Suffolk County District Attorney's Office

Prosecutors have dropped charges against a personal trainer who’s worked with NBA players after the Rhode Island man was arrested last year on suspicion of drugging and raping a woman in downtown Boston. The charges of rape and drugging for intercourse against Robert McClanaghan were dismissed by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday. “Based on a review...

Police have provided an update on the “human remains” they found in a freezer in a South Boston apartment earlier this month.

Robert McClanaghan, 43, of Warwick, Rhode Island, was arrested Friday in East Greenwich. He was wanted on a warrant out of Boston Municipal Court for charges of rape and drugging for intercourse.

A day after what appeared to be a fetus or baby was found dead in a freezer in a South Boston apartment, police announced that more apparent human remains have been found.

Police are investigating the possible discovery of a fetus or baby in a freezer at an apartment building in South Boston Thursday evening, officials say.

Police in Boston responded to an early morning shooting in Dorchester in which three people were shot, two fatally, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office confirmed. Boston police have identified the two men killed in the shooting as Tefan Ivy, 32, of Brockton and Jermaine Daye, 23, of Randolph. The third man shot is expected to survive, Boston police said…

A woman was arraigned Thursday on charges she killed a man with her with a SUV, then drove off, in East Boston in May. Gabriella Mendez, a 32-year-old from Chelsea, appeared in court to face charges including motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation and leaving the scene of a crash causing injury or death in the death of 58-year-old pedestrian…

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office has announced a grand jury investigation into a case after a Boston Globe report raised questions about the office’s handling of it. The case centers on an April 2021 incident involving an off-duty MBTA Transit Police officer who allegedly got into an altercation with another driver. According to the Globe, the officer is...

A former Boston public school employee convicted of sexually abusing a child with developmental disabilities was sentenced Friday to more than a decade in state prison. Jose Melendez, 55, will serve no less than 12 years but no more than 15 years behind bars under the terms imposed by a Suffolk Superior Court judge in Boston. He must also register…

A former Boston Public Schools employee was convicted this week of sexually abusing a student with developmental disabilities over two school years, prosecutors said. Jose Melendez, 55, was found guilty on Tuesday of five counts of aggravated statutory rape of a child under 14 years old, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. He’ll be sentenced June 17. The…

A Boston man is facing charges in two rape cases that had gone unsolved for years, prosecutors said Friday. New DNA evidence connected Irving Pierre, a 40-year-old from Roslindale, to the violent rape of a woman in the city’s Arnold Arboretum in 2013 as well as a 2007 rape of a 16-year-old in the city, according to the Suffolk County…

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection to a shooting that occurred outside of a Boston high school earlier this month, police announced. A 17-year-old male from Lynn and a 16-year-old male from Dorchester were arrested this week, Boston Police said, stemming from the incident in which a 31-year-old teacher and 17-year-old student suffered non-life threatening injuries outside of TechBoston…

A 23-year-old man was arraigned Thursday morning from his hospital bed at Boston Medical Center in connection to his mother’s stabbing death earlier this week. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Najee Herbert allegedly fatally stabbed his mom — 58-year-old Donna Lamb — inside her Boston apartment on Tuesday. According to Boston police, they responded to a 911…

Rachael Rollins doesn’t have much time between jobs. Rollins submitted her resignation as Suffolk County district attorney — the top state prosecutor for Boston — on Wednesday as she prepares to be sworn in as the new U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts — the top federal prosecutor in the commonwealth — on Monday. Facing opposition from Republicans over…

A former member of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office has been tapped to serve as the interim DA, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday. Kevin Hayden, the chairman of the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board, will take the office on Monday and serve until the swearing in of the next Suffolk County District Attorney on Nov. 8, officials said….

Outgoing Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins joins Kwani Lunis to share what her journey has been like as she prepares to be the next U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts. She also explains why representation in law is important, how athletics can play a huge role in leadership and more.

Rachael Rollins says she has endured racist and threatening messages as she prepares to become Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor. Rollins, a Democrat, will be the first Black woman to serve as U.S. attorney in Massachusetts following her confirmation by the U.S. Senate earlier this month. She discussed the harassment she has received during a radio interview on Tuesday with GBH News. “My...

Authorities are calling Saturday’s incident in which a 48-year-old woman was found dead in a Chelsea, Massachusetts, apartment a domestic disturbance. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to NBC10 Boston Sunday morning that it is investigating the woman’s death as a homicide. Authorities said the victim was found fatally stabbed inside her apartment at Parkway Commons on Stockton...

Warning that existing Massachusetts law leaves a dangerous “loophole” in place, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins pushed Tuesday for the Legislature to create a new criminal charge for adults who exploit positions of authority to engage in sexual acts with minors. Teachers, coaches, babysitters, mentors and other adults who misuse their standing to participate in sexual activity with a…

President Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. attorney for Massachusetts is fighting back against Republican claims that she’s not tough enough on criminals. Rachael Rollins is currently the top prosecutor for the city of Boston and several suburbs. She said on GBH News on Monday that her progressive approach to crime is working. The Senate Judiciary Committee split last week...