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Aidan Kearney, the controversial blogger known as “Turtleboy,” appeared in court Tuesday for a pre-trial hearing in connection with the murder case against Karen Read. Kearney has extensively covered the case in hundreds of blog posts, bringing heightened attention to Read’s claims that she is being framed for the killing of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, in a...

Authorities are investigating after a car crashed into a building in Dedham, Massachusetts. Dedham Police say the vehicle crashed into the DSW on Providence Highway Saturday. One person inside the vehicle has been transported to a local hospital with non life-threatening injuries, according to authorities. The city’s building department has been notified to assist. No more information has been...

It may seem like a fun and easy way to make some extra money. But unqualified dogwalkers are causing major headaches, says Dedham, Massachusetts, Animal Control Officer Deni Goldman. “There has been an exorbitant amount of incidents not just here in Dedham but all across the state with dogs at the hands of dog walkers,” Goldman said. “We have had…

The man who died in police custody Wednesday shortly after two of his adult relatives were stabbed at a home in Dedham, Massachusetts, has been identified as authorities released new information about the incident Thursday. The man who died was Samuel Pattillo, a 36-year-old who lived on Jackson Pond Road, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. The two...

Prosecutors say a man who was taken into custody after a stabbing that injured two women in Dedham, Massachusetts, has died. The incident happened at a home on Jackson Pond Road. Police responded around 6 p.m. to find two female victims with stab wounds. Both were taken to local hospitals. The man was found outside and appeared to be in…

Police in Dedham, Massachusetts, have located a missing 13-year-old who was considered endangered. Dedham police provided no other information in their social media update shortly after 10 p.m., but they did thank the public for their help. The teen had last been seen around 4:45 p.m. Sunday on Carematrix Drive. Police thought the teen could be along the Franklin Line…

A dog is missing in Dedham, Massachusetts, and officials in the town say the case is indicative of a larger issue — a lack of regulation in the dog care industry. Dedham’s animal control officer, Deni Goldman, says that there needs to be more compliance requirements for providers of pet care, and that owners need to be better informed about…

A car went up in flames Saturday morning in a driveway in Dedham, Massachusetts, damaging the house’s exterior but fortunately not spreading inside. A union for Dedham firefighters says during shift change at 7 a.m., the department received a call for a fully-engulfed car fire with possible extension to the side of a house. Firefighters were able to extinguish...

One of the men accused in the 2022 murder of a 17-year-old in Quincy, Massachusetts, pleaded not guilty at a Tuesday court appearance. Keniel Diaz-Romero was arrested in Puerto Rico, and is now back in Massachusetts. Quincy police and Massachusetts State Police actually traveled to Puerto Rico to take Diaz-Romero into custody last week. He was arraigned Tuesday in Norfolk…

Police in Dedham, Massachusetts, are searching for a 24-year-old woman who has been missing since Thursday. According to police, Esther Pierre Isaac did not return home to her residence in Dedham after she finished her shift and left work on Sept. 21. Isaac works at the Coast Guard Exchange in Boston and takes the MBTA Commuter Rail from Boston to…

A middle school gymnasium in Weymouth, Massachusetts, has been renamed for Police Sgt. Michael Chesna, around five years after he was killed in the line of duty. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Maria Weston Chapman Middle School gymnasium on Commercial Street at 4 p.m. Monday and included Superintendent Robert Wargo, Chief of Police Richard Fuller, members of the…

The brothers of a teen who drowned in 2021 in Dedham, Massachusetts, are accused of assaulting a retired Massachusetts State Police captain who was charged in connection with the death, opening another painful chapter in the controversial case. Roshawn Drane and Denzell Rowell are charged with attacking that man, James Coughlin, as he was leaving Dedham District Court after pleading…

A retired Massachusetts State Police captain was attacked outside a courthouse in Dedham, Massachusetts, Monday after pleading guilty to a charge that stemmed from the death of a teenager at his home in 2021, sources tell the NBC10 Boston Investigators. Dedham Police responded to what they described as a “physical altercation” outside Dedham District Court on Monday around 10:30 a.m….

Food industry experts are tracking growth in new restaurant openings in Massachusetts, just a few years after a tough period for local eateries. A lot of the new openings are replacing spots that closed down during the pandemic, though, and restauranteurs are looking at areas outside of Boston when planning their next location. Take Dedham, for example. If you take…

A fire tore through a home in Dedham overnight on Sunday.

A large fire destroyed a home in Dedham, Massachusetts overnight. Firefighters responded to the home on Schiller Road around 2:30a.m. on Sunday to find it engulfed in flames. Fire crews from multiple departments including Dedham, Norwood, Westwood, Needham and Boston worked to put out the blaze. Officials say no one was hurt. It’s unclear what caused the fire.

Police in Dedham, Massachusetts, say a missing 15-year-old girl has been found. The Dedham Police Department says the girl, whose name was not given, had last been seen around 4 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Carematrix Drive. Around 6 p.m., police said she had been located.

A new trial date has been set for the man accused of killing a police sergeant and an elderly woman in Weymouth, Massachusetts, after a mistrial was declared in the case earlier this month. Emmanuel Lopes, accused of killing Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Vera Adams in 2018, went on trial in Norfolk Superior Court earlier this summer….

A mistrial was declared Monday in the murder case of the 2018 killings of a police sergeant and an elderly woman in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Deliberations in the murder trial of Emanuel Lopes, who is accused of killing Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Vera Adams, had stretched over several weeks in Norfolk Superior Court. The jury, from Worcester County,…

The jury deliberating murder charges in the 2018 killings of a police sergeant and an elderly woman in Weymouth, Massachusetts, was sent home Friday without having come to a verdict. Deliberations in the murder trial of Emanuel Lopes, who is accused of killing Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Vera Adams, began over a week ago, but the jury…