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Suffolk Sheriff Tompkins acquitted of extorting cannabis company
Steven Tompkins was indicted last year on charges of extorting $50,000 from a cannabis company. -
Lindsay Clancy closing arguments: Both sides make final case as jury begins deliberations
The jury must now weigh the evidence to deliver a final verdict determining whether Clancy was in control of her actions when she killed her three children in 2023. -
Brockton mayor argues against potential assault and battery charge
A clerk-magistrate will determine if there's probable cause to bring a charge. -
Karen Read sues police agencies that investigated her Boston police boyfriend's death
The suit argues that Read's acquittal last June revealed “an embedded culture of bigotry, misogyny, systemic failures, and institutional rot at the very core of both organizations.” -
Memorial Drive shooting suspect pleads not guilty
Tyler Brown appeared in in Cambridge District Court on Thursday, three days after prosecutors say he left two people with life-threatening injuries in a shooting incident on Memorial Drive. -
Two shot on Memorial Drive in Cambridge have ‘life-threatening’ injuries; gunman apprehended
The gunman was shot by a Massachusetts State Police officer and a former Marine, and was in a Boston hospital on Monday evening. -
Boston transit police say man threatened to stab bus driver before struggle with officers
MBTA General Manager Phil Eng said transit police responded “promptly and quickly.” -
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Fired Healey deputy faces drug trafficking charges
LaMar Cook, 45, of Springfield, has been fired from his state job effective immediately, the governor's office said. -
New mothers charged with crimes would get mental health screenings, treatments under bill
A woman who experienced postpartum psychosis wanted to have another child. Her husband had a valid fear: “What if you kill the kids?”
