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Police & Fire
Body Found In Burning Car Outside Lynn Dry Cleaner
Officials responded to a report of a car fire to find one person dead inside the vehicle, police say. Police responded to the reported car fire at 43 Boston Street in Lynn, where Toomey's Cleaners is located, at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, according to the Lynn Police Department. The fire was extinguished and one deceased victim was found inside. Nearby building sustained minor damage from the blaze. This incident is under investigation by the Lynn Police Criminal Investigation Division, the Massachusetts State Police and the Lynn Fire Arson Squad.…
Police & Fire
FOUND: Tyngsborough Man Last Seen At Costco Called 'Vulnerable' By Police
A man with dementia was located safely after going missing from a New Hampshire Costco, officials say. Michael Fairbrother, of Tyngsborough, was reported missing after he was last seen at a Costco on the Daniel Webster Highway in Nashua, New Hampshire on Thursday, June 1 at approximately 3:30 p.m., according to the Tyngsborough Police Department. He was found by 12:20 p.m. on Friday June 2, according to New Hampshire State Police. UPDATE - Mr. Fairbrother has been safely located. The Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert has been canceled. — New Hampshire State Police (@NH_Sta…
Police & Fire
Woman Killed In Marlborough Parking Lot; Suspect In Custody: DA (DEVELOPING)
A woman was killed in the parking lot of a Marlborough hotel Thursday, June 1, afternoon, and police have captured a suspect, authorities said. Police were called to the hotel on Lakeside Avenue just after 12:30 p.m. and found the body. Police did not say how she was killed or how they found their suspect. They also did not identify either of them. Marlborough police and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office are investigating the slaying. Check back with the Daily Voice for updates on this developing story.
Police & Fire
Mom Found Dead: Daughter Charged With Assaulting Her In Somerville
A 48-year-old Somerville woman is accused of strangling and assaulting her elderly mother, who was found dead on Sunday, May 28, in the younger woman's home, authorities said. April Monroe is charged with strangulation and assault and battery on a person over 60 causing serious bodily injury in connection with an alleged assault on her mother, the Middlesex District Attorney said. Gail Gasperini, 73, of East Boston, was found dead in Monroe's Summer Street apartment. Gasperini's husband contacted the police after his wife left to visit her daughter on Sunday but never …
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Pedestrian, 39, Hit By SUV On Route 1 In Peabody
A man was transported to the hospital after being hit by an SUV on Route 1, officials say. A 39-year-old pedestrian, from Mashpee, received serious injuries when he was hit by a 2021 Toyota Highlander on Route 1 in Peabody around 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, June 1, according to the Massachusetts State Police Department. The pedestrian was reportedly trying to cross all lanes of traffic right before he was hit by the SUV. He was conscious and alert when officials responded to the scene, according to the Peabody Police Department. He was taken to Lahey Hospital & Medica…
Police & Fire
Cops Recover Realistic Revolver, Later Determined To Be BB Gun From Boston K-8 School
What appeared to be a silver revolver with six rounds in the chamber was found in a students book bag, officials say. Police responded to Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School, located at 77 Lawrence Avenue in Dorchester, for a report of a person with a firearm around 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, June 1, according to the Boston Police Department. A juvenile had what appeared to be a gun in their book bag and handed it over to a person, who police did not identify, who put it in the bottom drawer of a desk. School staff then called 911. Police arrived and confirmed that the w…
Police & Fire
2 Firefighters, 2 Residents Hospitalized In Brockton 4-Alarm Fire Engulfing Pair Of Buildings
Escaped residents of one of two burning buildings were stuck in a backyard until firefighters chopped through a fence and released them, officials say. An early morning fire started at a large residential building at 37 South Street in Brockton on Thursday, June 1, sending four people to the hospital and rendering one building a total loss, according to Brockton Fire Chief Brian Nardelli. Calls came in around 2:45 a.m., sending firefighters to the scene of a three-story, wood-frame house from which fire was billowing out of windows and off the porch. At 2:48 this mornin…
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Man Admits To Killing 1, Wounding 2 More In 2020 Lawrence Shooting: DA
A 25-year-old Lawrence man who admitted to shooting three men and killing one struck a plea deal on Wednesday, May 31, and will spend up to 26 years in prison, authorities said. Hector Baez was sentenced 18-to-20 years on a manslaughter charge, which will be followed by four to six years for a series of assault and battery and firearms charges, the Essex County District Attorney's Office. Baez faced a first-degree murder charge for shooting and killing Delvis Paulino-Fernandez, 26, of Lawrence, on Newton Street in Lawrence on May 3, 2020, the prosecutor said. He was attending an…
Police & Fire
Serial Rapist: Attorney Charged With 4 Cold Case Attacks In Mass, FBI Says
The FBI and Boston police said a New Jersey attorney is behind a string of rapes and kidnappings in Boston more than 15 years ago, officials said. Officials arrested the Weehawken man on Tuesday, May 30. Matthew Nilo, 35, is charged with three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one charge of intent to rape, and one account of indecent assault and battery, the Boston Police Department announced. The alleged attacks happened in August and November 2007 and August and December 2008 in Charlestown, authorities said. Investigators linked Nilo to the rapes through in…
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78 People Displaced In Boston 3-Alarm Blaze, But Pets Make It Out Safe
Firefighters went door-to-door in a burning apartment building to evacuate residents from a quickly-escalating fire, officials say. An apartment building with over 50 units located at 1980 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston caught fire in the morning of Wednesday, May 31, displacing 71 residents, according to the Boston Fire Department. One firefighter sustained minor injuries in the battle. All firefighter companies were dispatched to the scene of the blaze, which quickly escalated to three alarms. Multiple ground and aerial ladders were used to attack the blaze. Bo…
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Whitman-Hanson High Schooler Killed By MBTA Train, A 'Tragic Loss'
A high school is mourning the loss of a teenaged student who died after entering into an MBTA train's path. A Whitman-Hanson Regional High School student, who was described as a female between the ages of 16 and 19 years old by MBTA Transit Police, died at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, according to Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan. The teenager was intentionally trespassing into the train's right of way and was hit and killed by an outbound train on the Plymouth line, around 1,000 yards south of Whitman Station. She was pronounced dead at the scene, acc…
Police & Fire
Body Of 50-Year-Old Woman Recovered At Breakheart Reservation In Saugus
An investigation is underway after a 50-year-old woman's body was recovered at a state park in Saugus, officials say. Police located the woman's body in the water at Breakheart Reservation on Tuesday, May 30 shortly after 11:00 a.m., according to Massachusetts State Police. Saugus Police responded to the scene and pulled the body to shore, State Police said. First responders declared the woman dead onsite. Reported Drowning Breakheart Reservation Car 1, Car 3, Engine 3, Ladder 1, Motor Squad & the Marine unit en route Posted by Saugus Firefighters Local 1003 on&n…
Police & Fire
Man Kicks MBTA Train, Dies Inside North Station: Police
A man who missed his train at North Station fell to his death shortly after, police say. The man missed a Green Line train heading towards Medford/Tufts around 12:18 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30, so he followed the train, kicked it, and fell to his death, according to a preliminary investigation by the MBTA Transit Police. The man lost his balance while kicking the train, police say, and fell under the train while it was in motion. He was pronounced dead as a result of injuries sustained in his fall. "On behalf of the entire MBTA organization we express our most sincere…
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