Gardner

Family and friends gathered Wednesday in Gardner, Massachusetts, to honor the memory of a woman killed four months ago. The vigil for Breanne Pennington, a 30-year-old mother of four, was organized by the Gardner Domestic Violence Task Force. Pennington was found shot to death on Oct. 22 in her Cherry Street home. Her husband, Aaron Pennington, is charged with her…

A man allegedly stole an ambulance from Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, leading police on a chase through multiple towns and hitting at least one other vehicle before he crashed the emergency vehicle into a pole, according to officials. The Ashburnham Fire Department said EMS were at the hospital’s emergency room around 5:40 p.m. to drop off...

A dive team’s search of a lake in Gardner, Massachusetts, on Friday as part of the ongoing search for a man wanted for murder in connection with the shooting death of his wife earlier this week has concluded. State police said their Dive Team and Marine Unit searched Lake Wampanoag with assistance from Massachusetts Environmental Police. The lake is...

Authorities released a new photo of a Massachusetts man wanted for murder in connection with the shooting death of his wife on Thursday. Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said police are continuing their search for Aaron Pennington after his wife, Breanne Pennington, 30, was found fatally shot inside the couple’s Gardner home on Sunday. The photo released Thursday…

A murder warrant was issued Wednesday for Aaron Pennington for fatally shooting his wife, Breanne Pennington, according to the Worcester District Attorney’s Office. Authorities are continuing their search for 33-year-old Aaron Pennington that began Sunday after his wife was found shot to death inside their Gardner, Massachusetts, home. Police have been searching a 500-acre property known as Camp Collier...

A man was stabbed at a Planet Fitness gym in Gardner, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning, and another man was arrested miles away after being pulled over on a highway, police said. Officers were called to an assault and battery at the gym on Victoria Lane at around 10:36 a.m., Gardner police said. When officers arrived, they found a 43-year-old man…

The suspect has been identified as 76-year-old David Nichols, of Greenville, New Hampshire.

A patient receiving care at a Massachusetts hospital cut a nurse in the neck as she tried to adjust his oxygen tube Monday night, prosecutors said at the man’s arraignment Tuesday. David Nichols, a 76-year-old from Greenville, New Hampshire, was arrested at Heywood Hospital in Gardner after the attack about 8 p.m., Gardner police have said. A person speaking...