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A Massachusetts man who was arrested last month on suspicion of having child pornography recently resigned as a police dispatcher for the town of Lincoln, the department’s chief said Wednesday.

A man accused of burning a ballot box in Boston over the weekend has been arrested.

A Massachusetts man is facing child pornography charges following his arrest at his home in Randolph, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Spencer Hughes, 38, was taken into custody Tuesday morning following the execution of a search warrant, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling. At the home, authorities allegedly found an external hard drive that contained a folder with…

Police have arrested a man who allegedly attacked a woman and threatened to rape her Monday morning in downtown Boston. The victim had been walking at Boston Public Garden when a man approached her and put his hand over her mouth, then tried to remove her clothes while making sexually explicit threats, according to police in Boston. The woman was…

The parents who fought off a would-be kidnapper in a Costco parking lot over the weekend say the encounter has them uneasy and looking over their shoulders at all times.

Willis McGhee, 50, of Boston, is due in court Monday in connection with an unarmed robbery of a legally blind elderly man in Mattapan more than a week ago. McGhee allegedly punched and kicked the 72-year-old victim on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 10, resulting in the permanent loss of vision in his left eye, according to police. He is…

A Rhode Island man is in custody in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash involving a man and a woman Sunday afternoon in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, police announced Tuesday. Thomas Roy, 31, of Pawtucket, is being held as a fugitive in Rhode Island, police said. Officers were called to the area of 107 Adamsdale Road in North Attleboro at 1:36…

Massachusetts and New Hampshire state police have arrested a South Boston man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man Sunday night in Brockton, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz announced Thursday. After an arrest warrant was obtained for Cody Urban, 23, he was taken into custody at 6:15 a.m. Thursday at an apartment in Manchester, New Hampshire, authorities…

Video captured Tuesday evening shows plainclothes NYPD officers grabbing a protester and dragging them into an unmarked van.

A vehicle pulled over for a routine traffic stop early Monday morning in Boston led to the arrest of three people and the seizure of two illegal guns, Massachusetts State Police said. A trooper had stopped a vehicle for a defective headlight on Massachusetts Avenue, near the South Bay Shopping Center, just before 2 a.m. when police said he discovered…

A man arrested in Maryland after being caught on video gripping a young woman’s arm and ripping a racial justice flyer out of her hand, has been fired from a Pleasanton, California-based company. Anthony Brennan III, 60, has been charged with three counts of second-degree assault. The viral video of the situation shows Brennan confronting a woman with a racial…

A video shows a Minneapolis police officer with his knee on the neck of black man as they place him under arrest. The man can be heard telling officers he can’t breathe. After several minutes on the ground, the man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A Massachusetts firefighter is facing multiple charges for allegedly soliciting a child in Rhode Island. Edward Mathias, 40, of Fall River, was arrested Tuesday following an investigation by Rhode Island State Police/Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. The 10-year veteran of the Fall River Fire Department is facing one count of indecent solicitation of a child and one count…

A second teenager has been arrested in connection with Wednesday’s fatal shooting of a man in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, according to police. The 17-year-old male, from Dorchester, was arrested Wednesday night, Boston police said. The teen, who has not been publically identified, is facing charges of delinquent to wit; manslaughter, unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession of...

A Massachusetts man was arrested Sunday night while chasing another man in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, police said, and is facing a number of charges after a stabbing and head-on vehicle collision.

A Massachusetts woman is facing several charges following what Worcester police say was a violent robbery at a nursing home and rehab facility. Several employees at Christopher House Nursing Home were seriously injured when a woman caught on surveillance video entered an office and took a purse. Since releasing the video last week, police were able to identify the suspect…

Arrest Made in Worcester Nursing Home Robbery

A man allegedly posed as an Uber driver and kidnapped a woman leaving a Boston nightclub last month before sexually raping her at a Rhode Island home, prosecutors say. Alvin Campbell Jr. — the brother of Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell — was held on $250,000 cash bail after pleading not guilty Thursday to kidnapping and rape charges. According to…

A Boston Celtics fan at TD Garden was arrested after throwing a drink near the San Antonio Spurs bench in Wednesday night’s game.

A man was taken into custody Thursday on Route 1 in Saugus, Massachusetts, in connection with an overnight stabbing in Revere, authorities said.