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A 38-year-old man is accused of attacking his neighbor with a knife over the weekend in Worcester, Massachusetts.

The incident occurred at about 10:12 a.m. Saturday on June Street, Worcester police said, where officers found a man who suffered a laceration to his throat.

The man, police said, told officers he got into an argument with a neighbor who attacked him with a knife.

The suspect, identified as Kenneth Benson, was arrested in his apartment without incident, police said.

Benson was charged with assault to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

The victim, whose name wasn’t released, was alert and conscious on the way to the hospital, police said.

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A police officer and one other person were injured in a crash on Sunday night in Wareham, Massachusetts.

Wareham police said one of their officers was out on a motor vehicle stop on Cranberry Highway around 9 p.m. Sunday when the officer’s cruiser was struck from behind. The officer was seated in the vehicle at the time of the crash.

Another Wareham officer was on location and saw the vehicle rear-end the cruiser, which was marked and had its emergency lights activated.

Wareham emergency medical services and Onset fire provided medical attention to the officer and the driver of the vehicle that struck the cruiser.

Both the driver, 24-year-old Cameron McPhee, of Plymouth, and the officer, whose name was not released, were taken by ambulance to Tobey Hospital. No updates were provided on the extent of their injuries.

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A body was pulled from the water in Brookline, Massachusetts, early Monday morning, police said.

Officers responded to the Brookline Reservoir at about 5:38 a.m. for a report of a body floating in the water, Brookline police said.

The person, whose name wasn’t released, was pulled from the water and CPR was performed, according to authorities.

The person was taken to the hospital. Their condition wasn’t immediately known.

The incident remains under investigation.

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