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 rulesSALEM — 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 — 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 gunLEWISBURG — Stephanie Balliet discovered her life’s work amid one of the most difficult times in her young life. Following an assault by a stranger at the age…
Read more Transitions PA legal advocate was once a clientMETHUEN — The city has followed up a “declaration of war” against human trafficking with the investigation of another business and the creation of a task force. On…
Read more Mayor announces another business shuttered and creation of Human Trafficking Task ForceMETHUEN — The manager of Beauty Garden Spa on Wallace Street is facing human trafficking charges after a lengthy police investigation. Suping Zhu, 38, of Flushing, New York,…
Read more Methuen mayor declares ‘war on human trafficking’ after spa owner’s arrestMETHUEN — The manager of Beauty Garden Spa on Wallace Street is facing human trafficking charges after a lengthy police investigation. Suping Zhu, 38, of Flushing, New York, is…
Read more BREAKING NEWS: Methuen mayor declares ‘war on human trafficking’ after spa owner’s arrestBOSTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers are hoping to close a “loophole” in state law that allows people who impersonate ICE agents and other federal authorities to…
Read more Lawmakers seek criminal penalties for impersonating ICE agentsNEWBURYPORT — An Andover man was arrested Friday night in Rhode Island, hours after police say he attacked a 77-year-old man and stole his car. David L. Agneta,…
Read more Police: Andover man charged in attack, carjackingSALEM — A New York man pled guilty to charges of rape, open and gross lewdness, and distributing obscene matter to a minor on Monday in Superior Court…
Read more NY man pleads guilty to rape chargesLAWRENCE — The suspect in a murder on Christmas Eve at the Energy Lounge nightclub has been captured, authorities said. Franklin Laras, 27, who allegedly shot and killed…
Read more Suspect arrested in Christmas Eve murder in LawrenceTwo new officers who are also Gloucester natives have joined the ranks of the Gloucester Police Department. Officers Ryan Muniz and Kalyn Koller bring a wealth of knowledge,…
Read more Gloucester Police welcomes two new officersSHARON, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania man is charged with homicide following the death and dismemberment of a transgender teenager. Dashawn Dale Depree Watkins, 29, of Sharon, Pa.,…
Read more Transgender girl murdered in western Pa.; man charged in homicideBEVERLY — The execution of a search warrant Wednesday has resulted in the arrest of a 58-year-old Beverly man on charges of drug trafficking. On Wednesday evening, members…
Read more Beverly man charged with trafficking cocaineBEVERLY — A man who was serving a life sentence for a 1987 execution-style murder in Salem has been granted parole, despite the objections of the victim’s family…
Read more Killer in 1987 Salem murder granted parole
