Investigations

A teenager said she was drugged, sexually assaulted and trafficked after meeting a stranger on social media.  She’s one of the thousands of victims targeted across the country each year with cases happening behind closed doors in cities and small towns.  The NBC10 Investigators spoke with the mother of the teen who survived this horrific ordeal.  It all began...

A consumer may win a dispute about a charge with a credit card company, but the merchant can still try to collect. Here’s what to know.

Embattled Superintendent Eric Johnson is no longer employed at the Chelsea Soldiers Home, Gov. Maura Healey’s office confirmed Thursday. The soldiers’ home in Chelsea, Massachusetts, faced scrutiny for its fumbled handling of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Thirty-one veterans died at the home from COVID-19, deaths that some say could have been prevented with better management of...

Bob Driscoll sat at a picnic table outside City Hall and said he loved his career with the Melrose Fire Department before recently retiring after more than 20 years on the job. But living and working at the city’s fire stations while waiting for the next emergency call? That’s another story. “I’ve been on deployments with the military and...

Steven Kaldeck sat inside a Middlesex Superior courtroom and quietly tried to process the sight of William Pusateri standing in handcuffs and listening to the allegations of a 23-count criminal indictment. It had been nearly a year since Kaldeck had last seen the paving business owner at the kitchen table in his Natick home. At the time, Pusateri had promised…

A longtime Rowley Police officer who retired last spring is the focus of a criminal investigation involving allegations of rape, sources tell the NBC10 Investigators. Sources say the assault happened while the officer was still working for the Rowley Police Department.  The officer retired back in May after more than three decades on the job.  We’ve learned he was...

So how does a Red Line train roll through Braintree Station with nobody at the helm? A safety investigation we obtained provides answers about the May 30 incident. The MBTA report, submitted to the transportation oversight division of the Department of Public Utilities, reveals the mistakes that caused the runaway train, which was first reported by the NBC10 Investigators earlier…

A former high-ranking police officer is suing the Town of Walpole and an ex-elected official for missing out on a police chief position in another community, accusing them of releasing confidential details about a secret agreement that allowed him to seek employment elsewhere while he faced a sexual assault allegation.

A former high-ranking police officer is suing the Town of Walpole and an ex-elected official for missing out on a police chief position in another community, accusing them of releasing confidential details about a secret agreement that allowed him to seek employment elsewhere while he faced a sexual assault allegation.

A Massachusetts state lawmaker is proposing another layer of oversight before social workers with the Department of Children and Families make an emergency removal of children during hours when courts are closed.

New details are emerging about a Black employee who alleged racial discrimination and retaliation at his union job. The worker, Rich Summers, said he found a noose on his desk chair when he arrived at the National Association of Government Employees office building last November. The discovery launched an investigation by the Quincy Police Department. When we first reported on…

Records obtained by the NBC10 Investigators show more than a half-dozen election workers in New England reported threats of violence, harassment and intimidation since 2020.

Tim Reid sat in a Brockton courtroom and watched as the contractor he’d previously hired entered a not guilty plea to larceny. Last month, we told you how Reid and his wife had hired Steven Docchio to install a pool and patio in their East Bridgewater backyard. The couple saved up for the project as a therapy option for...

A Florida man reached out to the NBC10 Boston Investigators in 2020, when he faced a license suspension for an unpaid speeding ticket in Massachusetts, where he’d never been

During a video call from Orlando Vazquez’s Florida home, he appeared visibly relieved to have his driving nightmare finally in the rearview mirror. “It’s a big weight off my shoulders,” he told me. “Honestly, man, I’m just grateful to have you help me.” More than two years ago, Vazquez received a letter that warned him his Florida driver’s license...

On a cloudy October day, Sgt. Brett Pelley of the Boxborough Police Department emerged from Newton District Court, relieved he would not be facing a criminal charge. The veteran officer found himself in the predicament after his own town leaders asked a clerk magistrate to consider if a criminal complaint should go forward. Outside court, in a brief statement, Select…

Howard Dempsey recalled how he was about to open his antique store for business one morning last October. “Somebody knocked on the door and came in and asked whether I had video coverage of the parking area,” said Dempsey, a West Bridgewater business owner of more than 40 years. “He said his car had just been keyed.” That person was…

The NBC10 Investigators have new information about how the state of Florida paid to fly nearly 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard last month.  We’ve learned that those flights may have violated Florida state law.  When the state of Florida was searching for a company to move those migrants it spelled out a whole host of regulations governing the state’s...

Superintendent Eric Johnson has been on paid administrative leave since the summer over allegations of bullying, harassment and intimidation. The unions are blasting the state’s decision to allow him to return to work, and now for the first time we’re hearing from an employee who says he experienced this. Marc Belizair shares his story with NBC10 Boston.