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Joan Hurley, 85, was in Concord District Court to face charges including leaving the scene of a crash and reckless driving. The Maynard woman pleaded not guilty.

The elderly woman charged in a hit-and-run that seriously hurt a teenager in Acton, Massachusetts, last year bought alcohol before getting behind the wheel, prosecutors said in court Thursday. Joan Hurley, 85, was in Concord District Court to face charges including leaving the scene of a crash and reckless driving. The Maynard woman pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors showed a receipt…

A man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint at a train station in Acton, Massachusetts, nearly 10 years ago after DNA profiling led investigators to him, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

A person was killed in what was initially reported as a hit-and-run crash near a cemetery in Acton, Massachusetts, Monday, police said. The driver, after leaving the scene, turned themselves in.

The child had dropped the doll while she was waiting for the school bus.

A woman has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that landed an Acton, Massachusetts, teen in a coma, police said Wednesday. The woman, identified as 85-year-old Joan Hurley, of Maynard, is being charged with leaving the scene of personal injury, reckless operation of a motor vehicle and a crosswalk violation. The 13-year-old who was hit, identified by his…

A teen who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Acton, Massachusetts, last month left the hospital on Wednesday. Cesar Soto, Jr., 13, was discharged from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in the morning, with family and police escorting him home. Despite having to learn to walk again after the crash left him in a coma, Cesar told reporters outside the…

An Acton teen injured in a hit-and-run crash last month is reportedly heading home on Wednesday.

The Acton fire chief said the woman was suffering from significant burns and smoke inhalation; she was semi-conscious when firefighters carried her out of the house.

Firefighters rescued a person Monday night from a burning home in Acton, Massachusetts.

Police say they are seeking charges against an 85-year-old woman in connection with a hit-and-run crash that landed 13-year-old Cesar Soto Junior in a coma last month.

Police say they are seeking charges against an 85-year-old woman from Maynard in connection with a hit-and-run crash that landed an Acton, Massachusetts, teen in a coma last month.

The 13-year-old who was hit, identified by his mother as Cesar Soto Jr., wound up in a coma in a Boston hospital as a result of the crash.

Police say they are seeking charges against an 85-year-old woman in connection with a hit-and-run crash that landed an Acton, Massachusetts, teen in a coma last month. Acton police said Friday afternoon that they have submitted an application for a criminal complaint against an unnamed Maynard woman for the charges of leaving the scene of a crash causing personal injury,…

Police in Acton, Massachusetts, have asked for the public’s help as they search for a missing 83-year-old man.

Three teens are facing charges after they allegedly stole a dump truck and led police on a multiple-town chase Thursday morning. Acton police said that one of their officers saw a Ford F350 dump truck with an expired inspection sticker while observing traffic on Great Road around 10:17 a.m. Thursday and attempted to stop the vehicle. The dump truck stopped…

Acton police chief Richard Burrows said Friday that a suspect has been identified, however investigators are still gathering evidence. No arrests have been made, and charges are yet to be filed.

A person who seriously injured a 13-year-old in a hit-and-run crash earlier this month in Acton, Massachusetts, has been identified, police said Friday, as the investigation continues.

A woman is demanding justice for her son who was airlifted to a Boston hospital earlier this month after he was struck by a vehicle while walking on a crosswalk in Acton, Massachusetts. “I work hard. I’m a single mom. I raise my kids by myself and I need the answer. I need justice for my son,” said Crisoly...

Police said Friday they had located a vehicle of interest in the hit-and-run crash that put a 13-year-old boy into a coma earlier this week in Acton, Massachusetts. The crash happened Wednesday evening on Great Road. The victim, identified by his mother as Cesar Soto Jr., was flown to a Boston hospital. The Acton Police Department said Friday night that…