What we know about the armed robbery of a massive Beverly mansion
The property's caretaker was beaten with a pistol and dragged by her hair by a masked intruder, according to the homeowner. On Saturday morning, an armed intruder broke into a historic mansion in Beverly and made off in a stolen car with multiple valuables. An investigation is ongoing, and much...
Marblehead Police log: Romance scam, family dispute, phone pings
7:29 a.m. An officer took a report over the phone regarding a lost iPhone. The woman explained that the phone had been lost for a while, but around a week ago, she checked her Find my iPhone app, and it showed her phone pinging in the area of Broughton Road, though there had been no new pings since then. The officer...
Driver arrested on weapons charges in Nahant
NAHANT, MA — A driver was arrested early Saturday morning after police discovered a loaded firearm during a traffic stop. Sgt. Leary and Ofc. Baez stopped a vehicle for speeding and an apparent lights violation at approximately 1:30 a.m. on March 28. The operator of the vehicle did not...
Massachusetts Drug Trafficking Leader Sentenced After Seizure Of More Than 74,000 Counterfeit Pills
A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for leading a narcotics trafficking organization that distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine before laundering the money. According to a release from the Massachusetts Department of Justice,...
Mass. man pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $8M from his employers
A Sudbury man has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $8 million from two Massachusetts medical practices he used to work for, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Adam Gentile, 39, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in federal court in Worcester, federal prosecutors said in a...
Massachusetts man convicted of trafficking nearly $7 million in food stamp benefits, selling donated...
BOSTON – The owner of a small convenience in Massachusetts has been convicted of fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars’ worth of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The defendant’s monthly SNAP redemptions in his 150 square foot store ranged from $100,000 – $500,000 per month, far outpacing...
With District Attorney’s opposition, convicted murderer granted parole despite 19 disciplinary reports
The Massachusetts Parole Board has granted parole to a man convicted of first-degree murder in connection with a 2004 fatal shooting in Brockton, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz announced. In a decision dated March 24, 2026, the board ruled that 39-year-old Lewis Franklin will be released to a state...
North Shore man wins $1M prize in this $50 scratch ticket game
A man from the North Shore bought a lottery ticket for $50 and ended up winning a $1 million prize. Anthony Carullo of Saugus won $1 million from the “$25,000,000 Mega Money” scratch ticket game. The game costs $50 per ticket to play and was released in May...
Woman says Boston Police officers shot through her closed apartment door
A Dorchester woman says Boston Police opened fire through her closed apartment door and the bullets went into her 5-year-old son's bedroom.
Hero Parent Protects Bus Stop Kids by Holding Drunk Driver at Bay in Massachusetts:...
One should never drink and drive, yet despite that, many people still do. Inevitably, someone is bound to get hurt because of a drunk driver’s mistake. A recent incident occurred in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, where a drunk driver ran a stop sign at a school bus stop, nearly colliding with another vehicle. This...
