POLICE

MSPCA officers believe three cases of cat abuse in Cambridge, Massachusetts could be related. The non-profit organization is now offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to an animal cruelty conviction in the latest case. A six-year-old cat named Gosha, whose brutal death has been under investigation, had 11 BBs removed from his body and was burned as well. Gosha…

Police searched for an armed man in Laconia, New Hampshire, on Tuesday afternoon, but have yet to arrest him. Laconia police had searched in the area of Country Club and Perkins roads. Residents were urged to avoid the area and shelter in place for hours, though an incident that prompted road closures was over by early evening. Police said the…

A Massachusetts man is facing multiple charges and police are looking for additional suspects after a stabbing Sunday night in Manchester-by-the-Sea. According to Police Chief Todd Fitzgerald, a man in his mid-30s was stabbed multiple times near School Street and North Street around 7:50 p.m. The victim was taken by ambulance to Beverly Hospital with what are believed to...

Three people were killed, including a suspect, and two were injured in a shooting and fire early Saturday morning in Maryland, according to authorities.

A man was arrested in a shooting that left a teen injured in Weymouth, Massachusetts, Friday afternoon, police said. The shooting victim was found in a driveway by officers on West Street near Columbian Street just after 4 p.m., police said. The 17-year-old from Weymouth had a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a local hospital and…

Political commentator Quentin Jiles was pulled over in Houston after an officer said he was driving in the passing lane. He said he livestreamed the talk out of fear the officer would get physically aggressive with him for a minor offense.

A man was stabbed late Sunday afternoon on a street in Worcester, according to authorities. Police were alerted to the incident on Main Street at 4:50 p.m. on Sunday, and they found a 33-year-old man who had been stabbed. Officers provided aid to the man, who was later brought to the hospital for treatment. His current condition is unknown. This…

Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered bills this year to make the disciplinary records of police officers public

Three Massachusetts police officers and a dispatcher are earning praise for preventing a Florida grandmother from losing $25,000 to a scammer. Dracut Sgt. Lawrence Flynn, Lt. Wilmer Buote, Detective Megan Farley and dispatcher Andrew Talmacci went into action on April 3 when a woman called Dracut and Miami police to say her mother had sent the money to an address…

A 24-year-old woman died and four people were hospitalized with serious injuries after a car crash in Lawrence, Massachusetts, early Thursday morning. Surveillance video captured by two cameras of the crash is staggering, showing one car smashing headlong into another.

Staggering security footage caught a car flying into a convenience store in Lawrence in a crash that left one person dead and four hurt.

One person is dead and four others are in the hospital with serious injuries after a car crash in Lawrence, Massachusetts Thursday morning.

One person is dead and four others are in the hospital with serious injuries after a car crash in Lawrence, Massachusetts Thursday morning.

Cybercriminals seeking to extort Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department have published extensive private dossiers of five current and former officers.

A 26-year-old man was shot after multiple people forced their way into his first floor apartment in Dudley, Massachusetts overnight, according to authorities. A woman and two children were inside the apartment, located at 12 Green Street, when it was broken into around midnight, according to Dudley Police Chief Steve Wojnar. There was a confrontation between the man and the…

A 26-year-old man was shot after multiple people forced their way into his first floor apartment in Dudley, Massachusetts overnight, according to authorities.

The Washington, D.C., police department said Monday that its computer network was breached, and a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate claimed to have stolen sensitive data, including on informants, that it threatened to share with local criminal gangs unless police paid an unspecified ransom.

Update: Lynn Police reported a little after 9 p.m. Sunday that the missing person has been located. Authorities in Lynn are looking for help to find a missing woman, who was last seen Sunday morning in the Mall St. area. The woman, Santa Diaz Contreras, is described as wearing a black hooded jacket, a skirt and black shoes. Anyone with…

At least six people were fatally shot by officers across the United States in the 24 hours after jurors reached a verdict in the murder case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin

“None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening at this time,” New Orleans police said Saturday morning.