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Store clerk admits to trying to cash customer's $3M lottery ticket, is sentenced to probation
A Massachusetts store clerk embroiled in the unique case involving a $3 million lottery ticket admitted Friday that she tried to cash in on the winnings, despite knowing they belonged to someone else. The NBC10 Boston Investigators have been closely following the case, and produced a 30-minute documentary, “$3 Million Mistake.” Carly Nunes, 24, had a choice when she discovered the…
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Who's running Holbrook? Political turmoil plagues town hall
From racist rants to allegations of double dipping and no solid leadership, what some would describe as political pandemonium is happening in the small town of Holbrook, Massachusetts. The town has been like a rudderless ship with no strong leadership for months. The town administrator was fired without cause in July, the Select Board has struggled and there are...
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How did an off-duty police officer's own department handle his crash investigation?
It was after midnight on May 19 and Damian Dorsey’s shift at his warehouse job in Mansfield, Massachusetts, had just ended. His fiancée, Jessica Nash, picked him up and headed home to their apartment in Brockton. In the backseat, the couple’s 5-month-old baby boy, Beckham, rode along for the late-night routine. Dorsey recalled how few drivers were on the...
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Outside investigator hired to look into 2017 allegations against Quincy police officer
Warning: This story contains graphic details that could be offensive or disturbing to some readers. An outside investigator has been hired to look into the case involving a Quincy police officer and allegations that he sent a sexually explicit photo of himself to a young woman with special needs. According to police and state reports obtained by the NBC10 Boston…
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Melrose to vote on new fire stations after we found leaking roofs, rodents and raw sewage
Taxpayers in Melrose, Massachusetts, will vote in November on whether to replace their outdated public safety buildings. The development comes after an NBC10 Boston investigation revealed a litany of issues inside the city’s fire stations, including no heat in the winter, leaking roofs, rodent infestation and raw sewage. Our story also raised safety issues for the first responders who...
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Independent investigator to look into 2017 allegations against Quincy police officer
Warning: This story contains graphic details that could be offensive or disturbing to some readers. An outside investigator will now look into troubling allegations involving an officer with the Quincy Police Department. The department launched an internal investigation last month into the allegations against officer Andrew Keenan. The NBC10 Boston Investigators reported earlier this month that Keenan was accused of…
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Quincy police detective at center of internal investigation declines to comment on allegations
Warning: This story contains graphic details that could be offensive or disturbing to some readers. The NBC10 Boston Investigators questioned a Quincy police officer, who is on paid administrative leave and at the center of an investigation involving allegations that he sent a sexually explicit photo of himself to a young woman with developmental disabilities years ago. Our team first…
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Quincy officer declines to comment on internal investigation
The NBC10 Boston Investigators questioned a Quincy police officer accused of sending a sexually explicit photo of himself to a young woman with developmental disabilities in 2017, as well as his father, the city’s police chief at the time.
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Quincy police detective on leave amidst troubling allegations
Warning: This story contains graphic details that could be offensive or disturbing to some readers. The oath taken to wear the badge and public trust is now under scrutiny at the Quincy Police Department after disturbing allegations involving officer Andrew Keenan surfaced from 2017. Keenan was placed on paid administrative leave last month amidst allegations that he sent a sexually…
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‘Why Can't They Fix It?' Some MBTA Escalators Remain Out of Service for Months
After three knee surgeries, Maria Termini felt every step ascending the stairs at the busy Forest Hills MBTA station during her commute home from work. Meantime, the adjacent escalator remained out of service for months. Termini said she tried complaining to T staffers, but the escalator stayed motionless week after week. On social media, riders also expressed their frustration to…
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Mass. Is Spending Hundreds of Dollars a Night to House Families in Hotels
The Massachusetts emergency assistance shelter system is bursting at the seams as more and more families are in need of help. Hundreds of families are being placed in hotels and the costs are staggering. Massachusetts is the country’s only right-to-shelter state, which guarantees homeless families emergency housing. While the state is scrambling to find more units the NBC10 Boston...
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‘Where's My Home?' Families Housed in Hotels Struggle With No End to Housing Crisis in Sight
Thousands of families are experiencing homelessness across Massachusetts and there’s no end to the housing crisis in sight. This is happening as more people in need of help are being housed in hotels by the state. Many families arrived in hotels without warning so there was no plan in place causing frustration and challenges at the local level. The...
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‘It's a Failure': Hit-and-Run Criminal Case Dismissed After Courtroom Confusion
Following his retirement, John Rolfe stayed active as a traffic director for the Town of Stoneham, making sure kids got home safely from school. “I really enjoyed it,” Rolfe expressed. In March of 2021, Rolfe was on duty near William Street and Elm Street when he said a car veered around a line of stopped vehicles in an effort to…
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Town Asks AG, DA to Investigate Allegations Against Ex-Stoneham Cop
Town leaders in Stoneham are asking state authorities to investigate allegations against a former high-ranking police officer, according to a letter obtained by the NBC10 Investigators. The letter sent to the Massachusetts Attorney General and Middlesex District Attorney requests those agencies to take a closer look at Robert Kennedy, who resigned from the Stoneham Police Department last month. An NBC10…
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From Miami Beach to the Hamptons: Justice Department Seizing $75 Million Worth of Real Estate From Russian Oligarch
The Justice Department’s “Operation KleptoCapture” is seeking to seize luxury real-estate in the Hamptons, New York City and Miami Beach valued at $75 million and belonging to Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, court documents show.
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‘Dilapidated Health Hazards': Why Are Mass. Fire Stations in Such Bad Shape?
Stoughton Fire Chief Michael Carroll took us around the town’s century-old headquarters and ticked off the reasons the structure has seen better days. Ceiling tiles showed stains from persistent leaks. Exposed and outdated electrical wiring was in plain sight. And a parked ambulance pushed tables and supplies right up against firefighters’ lockers, an illustration that the building’s size does...
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A Drug Meant to Sedate Large Animals Is Being Used on the Streets – And It's Causing Abscesses, Ulcers and More
[[Editor’s note: The name “Fred” is a pseudonym NBC10 Boston is using to protect the interview subject’s identity.]] As Fred lifted his pants leg he winced in pain. His jeans, damp from the freshly fallen snow, stuck to the open scab that stretched from his knee to his ankle, peeling away bits of skin as he revealed his wound....
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Deadbeat on the Beat: High-Ranking Cop Stiffs Landlords, Racks Up Unpaid Debts
Detective Sgt. Robert Kennedy has spent more than two decades working for the Stoneham Police Department.His steady six-figure income apparently isn’t lucrative enough to pay the monthly rent. “It just baffles me how it could go on,” said Ron Gifford, one of the police officer’s former landlords. Gifford rented a Woburn home to Kennedy and his wife years ago,...
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Victim's Mother Shares Horrific Ordeal of Human Trafficking
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...