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School Bus, SUV Collide in Blackstone
Police said multiple students were taken to the hospital as a precaution. The SUV driver was injured in the crash.
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School Bus With Students Onboard Crashes in Blackstone
A school bus was involved in a crash with another vehicle in Blackstone, Massachusetts, on Thursday, according to police and the superintendent’s office. The Blackstone Police Department confirms it responded to a crash around 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Mendon and Main streets, involving an elementary school bus from the Blackstone-Millville Regional School District. Elementary school-aged students were...
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Positive News for Boston Students Fighting for Walls, Doors in Classrooms
Call it a long overdue positive development at a Boston school, where parents and students have been fighting for years to get walls and doors for their classrooms. In February, the NBC10 Investigators highlighted the challenging learning environment at the Blackstone Elementary School, and how kids felt worried about their safety. The school in the city’s South End was...
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Police Searching for Robber Who Held Up Convenience Store, Escaped on BMX Bike
A man robbed a convenience store at gunpoint in Blackstone, Massachusetts, Tuesday, before riding off on a BMX bike, police said, asking for the public’s help finding the robber. The armed robbery took place about 5:50 p.m. at the Emmanuel Mart on Main Street, Blackstone police said Wednesday. The robber rode up on a multi-colored BMX-type bicycle from Blackstone...
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‘I'm Ecstatic!' Blackstone Homeowner Moves on From Heating Oil Spill Nightmare
Donna Barron was all smiles when the NBC10 Boston Investigators connected with her online on Wednesday. “This is amazing. I’m so grateful it’s over,” she said. The homeowner from Blackstone, Massachusetts, expressed relief that a huge financial burden is finally off her shoulders. Back in February 2019, we introduced you to Barron, a mother of three kids. She had...
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Blackstone Teen Accused of Killing Neighbor's Cat With Arrow
A Blackstone, Massachusetts teen is facing multiple charges for allegedly shooting and killing a neighbor’s pet cat with an arrow.
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Pet Cat Fatally Shot With Arrow in Blackstone; Shooter Remains at Large
A pet cat died after it was shot with an arrow Thursday night outside its home, leaving its owners scared for their child and other cat and police Blackstone, Massachusetts, searching for the person who fired the arrow. Owners Ingersoll and Braylin Allen said when their 8-year-old cat Lilly came inside their home around 6:30 p.m., they realized something was...
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Mother in Blackstone ‘House of Horrors' Case Sentenced to 6 to 8 Years in Prison
The mother in the Blackstone, Massachusetts, “House of Horrors” case in which the remains of her three infants were found in a squalid home will be sentenced Thursday on assault and battery and animal cruelty charges. Erika Murray, 35, of Blackstone, was found guilty of assault and battery causing substantial injury to her two young children and animal cruelty. A...
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Community Reacts to Split Verdict in Blackstone Trial
A judge found a Blackstone mother not guilty of second degree murder charges, but he found her guilty on other charges.
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Mother in ‘House of Horrors' Trial Found Not Guilty of Murder
A Massachusetts judge found Erika Murray not guilty of second-degree murder in the Blackstone “House of Horrors” trial after three dead babies were found in her squalid home. Murray, 35, initially faced two counts of second-degree murder, but Judge Janet Kenton-Walker tossed one of the charges after prosecutors failed to prove one of the babies born in Murray’s squalid home...
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Mother in ‘House of Horrors' Trial Found Not Guilty of Murder
A Massachusetts judge found Erika Murray not guilty of second-degree murder in the Blackstone “House of Horrors” trial after three dead babies were found in her squalid home. Murray, 35, initially faced two counts of second-degree murder, but Judge Janet Kenton-Walker tossed one of the charges after prosecutors failed to prove one of the babies born in Murray’s squalid home...
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Verdict to Be Announced Thursday in Blackstone ‘House of Horrors' Trial
Following more than a week of testimonies revealing shocking new details in the Blackstone, Massachusetts “House of Horrors” trial, a judge has reached a verdict that is set to be announced soon. The fate of 35-year-old Erika Murray will be announced at 11 a.m. Thursday. The defendant waived her right to a jury trial and Judge Janet Kenton-Walker will decide...
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Verdict to Be Announced Thursday in Blackstone ‘House of Horrors' Trial
Following more than a week of testimonies revealing shocking new details in the Blackstone, Massachusetts “House of Horrors” trial, a judge has reached a verdict that is set to be announced soon. The fate of 35-year-old Erika Murray will be announced at 11 a.m. Thursday. The defendant waived her right to a jury trial and Judge Janet Kenton-Walker will decide...
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Verdict in Blackstone ‘House of Horrors' Trial Could be Reached This Week
Closing arguments have come to a conclusion in the Blackstone, Massachusetts “House of Horrors” trial and a judge may reach a verdict this week in the case of a mother accused of murder after three dead infants were found in her squalid home. The defense rested their case and closing arguments were made Friday for the trial of 35-year-old Erika...
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Judge Could Issue Verdict in ‘House of Horrors' Trial This Week
A judge could reach a verdict this week in the trial of a woman who faces a murder charge after authorities found three dead babies at her squalid home in Blackstone, Massachusetts in 2014. Erika Murray, 35, faces several serious charges, including a second-degree murder charge, for one of the three dead infants found in closets in the home.
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Judge to Issue Verdict in ‘House of Horrors' Trial at Later Date
A judge heard closing arguments Friday in the trial of a woman who faces a murder charge after authorities found three dead babies at her squalid home in Blackstone, Massachusetts in 2014.
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Pediatrician Said Youngest Living Kids in ‘House of Horrors' Were Severely Neglected
A pediatrician testifying in the Blackstone “House of Horrors” trial said the allegedly neglected children discovered in the squalor home showed severe vitamin D deficiency. Dr. Howard Kay reviewed medical records of Erika Murray’s 5-month-old and 3-year-old daughters after a neighbor found the girls living in the insect and feces infested home.
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Judge Dismisses 1 of 2 2nd Degree Murder Charges in Blackstone Murder Trial
A Massachusetts judge has tossed out one of the two second-degree murder charges facing a Blackstone mother after three infants were found dead in her home in 2014.
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Judge Tosses Out 1 Murder Charge in ‘House of Horrors' Trial
A Massachusetts judge has tossed out one of the two second-degree murder charges facing Erika Murray after three infants were found dead in the so-called Blackstone “House of Horrors” trial. The decision came Tuesday, six days into the trial. Murray, 35, continues to face charges that now include one count of second-degree murder, two counts of assault and battery on...
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Physician Testifies in Day 5 of ‘House of Horrors' Trial
Doctors said that the children who were found in the Blackstone, Mass. ‘House of Horrors’ home lacked proper muscle tone and could not walk.