ESSEX — For Maureen Flatley , there is possibly no task greater than protecting children. Flatley, who has lived in Essex since 2002, was recently named president of…
Read more Essex resident heading up Stop Child PredatorsBOSTON — Massachusetts is among a minority of states where you can lose your driver’s license for unpaid parking tickets, tolls and other minor violations. But advocates want…
Read more Advocates seek to ease license suspension rulesGLOUCESTER — Merlin Hunt Jr. went out of his way to help others, whether it was part of his Tally’s towing business or just wanting to assist someone…
Read more Legacy of Merlin Hunt Jr. lives on in those he mentored or assisted on the roadwaysSALEM, N.H. — Police arrested a Lawrence, Massachusetts, man following a high-speed pursuit on Interstate 93. Rafy Villa, 25, faces multiple charges after state police said he was speeding in a BMW…
Read more Lawrence man arrested after police pursuitIn news taken from the logs of Cape Ann’s police and fire departments: Rockport × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to…
Read more Police/FirePEABODY — A former police officer’s law enforcement certification has been permanently revoked following an investigation by the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission. The commission, in…
Read more Former Peabody police officer decertified by POST CommissionMETHUEN — Five years ago, Anthony Nunez-Romano faced five weapons charges in Lawrence District Court, four of which were felonies. But for the 26-year-old Methuen resident now charged…
Read more Murder suspect had firearm charges dropped in 2020SALEM — A Lynn man was arrested on three counts of distributing cocaine following a joint operation by Salem and Lynn police. The Criminal Investigation Divisions of the…
Read more 2 arrested following drug investigationSALEM — A Lynn man was arrested on three counts of distributing cocaine following a joint operation by Salem and Lynn police last Thursday. On Dec. 18, the…
Read more Salem, Lynn police arrest two following drug investigationSALEM — A Lynn man was arrested on three counts of distributing cocaine following a joint operation by Salem and Lynn police last Thursday. On Dec. 18, the…
Read more Salem, Lynn police arrest 2 following drug investigationBOSTON — Massachusetts corrections officials say they’re making progress curbing the amount of illegal drugs being smuggled into the state’s prisons. A report released Wednesday by the Massachusetts…
Read more State touts progress keeping drugs out of prisonsBOSTON — Sen. Ed Markey is renewing criticism of federal authorities for “inhumane” conditions at a Burlington ICE facility where people detained on immigration violations are held before…
Read more Markey blasts ‘inadequate’ conditions at ICE facilitySALEM. N.H. — Described by the FBI as a “highly dangerous individual capable of extreme violence,” Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente was found dead in a storage facility Thursday night.…
Read more ‘We got him’: Brown University/MIT professor shooting suspect found dead in Salem, NHIn news taken from the logs of Cape Ann’s police and fire departments: Rockport × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to…
Read more Police/FireIn news taken from the logs of Cape Ann’s police and fire departments: Rockport × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to…
Read more Police/FireSALEM — A Quincy man was arraigned Thursday in Salem District Court on seven charges related to a shooting that took place on Route 128 North about 11:30…
Read more Quincy man arraigned in Route 128 rest stop shootingBEVERLY — Police are investigating a report of a shooting at the Route 128 rest stop in Beverly. Officials have not documented any injuries as a result of…
Read more Police seeking info in early morning shooting at 128 rest stop in BeverlyLAWRENCE — The suspect in a stabbing Sunday morning was captured after police officers with specialized SWAT team training were deployed to a Kent Street home, police said. …
Read more Lawrence stabbing suspect captured by SWAT teamSALEM — Now that a wounded North Andover police officer has a 2026 trial date, her defense team is turning its attention to the culture of the North…
Read more Trial date set for wounded police officerBOSTON — A Trinitarios gang member from Lawrence pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to illegal possession of a loaded Uzi machine gun. Derek Mercado, 20, pleaded guilty…
Read more Gang member pleads guilty to having machine gun