A Barnstable County grand jury indicted Malik Franklin in the Oct. 27, 2024 Yarmouth beach deaths; prosecutors say video and phone records are central to the case.

Relatives say missed hospital follow‑up and gaps in community care preceded a preventable Newton triple homicide and are urging lawmakers to allow court‑supervised outpatient orders.

A Lynchburg man was arrested at Springfield's Union Station after a K‑9 alerted to a backpack containing three firearms during a multi‑agency probe.

A Webster woman was arrested after police say she attacked her boyfriend with a hammer and had allegedly stabbed him a week earlier; she was arraigned in Dudley District Court.

The sons of a Brighton resident filed a wrongful‑death suit after their father was found badly decomposed in his room; the complaint alleges he missed 27 meals and went unmonitored for nine days.

A Boston letter carrier pleaded guilty after prosecutors say he hid about 14,700 pieces of undelivered mail in a Weymouth storage locker. The recovered stack included passports, jury notices and government checks.

A McCall Middle School teacher was arraigned June 12 on a felony possession of child pornography charge; the district says there is no evidence students were involved.

A sulfuric acid spill in an East Longmeadow chemistry lab on Monday sent one person to the hospital and brought state hazmat crews to the school. Crews neutralized and decontaminated the area before clearing the scene.

William Parker, 65, was sentenced to state prison after jurors convicted him of aggravated child rape and related charges in Hampden Superior Court.

Police say five people tried to withdraw $30,000 using stolen IDs at a Rockland Trust branch in Somerset; officers seized fraudulent checks, cards and phones.

Four people — three of them juveniles — were arrested after a stolen car crashed on Lower Broadway in Everett. Police recovered firearms and say the case is under investigation.

A Route 10 pursuit in Northfield ended Sunday after stop sticks were deployed; a driver and passenger were arrested and treated for minor injuries. Multiple local departments assisted at the scene.

Investigators with the Northwestern Anti‑Crime Task Force arrested a 21-year-old in Charlemont on June 10 after recovering a loaded handgun with an extended magazine.