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'Controlling' Man Guilty Of Burning Wife To Death In Lowell Bathroom: DA
A 44-year-old Lowell man was found guilty of throwing gasoline on his wife and setting her ablaze, causing her death weeks later, authorities said.
Santos Lebron De Los Santos was convicted this week of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday, March 8, the Middlesex District Attorney said.
Los Santos was accused of setting his wife, Celeste Marte Lebron, age 49, ablaze on March 31, 2021, just after 10:30 p.m. at their Varnum Street home in Lowell, the prosecutor said.
Neighbors saw flames shooting from t…
Charlton Homeowner Finds Hit, Run, Driver Dashing Through Backyard Into Swamp: Police
A "habitual traffic offender" crashed into three vehicles, sending one of the car's occupants to the hospital, before running away from police through the woods and into a swamp, officials say.
Carlos A. Rodriguez, of Lowell, reportedly smelled of alcohol while police arrested him on Sunday, April 2 after a dramatic hit-and-run incident, according to the Massachusetts State Police.
Rodriguez, 33, was heading west on the Pike in a Cadillac XTS sedan around 5:27 p.m. when he crashed into two cars, a Toyota RAV 4 SUV operated by a 62-year-old man from Utica, New York…
Lowell Police Bust Up 'Cocaine Cowboys' Drug Gang, 21 Nabbed In Massive Operation: DA
Police agencies throughout Massachusetts and parts of New Hampshire took part in a three-year-long operation that ended with dozens of raids on Tuesday, Dec. 6, and more than 20 people arrested.
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced the busts during a press conference where she announced that police had also seized 11 guns, hundreds of grams of cocaine, large amounts of methamphetamines, fentanyl, and Xanax, and more than $100,000 in cash in 32 raids.
Lowell police began surveilling a group that called themselves the "Cocaine Cowboys" in 2019, but the scope of the op…
Lowell Repeat Child Offender, Former Church Worker Gets 10 Years In Prison
A Lowell man with a track record of possessing and distributing child pornography was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his latest offense, the US Attorney's Office for New Hampshire said on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Russell Graham, age 42, met an undercover law enforcement officer in an online chatroom on or around May 1, 2020, the office said in a separate release.
Between May 4, 2020 and May 11, 2020, Graham sent multiple images and videos of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct to the officer. Graham also told the officer that he had an ankle bracelet.
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Former MassHealth Employee Sentenced For Racking Up $112K In Fake Services: AG
A 28-year-old man from Lowell was sentenced to two years in jail for cheating MassHealth out of more than $100,000 as an employee, Attorney General Maura Healy announced on Thursday, Sept. 22.
Investigators determined that Abdinafa Maow, who worked as a Personal Care Attendant for MassHealth, got paid for services that he never performed between 2015 and 2020, Healy said.
He along with his relative, Abdikadir Maow, were previously indicted on one count of false Medicaid claims and larceny over $1,200.
Overall, the duo received more than $112,000 for these fa…
Cold CASE: Lowell Woman Nabbed For Baby's Freezing Death 36 Years Ago
A Massachusetts woman was arrested in connection with a 36-year-old Maine homicide case, authorities said.
Lee Ann Daigle, formerly Lee Ann Guerette, of Lowell, is being charged with the death her baby who was found dead in Frenchville, ME on December 7, 1985, Maine State Police said.
Baby Jane Doe was born and then found abandoned in below-zero temperatures at a gravel pit by a dog about 700 feet from his owner's house, police said.
Years of investigation identified Daigle as the baby's mother and she was arrested without incident on Monday, June 13, police said.
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Nine Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NY, NJ, CT, MA, PA Shipping Them Overseas
An international ring of identity thieves stole $1.3 million worth of vehicles and watercraft from dealerships in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, using fraudulently obtained digital driver's licenses, authorities charged.
Nine defendants used the stolen identities of US citizens in Puerto Rico -- along with fake Puerto Rico driver’s licenses, Social Security cards, debit cards, and birth certificates -- to obtain the licenses from motor vehicle agencies in Jersey City and North Bergen, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said.
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