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The ex-husband of a “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member has been charged in a new indictment with acting as an accomplice in a 2017 home invasion where the TV star’s current husband was beaten with a baseball bat and tied up. A Monmouth County grand jury returned the indictment against Thomas Manzo, 56, of Franklin Lakes, this week….

An armed bystandar helped a woman who was being assaulted during an attempted robbery Sunday near the Franklin Park Golf Course in Boston, Massachusetts, police said. Officers arrested Wayne Straw, 38 of Dorchester, at 4:44 p.m. Sunday on aggravated assault charges, according to the Boston Police Department. Straw allegedly approached the woman and attempted to rob her, police said, by…

The New Hampshire Attorney General is investigating the Plaistow police chief who is accused of assaulting one of his officers at the police department at the end of April.

Anthony Jackson, 31, of Jamaica Plain, is charged with kidnapping a child under 16 and indecent assault and battery on a child. He was ordered held without bail at his arraignment Monday and will be sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for evaluation.

Rapper Kodak Black has been sentenced to probation for assaulting a teenage girl in a South Carolina hotel room.

A Massachusetts man is facing hate crime charges after he allegedly drove his pickup truck toward a group of Black children, according to police. Police say 36-year-old Shane Belleville of Holbrook was arrested Thursday after getting involved in a racial conflict between children in the town on Saturday. The incident began with an argument between a 7-year-old and an 8-year-old,…

Two doormen have been fired for not acting as an Asian American woman was brutally attacked in front of their building near New York City’s Times Square.

Swampscott has been the site of a number of political protests in recent months. For weeks, however, supporters of 32-year-old Ernst Jean-Jacques have gathered in town to demand that an assault case stemming from one of those protests be dismissed — and the case is going to trial. Jean-Jacques disputes a police report that alleges he “clenched and closed his…

Authorities have arrested a man who viciously attacked an Asian American woman near New York City’s Times Square.

A violent attack against an Asian-American man aboard a Brooklyn subway train and a separate assault on an Asian woman in Manhattan are being investigated by police. New York’s Hate Crimes Task Force has offered to assist in the investigation.

A Waltham man charged for a series of random attacks in the Massachusetts city last year was ordered held without bail, Wednesday. Clauvens Janvier, 24, pleaded not guilty to the series of attacks that put the the city on edge during a virtual arraignment. Janvier did not appear during the arraignment, with his lawyer arguing it could “potentially lead to…

Authorities on Thursday said they had charged a Waltham man in connection a series of violent attacks in the Massachusetts city last year. Clauvens Janvier, 24, was arrested in December, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said in a news conference, but it took months of investigation to link him to all of the attacks. Janvier was arrested and charged on…

One man is dead and another is facing a murder charge after a fight broke out Thursday in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Haverhill police responded to 127 Winter St. just after 4:30 p.m. for a reported altercation. When they arrived, officers found 34-year-old John Rosado of Haverhill down on the sidewalk suffering from significant head wounds and bleeding profusely. Rosado was taken…

A man accused of attacking a woman and her daughter is being held without bail and facing multiple charges, including attempted murder.

Brian Sicknick died from injuries sustained in the Jan. 6 riot.

Two Boston men have been arrested in connection to an assault that happened last week at one of the city’s MBTA stations, officials said Saturday. Transit police say Damos Reddick, 36, and Justin Mackenzie, 32, were arrested on Thursday for unarmed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Around 9 p.m. Wednesday, transit police say a 38-year-old man…

A Massachusetts State Police sergeant charged in New Hampshire with assaulting his girlfriend after she told him she wanted to end their relationship has been suspended without pay, an agency spokesperson said. Sgt. Bryan Erickson, 38, was suspended indefinitely Thursday following a duty status hearing, Massachusetts State Police spokesperson David Procopio said in a statement. The agency will continue its…

A judge ordered a Massachusetts state police sergeant Tuesday to remain jailed without bail on charges of assaulting a girlfriend in her New Hampshire home after she told him she wanted to end their relationship. Lawyers for Sgt. Bryan Erickson, 38, entered not guilty pleas on his behalf on charges of second-degree and simple assault, obstructing report of a a…

The trio proceeded to kick the woman repeatedly; one bit her on the forehead, breaking the skin and leaving her with a bite mark on her face that required stitches — but her emotional wounds are still raw

A Concord, New Hampshire, police officer is facing multiple charges for allegedly assaulting a woman and then attempting to conceal evidence from investigators. Bryan Croft, 39, of Concord, was arrested Friday on several felony and misdemeanor charges dating back to an incident that occurred on Oct. 17, 2020, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. He was employed as…