“It’s unfair to me. It’s unfair to the government. It’s unfair to the people who have made time to be here,” Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV said. “It’s unfair, it’s inappropriate and I feel like I have no choice but to continue this hearing.”
Crime and Public Safety
Undocumented immigrant residing in Lowell held on $1M bail for alleged child rape
BOSTON — A Guatemalan national living in Lowell faces a $1 million bail after being charged in Suffolk Superior Court with rape of a girl, which allegedly began when she was 5 years old.
Worcester man arrested in connection with Hubbardston death
WORCESTER — Police arrested a Worcester man on Sunday in connection with the death of a man found on Saturday in Hubbardston, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Ryan Wilcox, 32, has been charged with armed assault with intent to kill, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing […]
Fitchburg 3-alarm fire displaces dozens on Sunday
FITCHBURG — Over the weekend, a fire on the fourth floor of an apartment building displaced over two dozen people on Day Street in Fitchburg and another fire forced school officials to close Leominster High School on Monday. A three-alarm fire broke out at 35 Day St., a four-story brick apartment building known as Hotel […]
Worcester teen indicted for murder in fatal Paine St. shooting
WORCESTER — A grand jury handed up a murder indictment against 17-year-old Kayden M. Keane Hoffler in an April shooting death on Paine Street, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Hoffler, of Worcester, was indicted on Dec. 20, 2024 on a single count of murder in the death of Eathan Renteria, […]
Driver crashes truck into health center after medical emergency
Fitchburg Police, Fire and Building personnel responded to the scene after a pickup truck drove into a section of the Community Health Center building at 326 Nichols Road in Fitchburg on the morning of Christmas Eve. The driver, who was reported to have suffered a medical emergency just prior to the accident, was transported with […]
