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Officer Shawn Willman was arrested March 19 on suspicion of drunk driving and has been placed on leave. The Norwood Police Department says it has opened an internal affairs investigation.
State and local police are investigating a deadly shooting in Brockton; troopers and detectives were seen gathering evidence near Clinton Street. No other details have been released.
An early-morning stabbing near 72 Seaport Boulevard left one person hospitalized with life‑threatening injuries. Police say no arrests have been made as detectives investigate.
Authorities say a 3-month-old in Nashua suffered about 30 fractures; the child's father was arrested and is being held without bail.
A floor collapsed at the Preserve at Chocorua during a wedding in Tamworth, N.H., injuring multiple people as emergency crews responded to the scene. State fire marshals are investigating.
Three Brockton men are facing murder charges after a 27-year-old was stabbed to death on Spring Street. Prosecutors say surveillance footage and witness accounts led to their arrests.
Two masked men robbed a person in Dracut Friday; police later recovered a silver Ford Explorer after a search warrant on Maple Street.
A Whitman man who ran a Newton circus studio was convicted Wednesday on multiple counts of indecent assault and battery involving two teenage students. He remains on home confinement pending a March 26 hearing.
Mass. State Police are investigating after a car fell from a Leominster overpass; officials have released few details. Troopers were on scene as investigators worked.
A multi-town pursuit ended in downtown Ashburnham after officers used stop sticks to disable a vehicle wanted in a suspected robbery; two Fitchburg residents were arrested.
Suffolk County prosecutors have dropped the 1985 murder case against Thomas Rosa, who served 34 years in prison. The move follows new DNA testing and a 2023 vacatur of his conviction.
A Canoga Park payment processor was sentenced in Boston after prosecutors said the firm handled payments for online pharmacies selling counterfeit "Adderall." Tests found methamphetamine in some pills.
The Massachusetts Parole Board voted unanimously to grant parole to Darkens Bonnett, convicted in a 2009 Lynn nightclub killing. His release carries a curfew, monitoring and counseling.
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