Massachusetts Police Department Cautions Parents About Drug Dealers Selling Kids Items From Marijuana Dispensaries
Drugs
Death investigation
December 19, 2023
Infant Boy’s Decomposing Body Found in Bag at Waterfront Park
Massachusetts prosecutors said on Tuesday that an infant boy found dead at a park earlier this month died a week before his body was discovered. WCVB reported that a woman walking a path near the water at Fort Taber Park found the baby’s body after smelling decomposition and spotting a blanket close to a group …
Murder
October 25, 2023
Murder Warrant Issued for Massachusetts Man Accused of Killing Wife
A murder warrant was issued Wednesday for a Massachusetts man suspected of fatally shooting his wife earlier this week. Investigators had already been searching for 33-year-old Air Force veteran Aaron Pennington after his wife, Breanne Pennington, was found shot dead inside the couple’s Gardner home on Sunday, as CrimeOnline reported. Police were alerted to the …
Court
October 25, 2023
Lindsay Clancy: Woman Who Strangled 3 Children Researched Ways to Kill on Her Phone
A Massachusetts mother charged with strangling her three children earlier this year alleged searched for ways to kill before the murders. The information came in search warrant affidavits made public this week, according to the Boston Globe. Lindsay Clancy, 32, was indicted by a grand jury last month on three counts of murder and strangulation …
Murder
October 24, 2023
MANHUNT Armed & Dangerous Vet’s Wife Shot Dead in Face, 4 Children Flee to Neighbors
Massachusetts police are searching for an “armed and dangerous” man who allegedly shot his wife in the face over the weekend, killing her. Investigators said they found 33-year-old Aaron Pennington’s white BMW late Monday afternoon, hidden in a wooded area of Gardner near the town line with Ashburnham, WCVB reported. Police issued a shelter-in-place order …
Murder
October 12, 2023
Blogger Charged With Witness Intimidation in Case of Woman Charged With Killing Cop Boyfriend
A blogger has been charged with witness intimidation in the case of a Massachusetts woman accused of hitting her police officer boyfriend with her vehicle and leaving him for dead in a snow bank last year. Aiden Kearney, who frequently wears “Free Karen Read” shirts and claims there’s an official coverup in the death of …
Missing
September 23, 2023
Missing: 24-Year-Old Massachusetts Woman Fails to Return Home from Work
Massachusetts police are looking for a 24-year-old woman who didn’t make it home after work on Thursday. Dedham Police say that Esther Pierre Isaac finished her shift at the Coast Guard Exchange in Boston on Thursday afternoon and left for home. She usually take the MBTA commuter train to Readville, they said, but her phone …
Child sex crimes
September 15, 2023
Cape Cod School Bus Driver Charged With Inappropriately Touch Student on His Bus
A Massachusetts school bus driver has been charged with aggravated indecent assault and reckless endangerment of a child. Barnstable Police arrested 80-year-old Jeffrey Hyland on Wednesday after receiving a report of the incident on a girl on the bus. Police said they recovered corroborating evidence. Hyland was held over night on a $5,000 bail until …
Drugs
September 14, 2023
Party Boat Owner Faces Drug and Gun Charges After Police Raid
The owner of a New England party yacht was arrested on drug and gun charges last week after Nantucket police raided the 80-foot Jess Conn when they were notified of a woman in distress on the vehicle. An application for a search warrant says a friend of that woman, who had been Facetiming with her …
Murder
July 16, 2023
Massachusetts Man Charged With Deadly Assault on His Wife
A 64-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested in connection with the beating death of his wife in their home Saturday night. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said a juvenile inside the Newton ]home called 911 just before 8:30 p.m. to report an ongoing assault, Boston 25 reported. Officers arrived to find Nancy Hanson, 54, severely injured. …
Missing
July 9, 2023
Non-Verbal 7-Year-Old Girl Missing in Massachusetts
Police in Massachusetts are searching for a 7-year-old girl who has autism and is non-verbal who disappeared from her neighborhood between 2 and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Anna is described as 4 feet 7 inches tall and about 70 pounds and was last seen wearing black shorts, a white vest, and a purple hair tie, …
Murder
June 27, 2023
Arrest Made in Triple Homicide of 50-Year Married Couple, Wife’s 97-Year-Old Mother
Authorities in Massachusetts arrested a suspect Monday in a triple murder that shocked the city of Newton when it was uncovered on Sunday morning. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said that Christopher Ferguson, 41, had been charged with the murders of 73-year-old Gilda “Jill” D’Amore, her 74-year-old husband Bruno D’Amore, and her 97-year-old mother Lucia …