A Worcester County grand jury indicted two men in the killing of 28-year-old Andrew Barley after forcing their way into his home to rob him, authorities said. A third is accused of helping them after the shooting. Kelvin Verde, 23, and Berny Calderon, 25, are charged with murder, home invasion, and armed robbery in the October 2022 attack on Barley, the Worcester County ...

The Worcester County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, March 24, that prosecutors had obtained an indictment in the murder of a 29-year-old mother of two at her home in 2021. Kyle Curley, 32, is charged with murder, assault and battery causing serious bodily injury, and intimidation of a witness, the prosecutor said. He'll be arraigned at a later ...

A bad seatmate can make a flight difficult, but two women said one of their fellow passengers made their red-eye trip from Los Angeles to Boston a nightmare. After he admitted to groping the women this week, the 43-year-old faces up to a year behind bars. Jairaj Singh Dhillon, of Modesto, Cal., pleaded guilty on Monday, March 24, to two counts of assault while aboard a flight from ...

Less than a week after a man was fatally shot in Hampden County, police say they've found his killers. Christina Guzman, 32, was captured near the intersection of Bloomfield and Oakland streets in Springfield on Friday, March 24, just before 8:45 a.m., authorities said. Simultaneously, in another part of the city, Springfield police followed Rafael Calo as he left his Woodside ...

A suspicious package in Hampden County forced officials to order an evacuation late Thursday night, March 23, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the area near Main and James streets in Holyoke when someone found the package around 11 p.m., the Holyoke Fire Department said. Residents in that area were asked to leave until police could figure out if it was ...

A 53-year-old Boston man was arrested earlier this week after police raided his home and found crack, cocaine, fentanyl, and drug-selling paraphernalia, authorities said on Thursday, March 23. Ralph Gradozzi was charged with trafficking with intent to distribute and possession of ammunition without an FID card, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. A judge set his ...

Worcester police are warning drivers that they can expect detours on Friday, March 24, for the funeral of Sgt. Derrick Leto, who died unexpectedly last week while off duty. Officers will reroute drivers on Graton Street to Dorchester Street and Hamilton streets beginning at 9:15 a.m. Drivers should avoid these areas if possible, Worcester police said.Traffic will resume like normal ...

A former Tyngsborough police officer who admitted to hiding millions of dollars in cash from a Chinese backer to secure a bank loan and violating the National Firearms Act was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday, March 22, authorities said. Daniel Whitman, 39, of Salisbury, will spend a year and a day in prison and must pay a $20,000 fine, the US Attorney for Massachusetts ...

Authorities in Worcester arrested two men earlier this week after they pulled out pistols during a street fight. The men were part of a large brawl in the area of Beacon and Sycamore streets on Wednesday, March 22, Worcester police said. Officers broke it up after someone called 911. There were no reported injuries. Ramon Vega-Rosario, 31, of Worcester, was arrested and ...

Police in Worcester County have asked for the public's help to locate a missing teenager who vanished earlier this week. Yariana Rivera, born in 2007, vanished from her home on Stephanie Drive in Gardner on Monday, March 20, Gardner police said. Investigators believe she may be in the Templeton area or Olde English Village. She was last seen wearing green checkered pajama ...