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A former administrator with the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office pleaded guilty to using his official position to order a sheriff's office employee to perform maintenance work at his house. Thomas Brady, a 54-year-old Norwood resident, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of witness tampering and one count of use of...

A former Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office official pleaded guilty to using his position to force employees to perform work at his private residence and to tampering with a witness during a subsequent investigation.

Those facing new charges are allegedly connected to 5 murders and 19 attempted murders. Authorities say they have taken out the gang's local leadership. Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that 26 alleged members of the transnational gang known as the Trinitarios were indicted on racketeering conspiracy and drug traf

Editor’s note: This article was updated at 5:25 p.m. on June 9, 2026 to add a comment from the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office. The leader of Massachusetts’ public defender agency said Tuesday that the bigoted text messages exchanged by two former investigators revealed in a new lawsuit from Karen Read raised “immed

A man with several active warrants and an extensive criminal history who allegedly fled from authorities was taken into custody in Franklin, according to police.

BOSTON — A two-year-long federal investigation led to charges for 26 members of the notorious gang known as the Trinitarios, a transnational criminal organization linked to five murders and 19 attempted murders in Massachusetts over the past decade. The racketeering and drug distribution charges unsealed Tuesday repres

The teenager was last seen on the morning of Tuesday, May 19. Boston police are seeking the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old girl, who has not been seen for three weeks. Briyana Jacques, a resident of the city’s Dorchester neighborhood, was last spotted leaving her Rosedale Street home...

Routes 23, 28, and 29 will remain fare-free through December. Riders on MBTA bus routes 23, 28, and 29 will continue to ride free through the end of 2026 as an extension of Boston’s fare-free bus program, which has been under pilot for four years, city officials announced. The...

A Massachusetts man is putting action to the adage “it’s better to give than to receive” after hitting big money on a State Lottery scratch ticket. According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, Wei Xiao Zhong of Brighton has won a $4 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “4,000,000 Cash King Doubler” $10 i

A former Brookline sleep doctor who used proceeds from a healthcare fraud scheme to purchase a multimillion-dollar home in Fisher Hill was sentenced Friday to 58 months in federal prison. Pankaj Merchia, 52, of Brookline and Boca Raton, Florida, was also ordered to pay $1.85 million in restitution and serve...