Boston MA

Brookline police, like every other modern law enforcement agency, frequently use surveillance cameras owned by private citizens or businesses to help investigate crimes or track suspected criminals. But a new arrangement under which a major real estate company in town is installing its own license plate readers has...

A Boston man has been charged with harassing, threatening, and stalking a local mayor. Police have filed charges against 36-year-old Todd Hogue of Boston, Massachusetts for allegedly harassing Slippery Rock Mayor Jondavid Longo and his family. Hogue has been accused of sharing the Mayor’s home address over 15 times...

For some reason, "dive" bars get a bad rap, and I don't know why, Massachusetts friends and neighbors. There's absolutely nothing wrong with dive bars, and, wouldn't you know it, when it comes to food, the Commonwealth has two of the best!. Maybe not so much now, but when I...

A woman sustained injuries after being shot near Vasquez Pizza And Spanish Food in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood yesterday. The incident, which erupted around 4 p.m. outside the Dudley Street eatery, resulted in over a dozen bullet holes piercing the restaurant's windows and a glass door, according to a report from...

A man was safely rescued in Boston after being stuck in an elevator shaft about 70 feet from the opening on the 21st floor, according to the Boston Fire Department. The man was stuck in a “blind shaft” at 53 State Street in Boston on Thursday. 53 State...

Boston's sheriff, Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, has moved to dismiss the federal extortion charges filed against him, claiming that Tompkins didn't try to extort a cannabis executive as prosecutors allege. And even if he had done what prosecutors said in indicting Tompkins, his lawyer said, the allegations...

In the pre-dawn chill of Chelsea, law enforcement officers from various agencies conducted a coordinated drug raid on Wednesday, which led to multiple arrests. Chelsea Police and regional partners were involved in the operation that focused on two addresses, with the suspects allegedly linked to the distribution of...

Massachusetts shelters are aiming to find homes for 100 dogs this weekend. The adoptathon waives fees for adult dogs, which include all dogs over the age of 1. Shelters across the state are grappling with high dog populations amid a slowdown in adoptions. “We had great momentum over the summer,...

ROCKLAND, MASS. (WHDH) - A 27-year-old man who was found guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl at a hotel in Rockland last year has been sentenced to 10-12 years in a state prison. Cory Alvarez was sentenced Friday afternoon. Police first responded to the Comfort Inn on Hingham Street on...

Yoana Pleitez Romero should be looking forward to winter courses at Bunker Hill Community College. But instead, she has a long list of things to do. Take her three little sisters to school. Go to her full-time clinic receptionist job. Talk to a lawyer. Drive for Uber Eats. Pick up the kids. Figure out where her...