Brockton

A pickup truck crashed into a home in Brockton, Massachusetts, and then landed on top of several other vehicles, police said Friday. The incident occurred at about 2:34 a.m. on Montello Street, Brockton police said. Surveillance footage shows the truck going airborne and flipping over before hitting the home. The driver of the pickup truck was heading south on Montello…

A water main break caused a large sinkhole to open up in Brockton, Massachusetts. Police in Brockton say the break happened around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on Lyman Street. Aerial footage showed work crews beside a massive opening in the ground. Road access was expected to be limited for several hours for repair work, according to police.

A man accused of hitting a 50-year-old pedestrian with his car and then beating him with a brick in Brockton, Massachusetts, over the weekend faced a judge Monday. The incident occurred just before 9 a.m. Saturday at 65 North Main St., Brockton police said. When officers arrived, they found Stuart Smith unresponsive in front of a Toyota Rav 4, police…

Authorities say they aided a 50-year old man and transported him to a local hospital with possible life-threatening injuries.

A man who’d been at large in the deadly shooting of his older brother at a Brockton, Massachusetts, home on Easter Sunday has been arrested, police said Tuesday. Jeremiah Abreu, 20, is believed to have fatally shot 27-year-old Sedrick Abreu in the chest, killing him, at a home on Hoover Avenue, the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office has previously said....

A woman returning from a trip abroad was fatally shot in the driveway of a Brockton, Massachusetts, home early Tuesday morning, authorities said. Her husband, believed to have killed her, was found fatally wounded inside. Investigators believe 61-year-old Carlos Brown fatally shot his wife, 56-year-old Sheron Trowers, before turning the gun on himself. “It appears she was ambushed,” Plymouth County…

A man is wanted in the deadly shooting of his older brother at a Brockton, Massachusetts, home on Easter Sunday, authorities said Monday. Another brother of the victim has been arrested. Jeremiah Abreu, 20, is believed to have fatally shot 27-year-old Sedrick Abreu in the chest, killing him, at a home on Hoover Avenue, the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office said…

A young man was killed in a residential area of Brockton, Massachusetts on Sunday, March 31.

A 27-year-old man was killed in Brockton on Easter Sunday in a deadly shooting.

Police say that when they arrived they found a man, identified as 27 year-old Sederick Abreau, with a gunshot wound to the chest.

A large brush fire was burning on power lines at Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Friday, firefighters said.

A fire Thursday in Brockton, Massachusetts, left a dozen people without a home. More than 60 firefighters battled the flames on Otis Street as they spread quickly due to wind. The fire started in the basement, according to Brockton Fire Chief Brian Nardelli. Everyone made it out safely. Fire officials say the building is not a total loss.

Brockton Public Schools is looking to turn the corner after controversies surrounding violence, safety and academic performance have plagued the high school. Officials announced a series of measures during a school committee meeting Tuesday night, including bringing in a former Boston Police commissioner to help. This is as the district will be meeting Thursday afternoon with the Department of Elementary…

School leaders in Brockton, Massachusetts, struck an optimistic tone at a Tuesday night meeting about progress in curbing student violence. After weeks of discussions on how to deal with violence at Brockton High School — including the state denying some school committee members’ request for National Guard assistance — new safety policies are in effect, and morale is improving. Police…

A new report says Brockton Public Schools could be facing a deficit of up to $25 million this year. The independent review blames poor management and oversight, saying the district failed to record, track and approve spending using its designated software. This comes after the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education discovered the school system overspent last year’s budget…

In a new effort to crack down on the violence plaguing Brockton High School — the largest school in Massachusetts — the school committee unanimously voted Tuesday on a new policy they hope will be a step in the right direction. The new cell phone policy for students requires that at the beginning of each school day, they put their phones…

Another fight at Brockton High School, one that left a staff member injured, has prompted renewed calls for safety and raised questions about whether or not it is time for the state to take over the school district. Gov. Maura Healey recently rejected a request from some Brockton School committee members to call in the National Guard to deal with…

An elementary school student was taken to a hospital after being hit by a vehicle while getting off a school bus in Brockton, Massachusetts. According to Brockton Public Schools, the crash happened around 3:30 p.m. Monday while the Hancock Elementary School student was being dropped off near the Manthala George Jr. Elementary School, located on Colonel Bell Drive. The student…

A staff member at Brockton High School was injured in a fight that took place Monday, officials said. Details on what took place in the fight weren’t immediately available. It’s the latest in a series of violent incidents at the school, the largest high school in Massachusetts. The students involved in the fight will be disciplined and school police...

Teachers and community activists are offering up solutions to the violence at Brockton High School after a fiery school committee meeting Tuesday night. At the meeting, the Massachusetts city’s police chief said she has discovered the district’s safety plan is roughly 10 years old and in serious need of updating. The school committee is working on coming up with...