WORCESTER — A grand jury handed up a murder indictment against 23-year-old Jose Pacheco in the 2021 killing of a 19-year-old Worcester man who was found dead in Leominster, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Pacheco, of Worcester, was indicted on June 16, 2025, on one count of murder in the […]
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Townsend Water superintendent accused of ethics violation over $4.7M contract
TOWNSEND — The state’s top ethics watchdog has accused Townsend Water Department Superintendent David Vigeant of violating the conflict of interest law by giving a local business operator — who also serves as the town’s fire chief — early access to project plans for a multimillion-dollar water main extension before the project was put out to bid.
CPCS petitions SJC to release jailed defendants amid attorney shortage
Amid a spiraling shortage of court-appointed defense attorneys, the state’s top court is being asked to release jailed indigent defendants left without lawyers — including more than a dozen in Middlesex County — as hundreds of people statewide remain unrepresented.
Boston Police respond to threatening ‘anti-Jewish’ flyers: ‘Deeply troubling’
Boston Police respond to threatening ‘anti-Jewish’ flyers: ‘Deeply troubling’
Man indicted for murder from 2008 stabbing of college student
WORCESTER — A grand jury returned a murder indictment against one man this week in the 2008 stabbing death of a teenager in the area of North Ashland Street in Worcester, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr. Marquis Brown, 40, of Worcester, was indicted on one count of murder in the […]
Now that Karen Read’s trial is over, John O’Keefe family’s civil suit can go on
Now that Karen Read’s criminal trial for the murder of John O’Keefe has ended — with her acquittal on all charges except drunken driving — the O’Keefe family’s civil case against her can continue.
