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Quincy detective resigns amid allegations of ‘unwelcome, sexually explicit conduct'
Warning: This story contains graphic details that could be offensive or disturbing to some readers. The Quincy police officer at the center of an outside investigation over allegations of inappropriate online conduct has resigned from the department, according to documents obtained by the NBC10 Boston investigators Friday. The investigation into now-former Quincy police detective Andrew Keenan was completed Wednesday, and…
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Driver dies after deliberately crashing into Devens health center
A driver is dead after their truck crashed into a health center in Devens, Massachusetts, and caught fire, authorities said Wednesday. A law enforcement source told NBC10 Boston the incident appears to have been a deliberate act and that the driver had a family member who had been treated at the facility in the past. The crash occurred shortly after…
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Video shows suspect in Revere armed robbery brandishing gun at store clerk
Police in Revere, Massachusetts, are looking to identify a person who armed a convenience store clerk at gunpoint Friday morning. Investigators say the suspect entered the Wonderland Convenience Mart on North Shore Road around 7:20 a.m. In surveillance video he can be seen approaching the counter and pulling what appears to be a handgun. The robber passed the clerk a…
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Former leaders of Holyoke Soldiers' Home change pleas in neglect case
Two former leaders at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home faced a judge Tuesday, changing their not guilty pleas in the neglect cases against them to an admission of sufficient facts. Right now, neither man is set to face jail time — a result families say is a miscarriage of justice. Bennett Walsh, the former head of the home, made the change…
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Ex-Holyoke Soldiers' Home leader set for change-of-plea hearing in COVID outbreak case
Former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh is set for a change-of-plea hearing in a criminal case over the deaths of dozens of elderly veteran residents of the facility in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Walsh’s change-of-plea hearing in the case — he faces five counts of neglect — is scheduled in Hampshire Superior Court for Tuesday afternoon….
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Pain lingers for parents years after daughter's overdose death
More than four years after their daughter’s overdose death, two Massachusetts parents continue to grieve as they press for changes in how drug dealers are prosecuted. “Are you alive? Please call me, I’m worried sick about you,” Nancy Fusaro frantically texted her daughter, Nicole, not hearing from her for a few days. Her heart sank every time she hit...
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‘We don't feel safe': Attacks on correction officers in Mass. prisons are up, data shows
Correction officers inside our state prisons have been assaulted and doused with bodily fluids at an alarming rate in recent years. The NBC10 Investigators repeatedly requested data and records related to assaults on correction officers but the Massachusetts Department of Correction continuously told us the information didn’t exit. After almost one year, the department finally turned over the data...
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Deadly Worcester double shooting highlights police concerns of heavy firepower
A double shooting that left a mother and daughter dead in Worcester, Massachusetts, is highlighting the dangers of rapid-fire weaponry. The NBC10 Boston Investigators reported last week on the Worcester Police Department’s concern over tiny objects known as “switches,” “giggle switches” or “machine gun conversion” devices. The Tuesday afternoon shooting near the intersection of Lisbon Street and Englewood Avenue...
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Device that unleashes dozens of bullets per second creating chaos and concern
Police are seeing more firepower on our streets tied to tiny devices known as switches, giggle switches or machine gun conversion devices. It’s a troubling trend being used to quickly turn handguns into machine guns. A switch is about the size of a nickel, and it rapidly increase its rate of gunfire with just one pull of the trigger....
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8-year-old critically injured in Foxborough ambulance crash
An 8-year-old girl was critically injured in a head-on crash between an ambulance and an SUV on Thursday night in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The Foxborough Fire Department said in a press release Friday morning that the crash occurred around 6:41 p.m. Thursday in the area of 215 Main St. When they arrived, the department said they found five people who were…
