A registered sex offender living in Revere, Massachusetts, who was previously incarcerated for a child pornography conviction, has been arrested for possession of child pornography again.
Massachusetts State Police say detectives took 45-year-old …
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A registered sex offender living in Revere, Massachusetts, who was previously incarcerated for a child pornography conviction, has been arrested for possession of child pornography again.
Massachusetts State Police say detectives took 45-year-old …
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A bus driver was arrested Thursday morning in the middle of their route in Westborough, Massachusetts, with students on board at the time.
Westborough Superintendent Amber Bock said in a letter to the school community that she was saddened and frus…
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Pulling from our extensive archive and new reporting, we’re answering exploring that and more in our new podcast, “The Searches for Ana Walshe,” hosted by NBC10 Boston anchor Colton Bradford, and Matt Fortin.
Subscribe and listen to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts for a comprehensive look back at the search, new insights on what happened and updates on the case as they come in, right through the trial.
The Ana Walshe murder case was among the biggest stories in 2023 for Greater Boston, but intrigue went far beyond the Bay State and attracted international attention.
For journalists at NBC10 Boston, the days and weeks following Ana’s disappearance and Brian Walshe’s arrest proved at times intense and chaotic, as they worked to bring the latest updates in the case to a public that was hungry for answers.
In episode 4 of “The Searches for Ana Walshe,” three reporters involved in covering the massive story reflect and remember what it was like following the missing-person-turned-murder case.
Abbey Niezgoda, a general assignment reporter at NBC10 Boston, covered the case for about a month straight following Ana’s disappearance. She was chasing the ground search, talked to those in the Walshes’ circle and covered the allegations against Brian as prosecutors rolled out charges against him in court.
“This is one of those cases that still keeps me up at night,” Niezgoda said. “It was a “Dateline” episode in the making from the onset.”
Kathy Curran also discusses her role in the coverage in the new episode. As NBC10 Boston’s Chief Investigative Strategist, Curran uses her network of sources that she’s built over the decades to get inside information. This case was no different, and she talks about the process of digging into Brian’s past as she tracked developments in the ongoing search.
“A couple of days into it, just from my sources, I learned that they were thinking that there was something suspicious,” Curran said. “My gut told me something’s wrong because, being a parent, I don’t think a mom would just leave and leave her kids behind.”
Finally, we hear from Mark Garfinkel, staff photographer at the station who has covered Boston for decades.
Garfinkel discusses the infamous shots he captured of Walshe appearing to smile while walking out of Cohasset police, after he was first charged in the case. He also shares a bizarre personal connection to the case, which steered us to a critical location in the search for Ana.
“He just looked right at my camera, and he gave a big smile,” Garfinkel said. “What’s up with that?”
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A U.S. Senate subcommittee chaired by Sen. Ed Markey will hold a field hearing next month in Boston to drill down on how for-profit health care companies affect access to care, and Markey has invited Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre to testif…
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A trooper who handled key evidence and witnesses in the murder case against Karen Read is now the subject of an internal investigation by Massachusetts State Police.
State police confirmed Wednesday that Michael Proctor is being investigated for a potential violation of department policy but they would not comment on what caused them to probe one of their own.
Proctor was one of the investigators in the case against Read, who is charged with second-degree murder in the 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, in Canton.
Prosecutors allege that Read hit O’Keefe with her SUV and left him to die, while Read’s defense attorneys have long claimed she is being framed in a wide-ranging coverup.
It wasn’t immediately clear if this internal investigation could have any bearing on the Read case, but it did come to light just one day after a bombshell hearing in Read’s murder trial in which her defense attorney alleged Proctor never fully disclosed his personal relationship with multiple people involved in the case. This includes the Albert family, who lived at the home on the property where O’Keefe’s body was found.
Texts allegedly show the Alberts offered to send Proctor a thank you gift “when this is all over,” and just days prior to O’Keefe’s death, Proctor had allegedly asked the Alberts to babysit his child.
“So now we have the lead investigator from Massachusetts State Police literally discussing the exchange of gifts between the Albert family on one hand, and the Proctor family on the other hand, as a thank you — their words — for helping the Alberts out of a jam,” Alan Jackson, one of Read’s defense attorneys, said in court Tuesday.
We’re told Proctor remains on full duty while this internal investigation unfolds.
The State Police Association of Massachusetts has declined to comment on the investigation into Proctor.
NBC10 Boston reached out to Read’s attorneys Wednesday, but did not immediately hear back.
Read’s trial is set to begin April 16. The start was delayed on Feb. 26 after federal investigators released thousands of pages of new evidence.
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There’s a new proposal coming from Boston City Hall that would extend handicap parking placards to a new group — pregnant women.
City Councilor John Fitzgerald, a father of three, issued the proposal.
“When pregnant and having debili…
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