Worcester MA

Defendant staged armed robberies so that “victims” could apply for immigration benefits in exchange for thousands of dollars. “BOSTON – An Indian national, unlawfully residing in New York, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for staging armed robberies in furtherance of a visa fraud conspiracy.

During the first half of 2025, Worcester has seen a decrease in reported homicides and non-fatal shootings compared to the first half of 2024, according to the Worcester Police Department. The department released the crime statistics from Jan. 1 to June 30 on Friday. The report found that there have...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Massachusetts is considering allowing public marijuana use, with new regulations drafted by the Cannabis Control Commission. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission has outlined three types of licenses for social consumption and is currently accepting public comments on the proposed...

SHREWSBURY – A shoplifting incident led to a Shrewsbury officer getting injured, according to documents from Westborough District Court. At about 7:49 p.m. on Aug. 13, several Shrewsbury Police Department officers were dispatched to Market Basket along Hartford Turnpike after a report of a shoplifting incident in...

A man who served over a decade in prison for fatally strangling his pregnant fiancée in Worcester was arrested Thursday for allegedly killing a man in Boston last month, officials said. Taylor Hurst, wanted on a murder charge, was taken into custody outside Boston City Hall on Thursday afternoon,...

Effective July 15, Town Manager Dori Vecchio has appointed R. Scott Mills as Auburn’s new Police Chief. The Chief has been with the Auburn police since 1997 and, while working in the patrol division, became a member of the CEMLEC SWAT team, a regional tactical unit providing specialized law enforcement services to...

A Southbridge man has entered a guilty plea within the walls of the federal court in Worcester, accepting his role in a cocaine distribution network that plagued Central Massachusetts. Eric Rivera, a 33-year-old, admitted to one count relating to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, setting the stage for his sentencing,...

Police in Worcester County said Friday that three Woonsocket residents who fled from police in Rhode Island and Massachusetts earlier this month are in custody. Webster police said Chayliana Carr, 25; Yankuba Diop, 27; and Pedro Santiago, 27, each face multiple charges, from resisting arrest to drug counts. Webster...

Ten cities statewide, including Fall River, have now received the emergency grant funding that Gov. Maura Healey’s administration made available in the wake of the Gabriel House assisted living facility fire. Of the 10 cities to receive expedited grants from the Massachusetts Municipal Public Safety Staffing Program...

PAWTUCKET – A woman accused of stealing $60,000 from a safe in 2020 was picked up on a warrant by North Smithfield police this month, and is now facing the five-year-old larceny charge. Cynthia Synosch, 53, of 60 School St. – an affordable housing complex for the elderly and...