Billerica

Sgt. Ian Taylor, 49, was working a detail at the intersection of Boston Road at Pollard Street when he was fatally struck by an excavator on Friday.

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It was an incredibly emotional night in Billerica, Massachusetts, on Sunday as the community came together to remember a veteran of the city’s police department who was killed in a crash while working a construction detail. Sgt. Ian Taylor was working Friday at the intersection of Boston Road at Pollard Street when he was struck by an excavator at...

A longtime veteran of the Billerica Police Department was killed in a crash while working a construction detail on Friday. Sgt. Ian Taylor, 49, was working a detail at the intersection of Boston Road at Pollard Street when the crash happened around 2 p.m. He was helping a tractor-trailer move around the busy scene when he was struck by an…

Videos show a woman engaging in animal cruelty by abusing a dog in Billerica, Massachusetts, police said Saturday, announcing her arrest. The woman, Amanda Cianciulli, could be seen using a shock collar to torture a caged dog and hitting it with an object while holding it down, according to Billerica police. Cianciulli, of Centerville, was arrested Friday on two counts…

Two weeks after a tanker truck overturned, spilling thousands of gallons of fuel, environmental crews were back on Massachusetts Route 3 in Billerica Thursday for work that’s expected to take years to complete. “It’s a very painstaking process and you really can’t shortcut it,” Billerica Water Superintendent Todd Melanson said. Environmental remediation is needed to address the Nov. 15...

A tractor-trailer rollover on Route 3 in Billerica, Massachusetts, is causing major delays as crews work to clean up a fuel spill on the highway.

Massachusetts State Police and firefighters are at the scene of a multiple-vehicle crash involving a fuel tanker spill on Route 3 north in Billerica on Wednesday morning.

Massachusetts State Police and firefighters are at the scene of a multiple-vehicle crash involving a fuel tanker spill on Route 3 north in Billerica on Wednesday morning. The crash was reported just before 10 a.m. State police said the tanker was carrying several thousand gallons of fuel when it rolled over and is leaking fuel from the top of the…

There were concerns that the building could partially collapse, so crews had to work carefully to remove the truck from inside the building.

A quiet night in Billerica, Massachusetts, suddenly turned into a chaotic scene, after a truck crashed into a building after barreling across the road, according to authorities. Billerica police said the 19-year-old driver was on Floyd Street shortly after 7 p.m. Monday, headed across the intersection with Boston Road that comes to a T in front of the building —…

A flatbed truck crashed into a building Monday evening in Billerica, Massachusetts. The crash happened at the intersection of Boston Road and Floyd Street. The 19-year-old driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. Police say no one was in the building, formerly MacKenzie Mobile Electronics, at the time of the crash. Police say the…

The man was taken by a MedFlight ambulance to Lahey Hospital and Medical Center. There was no update on his condition Friday night.

One person was severely burned in a fire at a junk yard in Billerica, Massachusetts, on Friday afternoon.

One person was severely burned in a fire that tore through a junkyard in Billerica, Massachusetts, on Friday afternoon and sent thick plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky that could be seen from miles away. The city’s police and fire departments responded to the blaze at Jack’s Used Car & Parts, a scrap yard on Town Farm...

Police say the man gave the bank teller a letter demanding cash and then proceeded to flee on a bicycle.

Authorities are looking for the public’s assistance in identifying a man suspected of a bank robbery in Billerica, Massachusetts, on Friday afternoon. The robbery happened at TD Bank on 499 Boston Road at around 2:25 p.m., according to Billerica police. Police say the man gave the bank teller a letter demanding cash and then proceeded to flee on a bicycle….

A Billerica police officer was hospitalized after being exposed to fentanyl during a traffic stop, according to the police department. Wednesday afternoon the officer stopped a vehicle with a canceled registration. According to the police report, the officer observed the driver ripping open and dumping a bag of heroin. “Obviously that is evidence and the officer attempted to stop him…