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Mortgage Employee Stole $6.6M From Massachusetts Firm In Decade-Long Fraud Scheme: Feds
A Virginia man accused of secretly funneling millions from a major financial company into his own bank account is facing federal fraud charges after investigators uncovered what prosecutors described as a years-long scheme tied to mortgage payments. Ricardo Fontanilla, 66, of Fairfax, Virginia, was charged in federal court in Boston with wire fraud, according to the US Attorney for Massachusetts. Prosecutors said he was arrested at his home on Sunday, May 3, and appeared in federal court in Arlington, Virginia, the next day. Federal investigators said Fontanilla worked for a global financia…
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Foxborough Man Posed As Immigration Officer To Scam Victims Out Of Thousands: Feds
A Massachusetts man is accused of pretending to be a federal immigration officer and scamming thousands of dollars from people by promising to help them obtain US citizenship, authorities said. Francisco Soares, 56, of Foxborough, was charged last week with impersonating a federal officer, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said. According to the criminal complaint, Soares told Brazilian nationals that he worked for US Immigration and could help them get citizenship for a price. Soares never worked for the government and was never in a position to help anyone obtain…
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‘We Lost A Hero’: Mass State Trooper Killed In Head-On Crash Was Stopping Wrong-Way Driver
Massachusetts State Trooper Kevin Trainor had just finished a long shift when the call came in just after 2 a.m. Wednesday, May 6: A Jeep was speeding the wrong way down Route 1 in Lynnfield. The 30-year-old trooper was close to where the SUV was spotted, so he raced to the area to try to stop it. Two minutes later, the Jeep slammed into his patrol cruiser. Hernan Marrero, 50, of Roslindale, who was driving the Jeep, died at the scene. Paramedics rushed Trainor to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. "His actions saved lives today," Massachusetts State Police Col. …
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Human Remains Found Off Mass Highway ID’d As Woman Missing Since 2019: FBI Boston
Human remains found off a Massachusetts highway have been identified as a Hanson woman who disappeared in 2019, according to the FBI. Sandra Crispo was reported missing on Aug. 9, 2019. A hunter discovered what was believed to be human remains on March 6, 2025 in a deer trail near the breakdown lane between exits 13 and 14 on Route 3 North, authorities said. Massachusetts State Police responded to the wooded area and located part of a human skull, according to the FBI. The remains were taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and the FBI later determined the skull was a CODI…
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Child Killed After Tree Crashes Onto Elementary School Playground In Melrose, Others Hurt
A child who was injured along with others when a tree fell on a Massachusetts elementary school playground has died, authorities said. The child, another juvenile, and an adult were hurt Monday, May 4, when a tree suddenly toppled outside Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, firefighters said. Classes had just let out for the day when the incident happened. All three were taken to a local hospital for treatment. The others were treated and released, authorities said Tuesday. Police did not release the name or age of the child who died. It was also unclear whether they attended Wint…
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Western Mass Man Sentenced To Prison After Admitting To Multiple Child Rapes, Abuses: DA
A Berkshire County man will spend decades behind bars after admitting to a series of horrific crimes involving a child. Brian Warner, 39, of Adams, pleaded guilty in Berkshire Superior Court on Friday, May 1. He faced multiple counts tied to the sexual assault and exploitation of a child under 14. Judge Callan sentenced him to 25 to 28 years in state prison. The charges were extensive. They included two counts of rape of a child with force, one count of aggravated rape of a child, and two counts involving a five-year age difference. Prosecutors also listed four counts of indecent assault an…
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Mass Couple Indicted After Allegedly Taking $17K From Fundraiser Meant For Homeless Man: DA
A Massachusetts couple has been indicted on charges that they kept thousands of dollars from an unhoused man after creating a GoFundMe they said was to help him. Rachel Kadis, 31, and Brian G. Ferreira, 33, were charged with larceny Over $1,200 by single scheme, fiduciary embezzlement, and misleading a police officer, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office said. Investigators say the couple raised more than $17,000 through a GoFundMe campaign for a now-deceased man named Gregory Bobst. They said the money would go into a bank account in Bobst's name to help get him back …
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Hanson Man Accused Of Repeatedly Raping Teen In Mass Towns Deemed Too Dangerous For Bail
A Massachusetts man accused of sexually assaulting and trafficking a teenage boy across several Plymouth County communities was denied bail as her was deemed too dangerous to be released, authorities said. Richard Kielczweski, 41, is charged with five counts of paying for sexual conduct with a child under 18, four counts of rape of a child aggravated by a 10-year age difference, and additional charges of rape, trafficking, and creating child sexual abuse material, the Plymouth District Attorney's Office said. Prosecutors say the alleged crimes span months and multiple towns…
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Brown University Shooter, MIT Professor’s Killer Planned For Years, No Motive Found: FBI
A gunman who carried out a deadly attack at Brown University and killed an MIT professor acted alone and left behind disturbing confessions with no clear motive, federal investigators said. The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts released new details after concluding a significant portion of the investigation into the violence that occurred in December 2025. Investigators say Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, was behind both the campus shooting in Providence on December 13 and the killing of MIT scientist Dr. Nuno Loureiro at his Brookline home on December 1…
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Brockton Man ID'd As Driver Killed After Crashing Into Overpass On CT Interstate
A 78-year-old driver has died after crashing into an overpass on I-395. Jacques Bertheau of Brockton, Massachusetts, was identified as the driver of a 2004 Nissan Xterra that went off the northbound lanes of the interstate and struck the Lawler Lane overpass, just south of Exit 18 in Norwich, on April 21, Connecticut State Police said on Tuesday, April 28. It's unclear what caused Bertheau to go off the road just before 11 a.m. Paramedics rushed him to William W. Backus Hospital with serious injuries. He was later taken to Hartford Hospital, where he was pronoun…
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Wellesley Mom Wanted To Go To Heaven In Murders-Failed Suicide Attempt: Police
A Massachusetts mother accused of killing her two children faced a judge after being arrested out of state, as new and disturbing details surfaced in court, police said. The hearing took place Monday afternoon, April 27, in Vermont, where Janette MacAusland, 49, appeared virtually following her arrest in Bennington late Friday night, police said. MacAusland is charged with two counts of murder in Massachusetts in the deaths of her children, 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella. Court documents revealed a troubling statement she allegedly made to a relative. According to a police affida…
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Driver Killed In I-95 Tractor-Trailer Overturn Crash In Danvers, Peabody: Police
A tractor-trailer flipped on a busy stretch of Interstate-95, killing the driver, spilling material into nearby woods, and forcing long lane closures that snarled traffic for hours. The crash happened Monday morning, April 27, near Exit 70, between Danvers and Peabody, according to Massachusetts State Police. Police say a tractor-trailer crashed into a passenger vehicle, causing the truck to flip upside down. The driver was killed in the crash. Their name was not released as of Monday afternoon. What came out of the trailer complicated matters for responders. A substance …
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