WORCESTER — The woman charged with four counts of second-degree murder in connection with a May 2022 Worcester fire that claimed the lives of four people has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four life sentences with parole eligibility after 20 years, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Yvonne Ngoiri, 39, […]
Crime and Public Safety
Man found guilty of murder in King Street killing
WORCESTER — On Thursday, a jury found a Worcester man guilty of murder in the August 2020 killing of 31-year-old Darren Dyette on King Street, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Jacob Grice, 39, was found guilty of first-degree murder by a Worcester Superior Court jury after a 10-day trial. The […]
Northboro man gets 2 years prison for embezzling from nonprofit
WORCESTER — A Northborough man was sentenced Friday in federal court for wire fraud and money laundering charges after embezzling approximately $366,477 from a nonprofit organization in Sturbridge. Kyriakos Kapiris, a/k/a Rick Kapiris, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to two years in prison, to be followed by five years […]
Man sentenced to 7-9 years for perjury in treehouse murder investigation
WORCESTER — On Friday, a Worcester Superior court judge sentenced Jonathan Lind – the boyfriend of a woman who killed a man after luring him to a treehouse in Ashburnham – to serve 7 to 9 years in State Prison after his December conviction on perjury charges, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. […]
Editorial: Mass., N.H. govs must follow mayors’ drug-partner steps
A few weeks ago Lowell Mayor Dan Rourke addressed an open letter to New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte on this newspaper’s Opinion page in response to her tweet warning drug dealers from Lawrence and Lowell that law enforcement in her state “will find you, stop you, and lock you up.” While rightly pointing out that […]
‘I am unhappy’: Convicted fraudster and ex-Massachusetts state Sen. Dean Tran delays sentencing again
“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.”
