Boston police had roads taped off in the area of the Forest Hills MBTA stop in Jamaica Plain Thursday night.
Police did not immediately provide any information about what had occurred.
Authorities said Hyde Park Avenue was closed between Uk…
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1 killed, 1 hurt by truck during Fall River furniture donation, DA says
A woman died and a man was critically hurt when a truck backed into them while they were picking up a donated dresser in Fall River, Massachusetts, Wednesday, authorities said.
The two victims and the woman who was driving the box truck were all part of a nonprofit, called My Brother’s Keeper, which handles furniture donations, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.
The woman who died was identified as Jean Revil, a 67-year-old from Dartmouth. Neither the man who was injured, a 64-year-old from Bristol, Rhode Island, or the woman who was driving, a 25-year-old from Taunton, Massachusetts, were publicly identified.
The incident took place at a home on Joseph Drive around noon, prosecutors said. A group of six people from My Brother’s Keeper, including both employees and volunteers, were picking up the dresser when, investigators believe, the box truck backed into Revil and the man.
As of Thursday morning, the man was in critical but stable condition at New Bedford’s Saint Luke’s Hospital, according to prosecutors.
State and local police were investigating, prosecutors said. They didn’t say if anyone was facing charges.
The president of My Brother’s Keeper, Erich Miller, shared a statement with NBC affiliate WJAR: “We, at My Brother’s Keeper, are heartbroken with the loss of one of our devoted volunteers during their dedicated service to our mission and community. With an investigation underway to the details of the accident, we are not able to comment on the specifics. We would ask for your support and prayers for our volunteer’s family as well as our community as we cope with this tragedy.”
New England beach season: What to know about rip currents, cold ocean temperatures
It is full-blown beach season across New England. As families descend to the beaches and let their kids play in the water, a couple things to keep in mind (other than sharks).
One, our daily rip current risk.
Each day depending on storms o…
Man who followed young women in Brookline had handcuffs, stun gun in truck, police say
A man in a silver pickup truck was caught on camera allegedly following teens and young women in Brookline, Massachusetts, then reportedly exposing himself and committing lewd acts in front of them.
Gianna Pentland, 19, said she was walking home early Saturday morning, when the man approached her and exposed himself.
“And I just was like, ‘Oh, my God’ and I cussed him out and I threatened to pepper spray him,” said Pentland.
Last month, a 16-year-old girl out jogging had reported a similar man exposing himself in a nearby neighborhood.
An officer on patrol Sunday recognized the pickup truck and arrested a man later identified as 68-year-old Darryl Breen of Maine.
Inside his truck, investigators found a stun gun, two pairs of handcuffs, a knife and a BB gun made to look like a real firearm.
“Like he could have taken me. That was – when I got that call from the cops, that was the scariest part because I just – that was the part that just made me cringe like, oh, my gosh, he was actually prepared and ready to do worse,” said Pentland.
Police also found what they say turned out to be a fake license and registration.
“It was only when we got him back to the station and ran his fingerprints that we learned the license and registration were both false identifies and that he had arrests in numerous different states,” said Brookline Police Deputy Superintendent Paul Campbell.
Breen is being charged with open and gross lewdness.
Police say Breen admitted he exposed himself to other females not only in Brookline, but also Allston and the Back Bay area of Boston.
“I’m just happy that he’s one less predator off the streets, that’s all I care about,” said Pentland.
Breen remains in custody on a 20-day hold. He’s due back in court in August.
Anyone who believes they were a victim is asked to call the Brookline Police Department at 617-730-2244.
Karen Read jury list impounded indefinitely as juror says, ‘I am frightened’
The judge in the Karen Read case won’t release the names of the people who served on the deadlocked jury, she said in a filing Thursday, citing a juror whom the judge found to have a credible fear for her and her family’s safety.
Earlier this month, Judge Beverly Cannone issued a temporary order keeping the jury list impounded, or out of public view, and she extended it indefinitely Thursday after a juror filed a motion to extend the order.
“I am frightened for my personal safety as a result of learning that someone associated with this case has been criminally charged with intimidation,” the juror, listed under the pseudonym Juror Doe, said in the filing.
The juror wrote that, if their name and the others’ were made public, “we will be constantly threatened and harassed and there will likely be a physical confrontation at some point.”
Read the new court filings, including Juror Doe’s letter, here:
The order comes amid an ongoing dispute involving how the jury might have voted if Cannone hadn’t declared a mistrial in the case. Read’s lawyers insist, citing jurors themselves, that two of the three charges against her in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, should be dismissed, while the prosecution says that would be inappropriate, and the charges shouldn’t be dismissed.
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MBTA service changes set for next month: here’s what to know
Service changes are coming to the Green, Orange, Mattapan, Red and Haverhill lines next month, the MBTA said Wednesday.
The T says the changes will happen in August as it continues “working to maintain its infrastructure and improve rel…
