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Intoxicated Driver Kills 10-Year-Old Boys, Sends 6 Others To Hospital In Plainville Crash: DA
A 42-year-old man is accused of crashing a stolen car into a family, killing a 10-year-old boy, and sending several others to the hospital in Norfolk County this weekend, authorities said.
Michael Escolas, of Oxford, is expected to be charged with motor vehicular manslaughter — OUI, theft of a vehicle, and others, the Norfolk County District Attorney said. He was being held on a $25,000 bail.
Escola is accused of stealing a Jeep Cherokee parked at the Kenny Chesney concert at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 24, and crashing into a family of six stopped at a traffic light on R…
Maine Man Busted In 24-Year-Old Rape, Kidnapping Case In Western Mass Thanks To DNA Testing: DA
A 48-year-old Maine man is behind bars on Wednesday, May 8, after DNA tests linked him to the violent rape of a woman in the woods of Hampden County in 2000, authorities said.
Jamie Dodge, of Brownville, Maine, is charged with aggravated rape and kidnapping in connection with an attack that happened in Holland, which is just outside of Springfield, the Hampden County District Attorney's Office said. He was being held on a $250,000 bail.
A woman told police on July 23, 2000, that a man had grabbed her, dragged her into a nearby wooded area, and raped her. She described the m…
Man Accused Of Shooting Detective In New Bedford Busted Stepping Off Flight In Boston
An 18-year-old man wanted in connection with the shooting of a detective in Massachusetts was immediately arrested after stepping off an international flight in Boston, police announced.
Denzel Gomes, age 18, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 14 by local, state, and federal authorities after stepping off an international flight at Logan International Airport, Massachusetts State Police announced.
According to police, Gomes was wanted in connection with the shooting of an undercover New Bedford police detective on July 17, 2023.
On the day of the shooting, the detective had b…
Lowell Man Accused Of Murder After Brutally Beating Mom To Death In His Condo: DA
A 24-year-old Lowell man has been indicted for the murder of his mom after she was found beaten to death in July 2023, according to officials.
Michael Belous, 24, was arrested after his mom Elena Vainer, 51, of Reading, was found barely breathing and beaten shortly before 1 a.m. at his condo on Middlesex Street on July 17, 2023, the Middlesex District Attorney said.
Belous was charged with assault and battery on a household or family member and assault and battery causing serious bodily injury.
Officers and paramedics found Vainer suffering from severe head, face, arm, and neck injuries as…
Burglar Makes Failed Escape In Bright Orange U-Haul After Billerica Storage Unit Heist: Cops
A man who tried to break into a storage facility in Billerica has been arrested by K9 troopers after leading state police on a high-speed chase, while driving a U-Haul van and wearing an orange ski mask.
Alexander Encarnacion, 29, of Providence, Rhode Island, was driving a 2008 Ford Econoline U-Haul van when he, and other people in a sedan, tried to break into a Billerica storage unit on Monday, Jan. 15, at 10:30 p.m., the facility’s manager said.
That’s when Encarnacion sped off as Billerica officers chased after him onto Route 3 south to Route 95 north.
The sedan also drove off but was n…
