Animal shelters from around Georgia were called in to help authorities rescue 700 dogs from a home in Valdosta. News outlets report the shelters say the dogs were kept in small cages, and many of the animals rescued on Saturday had never been walked or held before. One shelter, Release Atlanta, calls it “an extreme hoarding puppy mill case.” A...

A Massachusetts man charged with bludgeoning his dog to death with a rock then burying the body in his backyard told investigators he talked to a veterinarian friend about euthanizing the 17-year-old pet. Adam Crook, of Melrose, was released with no bail after pleading not guilty to animal cruelty on Tuesday.

Authorities in Massachusetts have arrested five men after an executed search warrant resulted in the discovery of drugs, including fentanyl, and firearms.

A Massachusetts man is facing an animal cruelty charge after allegedly killing his dog Friday night. Police say Adam Crook, 44, of Melrose, allegedly dragged his dog from his home into his backyard where he allegedly struck the dog in the head with a large rock multiple times, killing the animal. Crook, who is known to police, then allegedly used...

A Massachusetts man is expected to face charges animal cruelty charges Tuesday for the alleged killing of his dog at his home in Melrose Friday night.

Police have arrested a Brooklyn, New York, man after officers found a small alligator, drugs and a weapon inside his apartment, according to authorities.

Two females were shot in what appears to be a domestic dispute in New Braintree, Massachusetts on Saturday.

Ring, the video doorbell company owned by Amazon, has helped law enforcement agencies across the country solve a lot of crimes. But it has also raised concerns about privacy, and critics have been sounding off on social media for months. Tech writers, meanwhile, have wondered if Ring users were getting the full story about the cameras they’d attached to their...

A woman in Tewksbury has been arrested on suspicion of sex trafficking.

Twenty-four animals were seized from a shelter in Middleboro, Massachusetts due to inhumane and unsanitary conditions.

The New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says 28 German shepherds that were seized in an animal cruelty case will soon have a chance to find homes. The dogs have been held at the shelter for 22 months. The society said Wednesday the dogs’ former owner surrendered them.

Twenty-eight German Shepards in New Hampshire can now find their forever homes after a year of being held in protective custody at the SPCA over an animal cruelty case.

Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with a string of robberies in Cambridge. The first two incidents occurred Friday night. Police were called to Fayette Street around 8:15 p.m. for a report of a robbery in which three juveniles allegedly demanded the victim’s wallet while he was walking home.

A 19-year-old from Lawrence, Massachusetts, has been accused of sexually abusing two children under the age of 4 and sharing child pornography. Jakob Nieves, who also goes by the name of Dakota, was indicted Thursday on charges of sexual exploitation of children, distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling.

More than 20,000 bags of heroin were found as authorities busted a drug trafficking organization in New England last month, making at least three arrests, according to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office. Three “principal members” of the alleged drug ring — said to span western Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont — were arrested.

Rhode Island State Police have arrested an elementary school music teacher on a child pornography charge. Anthony Martin was held on $5,000 bond at a court appearance Thursday. He did not enter a plea and was referred to the public defender’s office.

A large marijuana grow house was recently discovered at a vacant gas station in Walpole, Massachusetts, according to police. A police officer said he noticed a suspicious car in the parking lot of the vacant gas station on Route 1 Monday. When the officer pulled into the parking lot, he found John Diarbakerly unloading boxes. Diarbakerly allegedly ran inside the...

A Massachusetts man is facing charges for an illegal marijuana grow operation at a vacant gas station in Walpole.

The Massachusetts man indicted with the murder of a 68-year-old man who was found dead in his basement in March is scheduled to return to court Tuesday for his arraignment. Thomas Garon, 53, of Worcester, was arrested in March after police discovered the body of Marcelino Muesces in a shallow grave in the basement of Garon’s home earlier that month....

Six of seven Mississippi chicken processing plants raided Wednesday were “willfully and unlawfully” employing people who lacked authorization to work in the United States, including workers wearing electronic monitoring bracelets at work for previous immigration violations, according to unsealed court documents. Federal investigators behind the biggest immigration raid in a decade relied on confidential informants inside the plants in addition...