• Charlestown March 24, 2024 11:07 pm

    Vehicle flips over during crash at Sullivan Square

    A vehicle flipped over during a crash Sunday night in the Sullivan Square area of Charlestown, Boston police said. The Boston Police Department said it responded to assist MBTA Transit Police with the crash at around 9 p.m. Sunday. It was reported along Cambridge Street. EMS also responded, and minor injuries were reported. Additional details were not immediately available.

  • Charlestown March 19, 2024 8:38 pm

    Charlestown student-athletes celebrate Division 3 boys basketball title

    A high school basketball team in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood is celebrating after winning a championship this weekend. The Charlestown High School Townies walked away with the MIAA Division 3 boys basketball title after a thrilling victory Saturday. The student athletes were all smiles after beating Old Rochester 61-40. Following the celebrations, NBC10 Boston got a chance to sit down and…

  • cambridge September 29, 2023 11:45 am

    Shots fired on Gilmore Bridge could have been sparked by road rage, police say

    The Gilmore Bridge — connecting Charlestown and Cambridge — is back open after it was closed for an investigation into a possible road-rage-fueled shooting incident. Massachusetts State Police said on Thursday night that troopers were investigating a shots fired incident, which initial reports suggested was a road rage incident. The call came into police at around 7:40 p.m. Cambridge police…

  • Boston September 29, 2023 12:02 am

    Investigation closes bridge between Boston and Cambridge after shots fired

    A bridge between Boston and Cambridge was closed Thursday night after shots were fired in what Massachusetts State Police believe may have been a road rage incident. The incident happened on the Gilmore Bridge, connecting Cambridge with the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston. The bridge has since reopened, but it was shut down as authorities investigated. No injuries were reported, but…

  • Rhode Island September 11, 2023 5:43 pm

    ‘The ocean is full of surprises': Rare manatee sighting in Rhode Island

    A manatee was recently spotted in Rhode Island, environmental officials say, a rare occurrence this far north. “The ocean is full of surprises,” the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday. The manatee was spotted in Quonochontaug Pond, a saltwater coastal lagoon in the towns of Charlestown and Westerly….

  • Charlestown September 5, 2023 12:29 am

    Charlestown residents see uptick in ‘porch pirates' stealing packages

    Neighbors in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood are reporting an uptick in porch pirates stealing packages. On Wall Street, two neighbors shared doorbell camera footage with NBC10 Boston, appearing to show the same woman walking down the street, swiping boxes left outside their doors. On Franklin Street, resident Melissa Reardon said she caught someone swiping her J.Crew order off her stoop...

  • Massachusetts September 4, 2023 11:11 pm

    Package thefts caught on camera in Charlestown

    Neighbors in Charlestown are reporting an uptick in porch pirates stealing packages.

  • Boston August 9, 2023 10:09 pm

    Restoration work on Bunker Hill Monument could impact visitors' access

    Just beyond the downtown Boston skyline and Zakim Bridge, the Bunker Hill Monument has long stood the test of time. Lately, though, the Charlestown structure has been showing its age. Built in the 1820s and 30s, the monument made from granite and mortar serves as a tribute to the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. “It is bigger…

  • Boston August 7, 2023 10:51 am

    Truck rolls over under Tobin Bridge in Charlestown

    A truck crashed under the Tobin Bridge in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood on Monday. The crashed truck rolled onto its side on Terminal Street under the bridge. The street was temporarily blocked as first responders attended to the crash. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt in the crash or how it happened. NBC10 Boston has reached out to...

  • Charlestown August 6, 2023 7:07 am

    Man Arrested After Long Standoff in Charlestown

    Boston police, K-9s, the SWAT team and negotiators were going back and forth with the suspect for hours late into the night.

  • Charlestown August 6, 2023 7:21 am

    Man arrested after hours-long standoff in Charlestown

    A man has been taken into custody by police after an hours-long standoff in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood on Saturday. It all started around 4:30 yesterday evening in the area of Caldwell and Perkins Streets. Police were called for a report of an emotionally disturbed person and about fifteen minutes later, witnesses said he was armed with some type of firearm….

  • north end July 13, 2023 6:02 pm

    Woman tackled 2 different times in North End sexual assault spree, prosecutors say

    A New Jersey lawyer is accused of attacking one woman twice within two weeks as part of a string of sexual assaults he’s accused of about 15 years ago in Boston, prosecutors said Thursday. Matthew Nilo was in court in Boston to face new charges over five attacks on four women in the city’s historic North End between 2007 and…

  • north end June 28, 2023 8:17 pm

    New details in case of lawyer charged in string of Boston rapes

    The case against a New Jersey lawyer who was already facing charges in connection to a series of assaults and rapes in Boston has escalated, as Matthew Nilo faces new charges. This time, Nilo has been indicted on charges in connection to a series of rapes and sexual assaults in the North End between January 2007 and July 2008, according…

  • Boston June 5, 2023 7:24 pm

    New details in 2007-08 Boston rapes as NJ lawyer appears in court

    New details were revealed in court about a string of sexual assaults against women in Boston about 15 years ago that are now being blamed on a man who is now an attorney in the New York City area. Matthew Nilo, 35, faced charges of aggravated rape, kidnapping, assault with attempt to rape and indecent assault and battery in Suffolk…

  • Charlestown June 5, 2023 11:28 am

    Accused Charlestown serial rapist appears in court

    Matthew Nilo pleaded not guilty to all charges.

  • Boston June 1, 2023 5:56 pm

    Attorney Arrested in Years-Old Boston Rapes Set for Return to Mass.

    The attorney who was arrested this week in New Jersey by police and the FBI is set to return to Boston to face charges in a series of sexual assaults and kidnappings from 2007 and 2008. Matthew Nilo appeared in Hudson County Superior Court Thursday morning for an extradition hearing after his arrest on Tuesday at his Weehawken apartment building…

  • Charlestown May 31, 2023 11:24 am

    Fire at Charlestown Recycling Plant

    The Boston Fire Department responded late Tuesday night to the recycling plant — located in the Bunker Hill Industrial Park — where heavy black smoke was seen coming from the structure.

  • Charlestown May 31, 2023 5:21 am

    Fire Breaks Out at Charlestown Recycling Plant

    A firefighter and a worker were taken to the hospital after a fire broke out at a recycling plant in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, according to city fire officials. The Boston Fire Department responded late Tuesday night to the recycling plant — located in the Bunker Hill Industrial Park — where heavy black smoke was seen coming from the…

  • Boston May 23, 2023 3:48 pm

    Man Cut Woman's Eyes While She Was Knocked Out, Boston's DA Says

    A man was arrested after calling police to a bloodied basement apartment in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood early Monday morning where he’d allegedly gotten into a fight with a woman, leaving her face bruised and swollen. The man, 40-year-old Ismail Mohamed, used a razor to cut the area around her eyelids, telling officers he was trying to reduce the swelling,...

  • Boston March 28, 2023 5:42 pm

    Guns Found, Suspect at Large After Hourslong Search in Charlestown

    Boston and state police spent hours searching an area near the Tobin Bridge in Charlestown for a wanted person who fled a car crash. Officers were leaving the scene just before 4 p.m. They didn’t find the person they were looking for, police said, but they did find a gun in the car and another in a building. The...

Contact Us