A 73-year-old Chicopee resident was sentenced to two and a half years after a jury convicted him in a decades-old child‑assault case; three siblings testified.

Boston police released still images of two people on a moped after a last‑Tuesday shots‑fired incident on Schuyler Street and are asking the public for tips.

A Dorchester traffic stop resulted in the arrest of Teyahn Turner‑Simpson after officers say they recovered a gold Glock 22, 17 rounds and a large‑capacity magazine.

James Merlin, 66, was pulled from Duxbury Bay on Sunday and later died at a local hospital. Officials say no foul play is suspected as investigators probe the incident.

Disgraced ex‑Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia is due to be released from federal custody on July 11 after serving just over four years of a six‑year sentence.

A two-alarm fire on Maple Street in Roxbury collapsed part of the roof and displaced 11 residents, including eight children. Crews fought the blaze from the exterior as investigators secured the scene.

Three Braintree firefighters were injured in a late-night North Bowditch Street house fire; two were hospitalized and released. The home was declared a total loss.

A Dorchester multi‑family home caught fire Sunday morning at 1 Maple Street; the roof collapsed and crews established a collapse zone while fighting the blaze from the exterior.

A person was found dead near Broadway and Norfolk Street in Cambridge early Saturday; police and state detectives are investigating. Authorities ask anyone with information to call (617) 349-3300.

A Boston man was sentenced to 46 months after agents found about 1.17 kilograms of cocaine, two guns and cash hidden in a Dorchester apartment tied to a Brockton gang.

A three‑alarm fire on Wickett Pond Road in Wendell tore through an attached barn and drew mutual aid as tankers shuttled water to the scene.

A man was critically wounded in a Dorchester shooting on Fayston Street; homicide detectives are investigating and police are seeking tips.

A Springfield traffic stop ended with a loaded Glock, 124 bags of heroin and drug-distribution charges for a 26-year-old.