Our foray into the 80s was short-lived. Cooler readings are expected Wednesday with a thickening cloud cover and a few faint, passing afternoon showers.
We’ll keep sliding Thursday as the winds switch from south (Wednesday) to east/northeast….
Massachusetts
Police investigate rollover crash in Mattapan
A vehicle rolled over Tuesday evening in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.
The crash happened on Hiawatha Road. A man who lives nearby told NBC10 Boston he ran out after hearing it.
“I was in the house watching the game tonight, and I …
Toddler hit by vehicle in Norwood, authorities say
A young boy has serious injuries but will survive after being hit by a vehicle Tuesday in Norwood, Massachusetts, according to police.
The child was hit near the intersection of Jefferson Drive and Earle Street, the Norfolk County District Attorney…
Arrest warrant issued for worker charged with extortion in $3 million lottery case
A Massachusetts man accused of trying to extort his coworker for a share of a $3 million lottery prize had an arrest warrant issued just days before his trial was slated to begin.
Joseph Reddem of Raynham was nowhere to be found for his final pretrial conference hearing on Monday inside Plymouth County Superior Court. When his attorney did not have an explanation for his absence, the judge issued the warrant.
Reddem’s trial on the extortion charge had been scheduled for May 20, but is now on hold until he’s located.
The case is part of the extraordinary storyline that led to the search for the rightful owner of a $3 million lottery ticket. The NBC10 Boston Investigators have closely followed developments and produced a 30-minute documentary, “$3 Million Mistake.”
Surveillance footage from a Lakeville convenience store captured the sequence of events.
In January 2023, a man named Paul Little bought a lottery ticket and a bag of chips.
Carly Nunes, the store cashier, forgot to hand Little the ticket, and he left without noticing.
Days later, video captured Nunes attempting to claim the prize at the lottery headquarters in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.
Prosecutors say Reddem worked at the convenience store with Nunes and gave her and her boyfriend a ride that day.
Employees became suspicious when they saw Nunes and Reddem arguing in the lobby and launched an investigation into the purchases.
“The woman that was claiming the prize said that she was only going to pay (Reddem) $200,000 and that was it,” Dan O’Neill, director of compliance & security at the Massachusetts State Lottery, told NBC10 Boston when we interviewed him last June. “Any time there’s an argument, there’s something up, and that’s a red flag.”
After a grand jury investigation, Plymouth County prosecutors charged Reddem with extortion for threatening to go to police about the stolen ticket unless he received a larger share of the jackpot.
Reddem’s defense attorney, Nicolas Gordon, expressed doubt about the criminal case when we spoke to him after his client’s arraignment last June.
“Simply asking a new lottery winner to share in the winnings because maybe you want to buy a home, or maybe you feel like everyone’s excited and happy, it’s certainly not extortion,” Gordon said. “He’s being a Good Samaritan doing a good deed. And now look at the mess he’s in trying to do something nice to give them a ride.”
Reached by phone, Gordon declined to comment about whether he’s had any communication with Reddem about his whereabouts.
As we reported last February, Nunes admitted she tried to cash the lottery prize that she knew belonged to somebody else.
A judge sentenced the 24-year-old to two years of probation with the requirement of continuing substance abuse treatment.
Meanwhile, Lakeville resident Paul Little eventually learned he was the rightful winner of the ticket.
The career diesel mechanic received the large check last summer and has since used some of the proceeds to fix up his longtime home.
Steamship Authority worried staffing shortage could impact summer ferry service
On another picture perfect day on Cape Cod, a Steamship Authority ferry bound for Martha’s vineyard from Woods Hole left right on time. But as the always-busy summer season picks up, there is worry about staffing shortages.
The organization says it has just enough staff to operate all its ferries, which travel to the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, with limited margin for error.
“Time is definitely money,” Uber driver Francesco Vasaile said.
Vasaile banks on the ferry being right on time, and any delays will cost him.
“I specifically come down here from Weymouth every spring and summer just to do these trips,” Vasaile said.
For those who live on Martha’s Vineyard, the ferries that connect the island with Woods Hole are an important lifeline.
Andy Palmer, who lives on the island, has several important ferry trips booked in the next month.
“One of them is fairly critical in terms of meeting an airplane at Logan [Airport], so I am a little concerned that could be an issue,” he said Tuesday. “Taking my wife to a surgery on Thursday, and that is also time-sensitive.”
The Steamship Authority says any sick calls or unforeseen absences could cause issues.
“It is going to be very tight this summer,” Mark Higgins of the Steamship Authority said last week during a council meeting. “We are looking at people going on medical and sickness, we are going to have issues.”
He attributed the hiring crunch to lack of mariners and a number of retirements.
For the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, finding a solution is top of mind.
“It is the number one priority for the chamber, certainly over the last three years, labor supply shortage on the Cape has been acute,” said Chamber CEO Paul Niedzwiecki.
Niedzwiecki spent Tuesday meeting with lawmakers at the Massachusetts State House to try to find a solution to build more affordable housing.
“We are dealing, really, with a crisis situation on the labor supply side that is due to the housing market,” he added.
The Steamship Authority says it is also working hard to staff up before the busy season.
Man convicted in 1971 Bedford murder case
A Salem, Massachusetts, man has been convicted of first-degree murder for the 1971 stabbing death of a woman inside her Bedford home.
Arthur Massei, 78, was arrested in March 2022, more than 50 years after the death of Natalie Scheublin, according…
