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A former employee of the water department in Stoughton, Massachusetts, is accused of tampering with the town’s drinking water supply and lying to federal investigators about it. Robert J. Bullock Sr., 58, of Brockton was indicted by a federal grand jury, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Massachusetts said Thursday. Prosecutors allege that on Nov. 29, 2022, Bullock went into a…

A Massachusetts businessman who once ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, was convicted Friday on charges that he accepted illegal campaign contributions and used campaign funds for business expenses and debts, federal prosecutors said Friday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts said that Abhijit “Beej” Das, 50, of North Andover, Mass., was convicted of one count of accepting...

A statewide legal system was briefly down Wednesday, affecting at least one legal case in Massachusetts. The MassCourts system outage held up the arraignment of Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara on charges in a recent car crash, a judge said in the Roxbury Division of Boston Municipal Court — it wasn’t able to go forward until new charges were entered…

The same type of hush money payments Donald Trump is accused of using to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels are currently being investigated in Massachusetts by State Auditor Dianna DiZoglio. Daniels signed a nondisclosure agreement with Trump’s attorney in October 2016, agreeing to keep their alleged affair quiet in exchange for $130,000. She later broke that agreement by speaking…

A Brookline, Massachusetts, doctor was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday in alleged health care and money laundering schemes. Dr. Pankaj Merchia, 49, who works as a sleep medicine physician, is accused of two separate frauds, the US Attorney’s Office in Boston said. In the first, prosecutors allege he billed former patients’ insurers for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)…

Natalia Bryant, the 19-year-old daughter of Kobe and Vanessa Bryant, has filed for a restraining order against an alleged stalker, court records show. 

A man charged in a hit-and-run crash in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, over the weekend that left a 20-year-old woman dead faced a judge on Wednesday. The Worcester Country District Attorney’s Office alleges that Jerry Santiago, 24, was driving the car that hit 20-year-old Ghufran Mutar and then left the scene. Mutar was crossing Route 9 at the intersection with South Street…

The Massachusetts man who has worked as a magician for over 20 years and is now accused of having sexually explicit images of young boys is expected in court Wednesday. Scott Jameson, 45, of Sutton, Massachusetts, is expected in federal court in Boston at 2 p.m. Wednesday after his arrest last Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. A probable…

A Massachusetts man who works as a magician entertaining kids is accused of possessing sexually explicit images of young children. Scott Jameson, 45, of Sutton, Massachusetts, was charged with possession of child pornography. He was arrested Friday morning, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors said the investigation is tied to a February 2022 report from Action Pour Les Enfants, a…