Rockets Unearthed: A Nantucket Dune Was Keeping A Dangerous WWII Secret Rockets Unearthed: A Nantucket Dune Was Keeping A Dangerous WWII Secret
Rockets Unearthed: A Nantucket Dune Was Keeping A Dangerous WWII Secret What looked like another stick jutting out of an eroding Nantucket dune turned out to be a decades-old military explosive. The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad was called to the island after unexploded World War II-era rockets once used in training exercises were discovered sticking out of the sand. Despite their age, the ordnance still posed a serious threat after exposure from the eroding dune. The Massachusetts State Police, Nantucket Fire Department, and the U.S. Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12 responded to handle the hazard. Bomb technicians later carried out a…
Central Mass Man Accused Of Buying, Selling 7,000 Child Porn Files: Feds Central Mass Man Accused Of Buying, Selling 7,000 Child Porn Files: Feds
Central Mass Man Accused Of Buying, Selling 7,000 Child Porn Files: Feds Federal agents say a Massachusetts man had thousands of child sexual abuse files on his device and admitted to buying and selling the material online. Yojuande Blaize, 23, of Southbridge, was arrested and charged on Thursday, May 21, with possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.  Investigators said they found child sexual abuse material during a review of a folder on Blaize’s device that allegedly contained more than 7,000 videos and images. According to charging documents, Blaize also admitted he would “regularly seek…
Traffic Stop Turns Into Felony Charges For MA Man Driving On Long Island: Police Traffic Stop Turns Into Felony Charges For MA Man Driving On Long Island: Police
Traffic Stop Turns Into Felony Charges For MA Man Driving On Long Island: Police A routine traffic stop on Long Island ended with felony charges for a Massachusetts man on Wednesday, May 20 after cops found an illegal gun in the car, police said. Steven Raymond, 25, was merging onto the Northern State Parkway in Carle Place while driving a black 2011 Chevrolet Silverado but failed to use his turn signal, the Nassau County Police Department said. When cops pulled Raymond over around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, they found a loaded handgun and two switchblade knives in the vehicle, authorities said. Raymond, of Dunstable, was charged with second-degree weapons possession, two c…
From ‘I Hated His Guts’ To Saving His Life: NY Woman Gives Massachusetts Teacher Her Kidney From ‘I Hated His Guts’ To Saving His Life: NY Woman Gives Massachusetts Teacher Her Kidney
From ‘I Hated His Guts’ To Saving His Life: NY Woman Gives Massachusetts Teacher Her Kidney A Long Island woman donated a kidney to an unlikely beneficiary — her old middle school English teacher in Massachusetts, who she hated. Montana Miller, 55, of Port Washington, learned about the plight of Mitch Grosky, 74, through social media and decided to do something, the Boston Globe reported Tuesday, May 19. “When I was ten years old I hated his guts; now I'm giving him mine!?” Miller wrote on Facebook in April. The two first crossed paths at The Bromfield School in Harvard, MA in the 1980s, where Miller found Grosky’s fifth-grade English class boring and later told the Globe, “I abs…
Hundreds Rally To Help Mass Special Needs Teacher Who Lost Nearly Everything In Condo Fire Hundreds Rally To Help Mass Special Needs Teacher Who Lost Nearly Everything In Condo Fire
Hundreds Rally To Help Mass Special Needs Teacher Who Lost Nearly Everything In Condo Fire A Connecticut special education teacher and her boyfriend escaped a fast-moving fire with their two dogs earlier this week, but lost their cat, their home, and nearly everything else they owned. But now, the community is coming together to help rebuild their lives. Maddie Patch, a moderate special needs and math teacher at Plymouth North High School, lived in a second-floor condo with her boyfriend, Grant, at a multi-unit building on Court Street in Plymouth. A fire erupted in a first-floor bedroom around 5 a.m. on Tuesday, May 12, and burned through the building, displacing nine people, fir…
24-Year-Old Andover Woman Killed In Boston Harbor Boat Crash 24-Year-Old Andover Woman Killed In Boston Harbor Boat Crash
24-Year-Old Andover Woman Killed In Boston Harbor Boat Crash A late-night boat crash near Logan Airport left a 24-year-old woman dead, and three others hurt after passengers were thrown onto shoreline rocks in Boston Harbor. Elizabeth Dankert, 24, of Andover, died after the twin-engine recreational boat slammed into the runway 4R Pier at Boston Logan International Airport around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, according to Massachusetts State Police and the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office. Four people were on the boat, including one man and three women, police said. All four were rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital with injuries. Investigators…
Lockdown Lifted At Mass Air Base After Frantic Reports Of Shots Fired Lockdown Lifted At Mass Air Base After Frantic Reports Of Shots Fired
Lockdown Lifted At Mass Air Base After Frantic Reports Of Shots Fired Reports of a shooting at Barnes Air National Guard Base sparked a lockdown, but police say the gunfire was part of a training exercise.  The incident happened around 9:45 a.m. at the 104th Fighter Wing on Southampton Road in Westfield, when police responded to reports of gunfire.  Law enforcement rushed to the scene as the base went into lockdown during the ongoing exercise. Officials later confirmed there was no active threat. In a statement, the 104th Fighter Wing said the incident was tied to the exercise and that no real emergency had taken place. The lockdown was lifte…
$1M Lottery Jackpot: Falmouth Woman Plans To Give Winnings To Grandchildren $1M Lottery Jackpot: Falmouth Woman Plans To Give Winnings To Grandchildren
$1M Lottery Jackpot: Falmouth Woman Plans To Give Winnings To Grandchildren No one spoils you quite like grandma. A Massachusetts woman who recently landed a $1 million jackpot said she wants to give some of the winnings to her grandchildren. Diane Richards, of Falmouth, won the seven-figure payday in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “Extreme Green” game, a $5 scratch-off ticket. She chose to take the lump-sum payment of $650,000 before taxes rather than the annuity, which would have paid out the full amount — minus taxes — over 20 years. Richards said she wants to help her family with the money by passing some of it along to her grandchildren. She bought …
Western Mass Husband Convicted Of Wife’s Murder, Sentenced To Life Without Parole Western Mass Husband Convicted Of Wife’s Murder, Sentenced To Life Without Parole
Western Mass Husband Convicted Of Wife’s Murder, Sentenced To Life Without Parole A Massachusetts man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty of fatally stabbing his wife of five months and the mother of two, prosecutors announced.  Luis A. Rosado, 53, of North Adams, was convicted on Tuesday, May 12, in the killing of Jillian Tatro, who was 38 at the time of her death, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. A judge sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole.  Prosecutors said Rosado murdered Tatro inside her second-floor apartment at 46 Charles St. on May 28, 2022. The couple began dating in Sept…
Court Docs Reveal Chilling Threats Before Cambridge Rifle Rampage Left 2 Critically Hurt Court Docs Reveal Chilling Threats Before Cambridge Rifle Rampage Left 2 Critically Hurt
Court Docs Reveal Chilling Threats Before Cambridge Rifle Rampage Left 2 Critically Hurt Newly released court documents provide new details about a Massachusetts parolee who opened fire on vehicles in Cambridge before exchanging gunfire with state troopers and a retired US Marine. Two were severely wounded in the attack.  Tyler Brown now faces eight charges, including two counts of assault to murder with a firearm, firearm possession charges, and discharging a weapon within 600 feet of a building, after investigators said he opened fire along Memorial Drive Monday afternoon, May 11. According to the complaint, a Massachusetts parole officer contacted Boston police less tha…
Ashland Woman Arraigned In Fatal Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Wife, Mom In Southborough Ashland Woman Arraigned In Fatal Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Wife, Mom In Southborough
Ashland Woman Arraigned In Fatal Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Wife, Mom In Southborough A Massachusetts woman has been arraigned on homicide charges after prosecutors said she was driving the wrong way in a deadly Route 9 crash that killed a wife and mother of a child, authorities announced. Abigail Throckmorton, 23, of Ashland, was arraigned Friday, May 8, in connection with the February crash in Southborough that killed Crystal Johnson Clementi, 37. The crash happened around 3 a.m. Feb. 20, 2026, on Turnpike Road, also known as Route 9 East, according to investigators. A preliminary investigation found that Throckmorton was speeding and driving against traffic when she coll…
Quincy Man Posed As Medical Pro, Injected Clients With Black Market Botox, Sickening Several Quincy Man Posed As Medical Pro, Injected Clients With Black Market Botox, Sickening Several
Quincy Man Posed As Medical Pro, Injected Clients With Black Market Botox, Sickening Several A Massachusetts man admitted in federal court to giving clients illegal cosmetic injections that left several people seriously ill with botulism, prosecutors said. Rodrigo de Medeiros Siqueira, 33, of Quincy, pleaded guilty to misbranding a drug after shipment in interstate commerce with the intent to defraud or mislead, the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts said.  Federal prosecutors said Siqueira operated Rodrigo Beauty Inc. and offered cosmetic injection procedures beginning around August 2022. Authorities said he was not licensed to prescribe, dispense, or administer pr…