domestic violence

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,...

Investigators have revealed more details in the murder-suicide that left a family dead at their Andover, Massachusetts, home this month.

Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges expects to return to the court soon after pleading no contest to domestic violence charges, though the team has yet to comment on the matter.

As domestic violence cases dominate the headlines in Massachusetts, advocates are focused on prevention. Most of the support hotlines target survivors, but one group is specifically looking to talk to abusers.  A Call for Change, which started in western Massachusetts, is the first hotline in the nation for abusers. They put up billboards on 93 South in Braintree advertising the…

Nikki Secondino’s Instagram page has nearly 16,000 followers and describes the alleged Brooklyn killer as a model. Here’s the latest on the case.

Two murders in the last three months have advocates in Massachusetts pushing for more resources to prevent domestic violence within the LGBTQ+ community. Organizations representing survivors of domestic violence are putting the spotlight on the issue in light of recent homicides in Boston and Millbury. Jose Aponte was found dead in his apartment in Boston in early December. His boyfriend,…

Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire was taken into custody by Miami Police, who were called to the home after Stoudemire’s ex-wife said she came to pick up the child after receiving a picture asking for help

Amid a housing crisis in Vermont, an emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence says that people are staying longer because they can’t get safe housing elsewhere.

In Vermont, a state where many have said it can often be difficult to find an affordable place to live, advocates say the housing crisis is having an effect that’s rarely talked about: forcing families to stay in abusive situations or stay in emergency shelters longer.

A Boston police officer arrested early Sunday morning on domestic violence charges is out on bail. Roselyn LaCroix, who has been with the Boston Police Department since 2006, was taken into custody around 2:40 a.m. Sunday after he allegedly destroyed property and threatened to burn his house down with his wife inside, prosecutors said in court Monday. Police responded to…

Investigators said the woman’s 6-year-old son rushed to a neighbor’s house pleading for help and the neighbor then called 911.

A forensic nurse and associate professor at George Mason University has discovered and developed a way to detect bruising more easily on dark skin tones in the hopes of helping more victims of domestic violence and abuse.

A number of new laws took effect October 1. One takes a big step in protecting online dating users and victims of domestic violence. For starters, online dating services will need to let Connecticut users know the physical and financial risks at play. “I think this is another tool in the toolbox that people can use,” said Maria Busineau, associate…

A Kennebec County sheriff’s deputy accused of assaulting his wife is facing a number of charges, Maine State Police said Wednesday. Daniel Ross was taken into custody after a report was made to police about ongoing domestic violence at the couple’s home in West Gardiner. The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office contacted state police after speaking with Ross’s wife. After...

The “Everywhere” singer allegedly slapped her estranged husband once or twice amid “marital issues,” authorities said.

The family of Gabby Petito announced on Monday a wrongful death lawsuit against police in Moab, Utah, who stopped and interviewed Petito and her fiancé Brian Laundrie the month before she was murdered in September 2021.

A Framingham man is accused of the fatal stabbing of his wife in their home Sunday night, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. Edvardo Gomes-Da Silva, 40 was charged in the death of his wife, 30-year-old Neiriane Pereira-Da Silva. According to the district attorney’s office, Framingham police were called to the home on Taylor Street around 10:30 p.m....

A man in Boston beat and strangled a sleeping pregnant woman, causing her to pass out, and then squeezed a crying baby’s face to the point where their nose started bleeding this weekend, prosecutors said. Marvin de La Cruz, 23, has been ordered held without bail over the alleged attack Saturday in a bedroom in Dorchester, according to the Suffolk…

A man was shot and killed by police in Maine after what reportedly started as a domestic violence incident, Maine State Police said Tuesday. It started with a report of a woman being held against her will at a home in Blue Hill in Hancock County around 2:30 a.m., police said. State police, including a SWAT team and crisis negotiation…

The state attorney general’s office said police responded to a 911 call for a domestic violence assault at 12:20 a.m.