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BOSTON – A Cranston, R.I., man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with his role in distributing cocaine, MDMA and ketamine. According to a release from the Massachusetts Department of Justice, 39-year-old Lengsy Prum, a/k/a, “Leon,” pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. U.S. District Court Judge Julia Kobick scheduled...

LAWRENCE, Mass. In Essex County Superior Court in Lawrence, John Carey, 66, of Braintree was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murder of Claire Gravel on June 29, 1986, the Office of Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker confirms. A jury convicted Carey...

BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Fire crews from multiple communities responded to the area behind West Gate Lanes in Brockton on Saturday after several trailers went up in flames, officials said. The fire started around 2 p.m. and by the time Brockton firefighters arrived, the flames were already spreading from one...

A fire ripped through several trucks behind a bowling alley in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon, firefighters said. Images shared on social media, including by City Councilor Winthrop Farwell Jr., showed heavy smoke billowing from the fire behind Westgate Lanes near Route 27. The fire involving a group of tractor-trailers...

MEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - A dog owner was cited for failing to obey an ordinance pertaining to leashed dogs after their pet injured a child at Tufts Park in Medford on Saturday. Police say the dog was off its leash when it approached tow children seemingly trying to play. One child was knocked down and another was either scratched or nipped and suffered a small...

A pair of Billerica paramedics saved six people from a burning building in Lowell, Massachusetts, early Friday morning, police said. The Billerica first responders, paramedics Enrick "Nick" Nuttoli and Danika Connors, saw flames coming from a two-family home on School Street at about 3:30 a.m., as they returned to town from Lowell General Hospital, Billerica police said Saturday.

Prosecutors say Damian Halfkenny, 54, of Boston, submitted false payroll information to get a COVID-19-era Paycheck Protection Program loan. A retired Massachusetts State Police sergeant has agreed to plead guilty in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain a federal pandemic relief loan, prosecutors announced Friday. Damian Halfkenny, 54,...

The rankings consider financial success, obstacles overcome, and long-term impact. Multiple Boston-area billionaires and historical figures with local ties are featured on two new Forbes lists highlighting the greatest self-made Americans. Released Thursday, Forbes’ “The Greatest Self-Made Americans” ranks 250 individuals who rose from modest beginnings to major success. Three...

Charlestown neighbors are about to get a front-row seat to the next big chapter for Bunker Hill Mall, with city planners set to host a virtual public meeting on Monday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. The session will focus on a proposed tweak to the Charlestown Urban Renewal Plan that would clear the path for New England Development’s first phase at 5...

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