WORCESTER — This past Friday, a Worcester County Superior Court jury found 44-year old John Yang, of Fitchburg, guilty of second-degree murder in the 2013 killing of 33-year-old Shaun Hibbard, of Fitchburg, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. On Aug. 13, 2013, just after 4 a.m., Fitchburg Police and Mass. State […]
Crime and Public Safety
Man indicted for murder in 2009 disappearance of Patricia Santos
WORCESTER — On Sept. 23, 2025, a Worcester County Grand Jury returned a murder indictment against one man in the 2009 disappearance of 36-year-old Patricia Santos, of Worcester, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Albert Carabba, 64, of Ocean Springs, Miss., was indicted on one count of murder in the disappearance […]
Worcester man found guilty in Fitchburg homicide
WORCESTER — Last week, a Worcester Superior Court jury found a Worcester man guilty of murder in the July 11, 2019, shooting of 23-year-old Leon Wilson, Jr. of Fitchburg, in the area of Pie Alley in Fitchburg, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Mugisha Jeanbosco, 27, was found guilty of first-degree […]
Seven hospitalized after truck crashes into Shriver Job Corps building
DEVENS — Massachusetts State Police responded to the Shriver Job Corps facility Monday morning after a flatbed truck crashed into the Jackson Road building.
Courts seek more judges as legal deadline looms for unrepresented indigent defendants
BOSTON — Citing an ever-growing backlog of cases and the need to comply with a court-ordered deadline, Massachusetts trial courts have asked the Supreme Judicial Court to modify its July 3 order so they can assign more judges to preside over upcoming hearings for indigent defendants who have gone 45 days without legal representation.
Fitchburg man arrested for distributing child sexual abuse material
BOSTON — A Fitchburg man has been arrested and charged for allegedly distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) via Kik Messenger. Sean Pettigrew, 50, was charged with one count of distribution of child pornography. Pettigrew was arrested today and was ordered detained pending a hearing scheduled for July 18, 2025 in federal court in Worcester. […]
