Crime & Public Safety

Boston Police sergeant accused of raping child held on $250,000 bail

A $250,000 bail order has been issued for the Boston Police officer who is accused of raping a teenage boy twice. West Roxbury resident ...

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Boston fire union backs tax provisions in President Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ amid local tensions

In an official White House promotional video for President Donald Trump’s proposed “big beautiful bill,” Boston fire union leadership discussed the advantages they saw ...

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Boston police sergeant charged with aggravated rape of 14-year-old

According to court documents made public on Monday, a Boston police sergeant has been charged with paying a 14-year-old for sex and committing aggravated ...

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Five injured, three critical, after horrific head-on crash in Gloucester

A terrible head-on collision on a highway bridge over the Annisquam River in Gloucester early in the morning left five people hurt, three of ...

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Stoughton cop accused of killing Sandra Birchmore adds death penalty specialist to defense team

As the accused murderer adds a death penalty expert to his defense team, the federal case against a Stoughton police officer who is suspected ...

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Cape Cod towns order indicted Massachusetts state lawmaker to resign

Since being federally indicted on fraud charges in April, a Massachusetts state senator has been absent from action and out of communication, leading his ...

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Karen Read and her attorney Alan Jackson launch script, book projects

Karen Read and Alan Jackson, her defense lawyer located in Los Angeles, are not yet divorcing. According to Variety, the two, who just received ...

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Disgraced prosecutor Rachael Rollins rolls over for Turtleboy’s Karen Read coverage

Aidan Kearney, a journalist for Turtleboy, claims he didn’t expect a thank-you note from disgraced former Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins for his coverage ...

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Howie Carr: Shut the bleep up, Tania!

Anderson, Tania Fernandes, If you refuse to leave, how can we possibly miss you? At her last meeting as a Boston City Councilor this ...

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Karen Read jury foreman breaks silence: Cost, ‘shoddy’ police work, ‘no justice’ for victim

There was no “a-ha” moment in the torturous case, according to Juror #1, the foreman in the Karen Read retrial, who told the Herald ...

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