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A shooting on Milton Avenue in Dorchester left one person seriously injured Monday; Boston Police Homicide Unit detectives are investigating.
A 19-year-old Clam Box employee was killed in a Route 9 crash in East Brookfield. The restaurant closed and a fundraiser has raised tens of thousands for his family.
Security at Mansfield's Xfinity Center alerted police after a man allegedly recorded beneath a 13‑year‑old's skirt during a concert; the suspect is charged and due in court Monday.
Alexander Aiello has been permanently decertified by the state POST panel after a federal guilty plea for possessing child sexual‑abuse material. The decision bars him from future policing in Massachusetts.
Boston police say a late‑night Dorchester traffic stop turned up a loaded Sig Sauer P239 and the arrest of a 20‑year‑old wanted on a felony warrant.
An evidentiary hearing will test whether DNA taken from discarded items can be used to prosecute Matthew Nilo for 2007–08 Boston rapes. The judge’s ruling could decide whether the case survives.
Three people were wounded in a Dorchester shooting Monday. Police have launched an investigation as the neighborhood reels from recent violence.
A man was shot outside a Brockton Main Street business Sunday night; police say the victim was conscious and taken to a local hospital.
A man was stabbed multiple times at a Prospect Street home in Sherborn and flown to a Boston hospital. Police arrested a suspect at the scene and the case remains under investigation.
A person was hospitalized after a late-night shooting on Quincy Street in Dorchester. Police say the investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been reported.
A person was shot Sunday evening near 1636 Hyde Park Avenue; the victim was taken to a hospital and Boston police say an investigation is underway.
Boston police renewed their appeal for tips in the 1996 killing of Swedish au pair Karina Holmer; detectives hope new information can break the cold case.
Bridgewater police arrested a 20-year-old after an investigation into a man posing as a teen who allegedly exposed himself to girls aged 12 and 13. The case is now with the Plymouth County DA.
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