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Police & Fire
Terence Crosbie Was Visiting The City For St. Patrick's Day
A 37-year-old firefighter from Dublin accused of raping a woman during a Saint Patrick's Day event was arrested attempting to flee the country, authorities said. Terence Crosbie was charged last week with rape, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. A 28-year-old woman told police at Massachusetts General Hospital that she had been sexually assaulted at the Omni Parker House early on March 15, the prosecutor said. Investigators found surveillance video of Crosbie and the alleged victim at the hotel and at a bar the night before the incident. Crosbie was in the United …
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Police Found The Drugs In Fareedat Folunsho's Luggage
A London woman will not make her return flight to the United Kingdom after US Customs officials found 70 pounds of marijuana in her bags, authorities said. She is the second woman in two months caught with a large load of weed bound for England. Fareedat Folunsho, 19, was arrested and charged with trafficking marijuana between 50 and 100 pounds, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. She is being held on $1,500 bail. Police were called to the Boston Logan Airport after agents found the drugs in her bags around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 12. Related: Woman Busted With …
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Man Accused Of Leaving Girlfriend's Body At Logan Airport Escapes Custody In Kenya: Reports
A Lowell man who is accused of killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a car at Boston Logan Airport before boarding a plane to Kenya has escaped police custody in the East African nation, reports said. Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe is wanted in the murder of 31-year-old Margaret (Maggie) Mbitu last year. Police had arrested him at a nightclub in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 29 and were holding him for extradition to Massachusetts to stand trial for the slaying. Related: Man Busted In Kenya After Girlfriend's Body Was Found At Logan Airport WCVB reported that Kan…
Police & Fire
Kevin Kangethe Caught In Kenya In Death Of Margaret Mbitu
A 40-year-old Lowell man has been arrested in the killing of a Whitman woman whose body was found in a garage at Boston Logan Airport, officials said. Troopers found the deceased woman, later identified as Margaret Mbitu, 31, inside a car in the Central Parking garage at Logan Airport around 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 1, authorities said. Kevin Kangethe, the suspect in the killing, boarded a flight to Kenya. Related: Body Of Missing Whitman Woman Found In Car At Boston Logan Airport: DA Mbitu was last seen leaving work in Halifax at 11 p.m. on Oct. 30, authorities said in a missing person's …
Police & Fire
Flooding, Power Outages Plague Mass After Storms Pummel Northeast
Heavy downpours led to widespread flooding and power outages across eastern Massachusetts on Monday, Dec. 18, and it could be days before authorities can restore electricity to all homes. More than 270,000 people were left without power as of Monday afternoon, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) said. Bad weather also led to more than 200 flight cancellations at Boston Logan Airport, according to FlightAware, with more than a third of flights coming to or leaving from the airport delayed. Cities in Plymouth and Bristol counties felt the brunt of the storm, with over 9…
Police & Fire
Man Hits, Threatens To Kill Woman After Bumping Into Him With Stroller On Boston Train: Police
Police are searching for a man who they say assaulted a woman who was with her child on an MBTA train in October. The man hit and threatened to kill the woman, who accidentally bumped into him with her baby’s stroller while riding a Blue Line Train between the Boston Logan Airport and Maverick stations on Oct. 24 around 10 a.m., the MBTA Transit Police said. Surveillance photos shared by police on Monday, Nov. 20, show the man wearing a camouflaged hat, dark blue sweater, denim jeans, and light blue or gray and white sneakers. ID Sought re: Assault & Battery investigation 10/24 10…
Police & Fire
Body Of Missing Whitman Woman Found In Car At Boston Logan Airport: DA
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Lowell man suspected of killing a Whitman woman whose body was found in a garage at Boston Logan Airport, officials said. Troopers found the deceased woman inside a car in the Central Parking garage at Logan Airport around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, authorities said. The woman has been identified as Margaret Mbitu (pronounced m-BEE-too), 31, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts State Police. She was reported missing by her family on Monday, Oct. 30. Kevin Kangethe (pronounced ken-GET-ay), 40, the susp…
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'I Was Willing To Get Arrested': Dax Shepard Talks Getting Kicked Out Of Logan Airport
Actor Dax Shepard said he lost his temper after TSA agents kicked him and his family out of Boston Logan Airport last week. The A-list star addressed the snub on the Wednesday, Aug. 2, episode of his podcast "Armchair Expert." Shepard and his wife, actress Kristen Bell, and the couple's two children were returning from a trip to Martha's Vineyard on July 26 when their flight was delayed. Then it was delayed again and again and again because of mechanical issues, which left them stranded at Boston Logan overnight. With no hotels available within 50 miles of the a…
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(Update) Threats Force Plane To Return To Boston; Passenger Removed From Flight
Update: The call to New Jersey officials that forced a Newark-bound flight to return to Boston was a hoax, Massachusetts State Police said on Monday. The man removed from the flight posed no threat to the plane's safety, never made threats, and is now cooperating with police. Investigators said they will now track down the person who made the fake-threat call to New Jersey police. Original: A plane leaving from Boston Logan Airport Sunday, July 30, was forced to turn around after authorities received a tip that a passenger had made threats of violence about the flight. Delta Ai…
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Stranded, Seething: 2.5K Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Passengers In Post-Christmas Mess
More than 2,500 Southwest Airlines flights were canceled and 8,3072 delayed as of Wednesday, Dec. 28, leaving even more passengers across the US stranded and seething. Processes and computer systems that haven't changed since the 1990s are to blame, Captain Casey Murray, the president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, tells CNN. “It’s phones, it’s computers, it’s processing power, it’s the programs used to connect us to airplanes," he said, "that’s where the problem lies, and it’s systemic throughout the whole airline." The federal government said it plans on investigating. Cu…
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Over 200 Flights Canceled At Boston Logan Airport As Pre-Christmas Storm Persists
People's pre-holiday travel plans could be jeopardized as a pre-Christmas storm continues to dump rounds of rain and bring strong winds to Massachusetts. Boston Logan Airport has reported more than 280 total cancelations as of 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 23, according to Flight Aware. People can see the current list of cancelations and delays here. As always, airport officials advise passengers to call their airlines before heading to the airport to board their plane for any last minute changes. People can also check the status of their flight by checking Logan's flight status tracker.
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