An Andover, Massachusetts, man faced a judge today, pleading not guilty in the deadly hit-and-run of a 62-year-old Army veteran.
Martin Quinlan pleaded not guilty in the crash that killed 62-year-old Methuen resident Pamela O’Neil on Sunday. The 29…
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Lynn father arrested after fentanyl sickens 7-year-old
A father in Lynn, Massachusetts, is facing charges after his 7-year-old ingested fentanyl.
Sources tell The NBC10 Boston Investigators that the child went into cardiac arrest and is currently in rehab.
Court documents identify the father as 33-year-old Kelvin Lazala. He is facing several charges, including assault and battery on a child with substantial injury, drug trafficking and possession of a large-capacity firearm.
The incident occurred on Feb. 29, but Lazala wasn’t arrested until April 10, according to the documents.
Sources say Lazala was trying to flee the country before he was detained.
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NBC10 Boston reached out to Lazala’s defense lawyer, but he said he had no comment on this matter.
We also reached out to the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, but have not heard back.
Lazala will be back in Lynn District Court in May.
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Healey signs emergency shelter funding, stay limit bill
Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday signed into law a new nine-month limit on how long families can live in Massachusetts emergency shelters, and stamped her approval on the Legislature’s plan to pull up to $426 million from a savings account to pour into the ongoing migrant housing crisis.
Numerous exemptions will be available to families that bump up against the nine-month cap, under the law crafted by top Senate and House Democrats (H 4582).
Two additional 90-day stays will be available to those who are employed, participating in an approved training program, or meet one of a slew of protected criteria such as: “seeking to avoid educational interruptions for a child or children enrolled in public schools,” those who are pregnant or recently gave birth, people with a diagnosed disability or “documented medical condition,” those to whom domestic violence poses “imminent risk of harm,” or veterans not already enrolled in “services specifically tailored to veterans.”
After imposing her own limits on how long families can remain in overflow shelters, Healey had remained vague on what she thought of legislative proposals to limit a family’s length of stay in the main emergency assistance shelter system.
The governor was noncommittal when asked in March whether nine months was too long or too short for a time limit, saying, “It could be. Again, I want to look at the whole package of what came out and talk some more with my team. But certainly we’ve talked about limits in the past.”
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The new law steers another $251 million toward the beleaguered shelter system to cover costs through June 30. Current appropriations for the system were set to run out “early this spring,” possibly “as soon as this month,” Administration and Finance spokesman Matt Murphy said earlier in April.
For fiscal 2025, which starts July 1, the Healey administration can pull $175 million more from the same savings account, known as the Transitional Escrow Fund, on top of whatever funding is included in the general budget.
Next fiscal year’s transfer would be triggered if Administration and Finance Secretary Matthew Gorzkowicz issues a “written determination … that funds are necessary to support the emergency housing assistance program.”
Including Tuesday’s infusion, fiscal 2024 appropriations for the emergency assistance shelter system now total around $826 million.
Here’s how to get tickets to Tom Brady’s Patriots Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The New England Patriots released details Tuesday on how fans can get tickets to Tom Brady’s Patriots Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony this June.
The team said tickets will be available for public purchase for $100 through Ticketmaster starting at 12 p.m. on Thursday, May 2. They did not say exactly how many tickets are being made available to the general public.
The ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, inside Gillette Stadium, beginning at 7 p.m. NBC’s Mike Tirico will host the event, which will feature many former teammates and special guests.
Patriots season-ticket holders were reportedly sent information about how to obtain tickets earlier this month. They were given a preferred rate of $36.
ESPN’s Mike Reiss said in his Sunday notes column last month that the event could be similar to “Larry Bird Night” at the Boston Garden in 1993. That event featured many of Bird’s former teammates, as well as friend and longtime on-court nemesis Magic Johnson.
Team executives chose the 12th day of the sixth month as two of the numbers most often associated with Brady’s Patriots career; his six Super Bowl championships and his uniform number, 12. Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft waived the usual four-year waiting period for Brady typically required before inducting players into the Patriots Hall of Fame.
Mass. doctor pleads guilty to punching police officer during Jan. 6 Capitol riot
A doctor from Ashland, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty Tuesday to attacking a police officer during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, federal prosecutors said.
Dr. Jacquelyn Starer, 70, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. She also pleaded guilty to six misdemeanors: entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
Prosecutors said Starer attended a “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021, and was among a group of people who forced their way into the U.S. Capitol through the East Rotunda Doors.
Around 3 p.m., Starer made her way to the front of the crowd to confront a line of Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. Capitol police officers who had formed a line to prevent the group from reaching the west entrance of the Capitol Rotunda, prosecutors say.
According to court documents, bodycam footage from a Washington, D.C., Metropolitan police officer shows Starer hitting an officer in the Capitol Rotunda. The officer who was struck told investigators that she remembered the incident and recognized the woman who hit her in the bodycam footage.
Starer also shouted expletives at the officers, according to the prosecution.
Starer was a practicing doctor from Ashland who worked at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital at the time of her arrest in December 2022. Following that arrest, a representative for Brigham and Women’s Hospital said she was “no longer active at our organization. She also served as the president of the Massachusetts Society of Addiction Medicine and had a clean disciplinary record, according to the state’s Board of Registration in Medicine.
She is scheduled for sentencing on Sept. 5, 2024.
Starer is among 1,385 people who have been charged for crimes tied to the riot at the U.S. Capitol, including nearly 500 charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.
The investigation is ongoing.
Shooting involving police under investigation in Raynham
A police shooting was under investigation Tuesday in Raynham, Massachusetts, officials said.
Details on what happened in the shooting on King Philip Street weren’t immediately available. Massachusetts State Police were investigating what hap…
