ACTON — After more than a decade, justice has finally been served for the victim of a brutal sexual assault in Acton.
Crime and Public Safety
Salvation Army’s Massachusetts Division on standby for Hurricane Helene response
CANTON — Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene across the southeastern U.S., the Salvation Army Massachusetts Division is on standby to provide assistance.
Worcester DA investigating death of State Police recruit
The State Police recruit severely injured in a boxing “training exercise” has died, the MSP announced late Friday night.
Two indicted in murders of mother and daughter
WORCESTER — Two men were indicted on murder charges in the shooting deaths of a mother and daughter in Worcester in March, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Dejan Belnavis, 27, of Worcester, and Karel Mangual, 28, of Worcester, were indicted by a Worcester County Grand Jury last week for two […]
Human cases of EEE, West Nile virus reported in Middlesex County
The Department of Public Health reported on Thursday that human cases of both Eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus have been found in Middlesex County.
Fitchburg man gets 3 years in connection to fight outside local pub
WORCESTER— A Fitchburg man was sentenced to three years in prison in federal court recently in connection to a physical altercation involving a firearm at Mill City Pub in Fitchburg in 2023. On Aug. 23 in Worcester federal court, Satron Pridgen, 45, of Fitchburg, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Guzman to three […]