Massachusetts

Leaders in Seekonk, Massachusetts voted Wednesday night to rescind the town’s appointment of its police chief, who now plans on filing a lawsuit against the community, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Despite having around a year left on his contract, Seekonk Police Chief Dean Isabella was placed on paid leave earlier in the month, WJAR repor...

A man from South Hadley, Massachusetts, accused of murdering his father and then trying to set the house on fire pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. Craig Weise, 35, is accused of killing his 70-year-old father David Weise in their shared home on Lawn Street on Sept. 9, 2022....

Police in Portland, Maine have arrested a suspect in the recent murder of a 26-year-old man that occurred in the middle of a dense residential neighborhood. According to a news release from the city’s police department, 21-year-old Tristin Chamberlain of Portland has been charged in the murder of 26-year-old Tyler Flexon on November 29. C...

A pile of mattresses that was apparently dumped near a South Coast city’s water supply has prompted a police investigation. The pile was dropped off Friday night on Wilson Road in Fall River, Massachusetts and included over a dozen mattresses, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Police have been looking over security camera footage from the area...

Authorities in Hampden County, Massachusetts have released new composite sketches of a suspect in a 32-year-old cold case murder out of Springfield, using cutting edge DNA technology. Shana Price was 17 years old when she was found dead in Springfield’s Blunt Park on Dec. 26, 1990. She appeared to have been beaten, strangled and sexually assa...

A man in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is accused of murdering his father and then trying to set the house on fire, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Craig Weise, 35, is accused of killing his 70-year-old father David Weise in their shared home on Lawn Street on Sept. 9, 2022. Investigators allege he also tried to set...

A northwestern Vermont community spent this Veterans Day saying thank you to service members. In downtown St. Albans, a ceremony and speaking program followed a parade around Taylor Park. The observance crossed generations, with one of the nation’s rapidly-declining number of World War II vets there — 97-year-old Bob Coon. “The percentage is gettin...