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Victor Peña has been found guilty of kidnapping and raping a woman he held captive in his Boston apartment over three days in January 2019. A jury in Suffolk Superior Court returned the verdict Tuesday, convicting him on all 10 charges of aggravated rape and one of kidnapping after deliberating for about two hours. Peña is slated to be sentenced…

The woman who was allegedly kidnapped and raped in a three-day ordeal in 2019 took the stand for the first time Wednesday to testify against her alleged attacker.

The Alleged Victim Will Take the Stand for the First Time Wednesday in the Third Day of the Rape and Kidnapping Trial of a Man Accused of Holding a Woman in His Boston Apartment for Three Days in 2019.

The woman who was allegedly kidnapped and raped in a three-day ordeal in 2019 took the stand for the first time Wednesday to testify against her alleged attacker. The woman, whom NBC10 Boston is not naming because she is the alleged victim of a sexual assault, told a jury in Boston that she remembered waking up naked in an unfamiliar…

For the first time, the jury saw the moment Victor Pena met the woman that police say he kidnapped and sexually assaulted. An acquaintance of Pena’s also took the stand Tuesday, testifying that he tried to stop him right before the alleged kidnapping.

In the second day of the rape and kidnapping trial of a man accused of holding a woman in his Boston apartment for three days in 2019, a companion of his the night she disappeared took the stand. Victor Pena, 42, of Charlestown, faces 10 charges of aggravated rape and one of kidnapping. The trial opened in Suffolk Superior Court…

Victor Pena, 42, of Charlestown, is charged with one count of kidnapping and 10 counts of aggravated rape. Opening arguments got underway around 2 p.m. Monday after a week of jury selection.

Opening arguments began Monday in the trial of a man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman after she left a Boston bar in 2019. Victor Pena, 42, of Charlestown, is charged with one count of kidnapping and 10 counts of aggravated rape. Opening arguments got underway around 2 p.m. after a week of jury selection. Court proceedings were delayed…

On Friday, New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones put down the football and picked up the ice cream scoop. The new face of the Patriots gave out free samples of ice cream at Hood Park in Charlestown Friday at noon. The first 100 people who attended got the free Hood ice cream from Jones — a limited-edition flavor named for…

With traffic frustrations mounting, The Massachusetts Department of Transportation says it is still looking for a solution to the problems that have indefinitely delayed most work on the North Washington Street Bridge between Boston’s North End and Charlestown. “I have been trying to figure out what is taking so long,” Matt Koch said Thursday. Work to replace the 100-year-old...

With one of Boston’s two outdoor pools in such bad shape it can’t open up this summer, neighbors in Charlestown held a meeting Wednesday to ensure the facility gets fixed. Serious structural issues were discovered at the 73-year-old Clougherty Pool this spring, including exposed live wires underneath it, the potential that filtration tanks could burst and deteriorating support columns,...

A man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman after she left a Boston bar in 2019 stripped naked during jury selection proceedings for his trial on Wednesday. Victor Pena, 42, of Charlestown, could be seen on court footage removing all of his clothing. He appeared for the hearing via a remote video feed from another room in the courthouse…

Drivers faced a roughly threefold jump in travel times through the Ted Williams Tunnel and the normally breezy Sunday drive across the Tobin Bridge turned into a bumper-to-bumper mess during the first full weekend closure of 87-year-old Sumner Tunnel for repairs, a Massachusetts Department of Transportation official said Wednesday. Quantifying the headaches that travelers and East Boston residents experienced at…

One of Boston’s two outdoor public pools is staying closed this summer because of serious structural issues, including exposed live wires underneath it and the potential that filtration tanks could burst. The 73-year-old Clougherty Pool in Charlestown was also found in a spring audit to have deteriorating support columns, the city said in a statement Friday. “The condition of...

Charlestown High School’s graduation will be rescheduled after the ceremony was cut short Monday when the sound of gunshots sent everyone into a panic. Police said no one was hurt after the shots were fired near Walford Way and Polk Street, in a neighborhood next to the school, but bullet holes could be seen in at least two vehicles....

The school’s graduation was taking place at the field nearby, but the shooting was not connected to it, police said, as the investigation began.

Chaos erupted Monday when gunshots rang out near the graduation ceremony of Charlestown High School in Boston. Police said no one was hurt after the shots were fired near Walford and Polk streets, but bullet holes could be seen in at least two vehicles. No arrests had been made as of Monday night. “All of a sudden we heard three,…

A 17-year-old student accused of bringing a gun to Boston’s Charlestown High School Thursday was held without bail Friday pending a dangerousness hearing. The student is one of two arrested after two guns were recovered at the school, resulting in an hourslong investigation that sent the rest of the students home early. Metal detectors, which had been taken out...

A pair of guns were found at Boston’s Charlestown High School Thursday and two students were arrested, officials said, after an hourslong investigation that sent the rest of students home early. The students are 13 and 17, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, which didn’t name them. Police said Thursday afternoon that the first weapon, a loaded...

Video taken Monday evening shows what appears to be a tornado touching down in Charlestown, New Hampshire. The incredible video was captured right before 6:30 p.m. by Wes Carter’s dashcam as he was driving just south of Claremont. Carter pulled his vehicle over and waited for the weather to clear before he continued driving. Once he did, it was...