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Former 49ers running back Frank Gore has been charged with simple assault, Atlantic City, N.J., police announced Tuesday, stemming from a domestic violence incident.

A man wanted on suspicion of fraud in Rhode Island was arrested on the MBTA Green Line in Boston Thursday after allegedly hugging and kissing a stranger on her cheeks Thursday, police said. When officers took the man, Emir Ikanovic, off the trolley at Park Street Station Thursday afternoon, he asked what he did wrong, according to the MBTA Transit…

A man was arrested last week after threatening an MBTA bus driver for driving too slowly in Somerville, Massachusetts, police said.

A man was punched in the face, then hit with his own shoe, by a stranger at Back Bay Station in Boston Sunday night, MBTA Transit Police said Monday. The suspected attacker was arrested at the station, police said. Oscar Lyle, a 55-year-old from Mattapan, was already wanted on suspicion of assault and battery on a police officer, as well…

A 40-year-old Staten Island man has been arrested for allegedly punching an umpire at a Little League baseball game in New Jersey earlier this month, leaving the 72-year-old bleeding from the face, prosecutors said.

Police are asking for help in identifying a person suspected to be involved in an aggravated assault that happened during a Celtics Game 4 watch party last week, the Boston Police Department said Friday. The assault occurred around 11:30 p.m. on Friday, June 10, near Copley Square. The suspect has brown hair and at the time was seen wearing a…

British prosecutors say they have authorized police to charge former film producer Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996.

A 4-year-old child was assaulted at an MBTA station in Boston Friday evening, transit police announced. According to MBTA transit police, while waiting on the westbound platform of the Green Line at the Park Street station around 7:30 p.m., the child was indecently assaulted by an older man. Immediately following the incident, the mother of the child confronted the man…

Video from Dave Chappelle’s Hollywood Bowl standup shows the moment attacker Isaiah Lee climbed onstage and tackled the comedian. Watch the footage here.

Antisemitic incidents increased at a higher rate in New England than the rest of the country last year, with Massachusetts ranking as the worst offender. The Anti-Defamation League released its annual audit of antisemitic incidents Tuesday, which compiled reports of assaults, harassment and vandalism against Jewish people in 2021. The 42% spike in New England outpaced a 34% increase nationwide. Of…

A man wanted for allegedly assaulting two women within a quarter of a mile of one another in Brighton earlier this week has been arrested, police announced. Boston police said they responded around 5:37 p.m. Friday to the area of Quint Avenue in Brighton after they received several 911 calls reporting a suspicious person that matched the description and images…

Boston police are looking for a man accused of assaulting two women within a quarter of a mile of one another in Brighton earlier this week.

Boston police are looking for a man accused of assaulting two women within a quarter of a mile of one another in Brighton earlier this week. The first incident involved a woman who was walking on Commonwealth Avenue near Spofford Road in Brighton shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday. She told police that the man indecently assaulted her and then ran…

Two men and and an elderly woman were verbally and physically assaulted on a MBTA train in Lynn, Massachusetts, early Thursday morning, officials said. According to authorities, transit police responded to reports of a disturbance near the aquarium station on March 31 around 10:41 a.m. and upon arrival to the scene were informed of the assault. A further investigation revealed…

A Seekonk police officer was taken to the hospital after he was hit by a suspect trying to escape arrest, Seekonk police said Monday. Albert Rosario, 32, faces a litany of charges after the incident on Monday morning. Police said the officer was one of several trying to stop a reported theft at Home Depot on Highland Avenue. When the…

A Dorchester man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly badly beat another man in an unprovoked attack on an MBTA Red Line train Friday night David Washington-Halfkenny, 40, of Dorchester, is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, armed robbery and carrying a dangerous weapon. He was ordered held without bail following his arraignment Monday pending a…

The incident is being investigated by local authorities.

Two Massachusetts high school students have been charged with assaulting a transgender student from a rival school following a boys basketball game last week. Allen R. Hart III, an 18-year-old senior at Foxborough High, was released with no bail with GPS monitoring after pleading not guilty Tuesday, The Sun Chronicle reported. The other suspect, a juvenile boy from Foxborough, was…

One member of the rap group Rae Sremmurd was arrested early Tuesday morning at a northeast Miami apartment after he allegedly assaulted the mother of his young child following an argument. Police arrested 30-year-old Aaquil Brown, who goes by the rap name Slim Jxmmi, and charged him with one count of battery. According to an arrest report, officers arrived at…

Boston police are looking for a suspect accused in a violent attack in Roxbury on Friday afternoon. The person pictured is a suspect in an aggravated assault on the victim at the Academy Market on Columbus Avenue. According to police, he repeatedly kicked the victim, who was under 18, then slammed his head on a store freezer and threw him…