire treated a victim and state police detectives are investigating.
A Shrewsbury officer was suspended after an alleged March domestic incident in Millbury. The state's POST Commission suspended his certification while investigators and courts weigh the case.
Three Boston men were arrested and returned to Beverly Hills in connection with an armed wrist‑snatching on South Santa Monica Boulevard. Police credited search warrants and interagency help for the arrests.
Two men arrested after separate knife robberies in Salem are being held without bail as dangerousness hearings approach next week.
An 83-year-old driver died after a head-on collision on Beacon Street in Newton; investigators from the Middlesex DA and state police are probing the crash.
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