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Brockton Care-Taker Took $150K From Mattapa Woman, 95, Let Home Fall Into Foreclosure: DA Brockton Care-Taker Took $150K From Mattapa Woman, 95, Let Home Fall Into Foreclosure: DA
Brockton Care-Taker Took $150K From Mattapa Woman, 95, Let Home Fall Into Foreclosure: DA A 41-year-old Brockton care-taker left the 95-year-old woman she was caring for in financial ruin by stealing more than $100,000, allowing her home to fall into foreclosure, and swindling rent money meant for her, authorities said.  Dominique Emmanuel is facing one count of medical assistance fraud by provider and theft of over $1,200 by a single scheme, the Suffolk County District Attorney.  Emmanuel was a Tempus Unlimited personal care attendant for the Mattapan woman. In February 2023, the woman's daughter noticed that Emmanuel was named an alternate executor of her mother's wi…

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by Josh Lanier
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61-Year-Old Woman Hospitalized After Robbery Outside Tewksbury Bank 61-Year-Old Woman Hospitalized After Robbery Outside Tewksbury Bank
61-Year-Old Woman Hospitalized After Robbery Outside Tewksbury Bank A pair of middle-aged purse snatchers attacked a woman outside a Middlesex County bank, sending her to the hospital, officials say. Keith Fauth, of Haverhill, and Christine Brogna, of Laconia, New Hampshire, were arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 9, after they allegedly shoved a 61-year-old woman to the ground of a bank's parking lot located at 1527 Main Street in Tewksbury, according to the Tewksbury Police Department.  Fauth, age 50, and Brogna, age 51, pushed a woman to the ground to steal her purse, an initial investigation suggests. The 61-year-old victim needed to be hospitalized…

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by Morgan Gonzales
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Hull Cop On Leave After Video Circulates Of Attack on 72-Year-Old Hull Cop On Leave After Video Circulates Of Attack on 72-Year-Old
Hull Cop On Leave After Video Circulates Of Attack on 72-Year-Old A Middlesex County police department took one of its sergeants off the streets after a video surfaced of him allegedly beating an elderly man.   Hull Police Sgt. Scott Saunders was placed on paid administrative leave following an incident in Pembroke on July 24, according to the Hull Police Department on Thursday. He was off duty when the alleged incident occurred.  A purported video of the alleged assault seems to show Saunders sitting on the 72-year-old man's chest on the side of the road and attacking his face. His daughter stands nearby and watches. It's unclear what sparked the alterc…

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by Morgan Gonzales
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Scammer Steals Thousands Of Dollars From Scared Boston Grandparent: Police Scammer Steals Thousands Of Dollars From Scared Boston Grandparent: Police
Scammer Steals Thousands Of Dollars From Scared Boston Grandparent: Police A Boston granddad is out thousands of dollars after a scammer preyed on his love for his grandson.  Last month an 83-year-old man got a phone call from a "public defender" who claimed the man's grandson was in a lot of trouble after police arrested him on a reckless endangerment charge, Boston police said. The fake lawyer said the octogenarian would need to fork over thousands of dollars to bail the young man out of jail.  He sent the money, but none of it was real.  Boston police said the call came in from the 151 Tremont St. area. A surveillance video captured the person o…

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by Josh Lanier