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Person wanted for allegedly breaking into Hingham home
Police in Hingham, Massachusetts, are looking for a person they say broke into a home this past weekend.
The incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Kress Farm Road, Hingham police said.
The person was able to get into the home after br…
New tapas restaurant coming to Revere Beach this spring
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.]
A new restaurant is on its way to an historic seaside area a few miles north of Boston, and it will be replacing another dining spot that was under the same ownership.
According to a post wi…
Police make several arrests as pro-Palestine protest blocks traffic at South Station in Boston
Boston police were seen arresting several protesters after a group of demonstrators blocked traffic at South Station during rush hour on Thursday morning.
Photos showed protesters standing side by side in a crosswalk, holding a large banner and blocking three lanes of traffic on Atlantic Avenue. Another photo showed at least one person being held by a police officer, with their arms behind their back.
Boston police said in a social media post at 8:23 a.m. that traffic was shut down in the area of Summer Street and Atlantic Avenue due to a protest. Motorists were urged to seek alternate routes.
They said in a follow-up post at 8:49 a.m. that they made several arrests, and traffic had reopened. They said more details will be released later in the day.
The demonstration came three days after over 100 people took part in a similar protest on Monday, temporarily blocking traffic on Summer Street.
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Rainy and raw Thursday, mountain snow by late weekend
Although periodic rain continues through Thursday, the heaviest of the rain has fallen and very few spots are expected to see any new flooding of low-lying areas.
That said, the roughly 2 inches of rain that fell across New England is still running…
Man sentenced in human body part case tied to Harvard Medical School
A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced in connection with the theft and sale of human body parts taken from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary.
Jeremy Pauley, 41, of Thompson, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
He was sentenced Tuesday to two years of supervised probation as part of a plea deal, according to WGAL-TV. If he is deemed to be on good behavior, the sentence would be one year supervised and one year of unsupervised probation.
“To many, the facts are disturbing. To some, the facts are abhorrent,” Judge Albert Masland said in court Tuesday.
Pauley admitted that he bought human remains from multiple people, knowing the remains were stolen, and also admitted to selling many of the stolen remains to others, including at least one person who also knew they had been stolen.
He was among seven people indicted in the case in June.
Trials are still pending for the other defendants, including Cedric Lodge, 55, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, who is accused of stealing dissected portions of cadavers that were donated to the medical school in the scheme that stretched from 2018 to early 2023. The body parts were taken without the school’s knowledge or permission, authorities have said, adding that the school has cooperated with the investigation.
Lodge sometimes took the body parts — which included heads, brains, skin and bones — back to his home while some remains were sent to buyers through the mail, authorities allege. Lodge also allegedly allowed buyers to come to the morgue to pick what remains they wanted to buy. Lodge’s wife, Denise, 63, also faces charges in connection with the case.
Both Lodge and his wife declined to comment on the charges during an initial court appearance last summer.
Bodies donated to Harvard Medical School are used for education, teaching or research purposes. Once they are no longer needed, the cadavers are usually cremated and the ashes are returned to the donor’s family or buried in a cemetery.
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