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Facing widespread anger from police chiefs and victims' advocates, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday pleaded patience in the administrative review of the state Parole Board's decision to free a violent career criminal who allegedly shot and killed a Woburn police officer last week
Read More →Starting Jan. 1, Maguire was scheduled to leave the busy night shift and retire in about a year. Woburn Chief Philip Mahoney said telling Maguire's wife of 23 years that her husband had been fatally shot was "one of the saddest duties I ever had to do."
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Just after 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Woburn PD's Officer John B. "Jack" Maguire, a 34-year veteran of the force, responded to an attempted robbery by three men at a Kohl's during a snowstorm.
Read More →Fairhaven (Mass.) Police Detective Pamela Bourgault was recognized with a lifetime achievement award for being "a tireless advocate for senior citizens and victims of domestic violence."
Read More →An 18-year Massachusetts State Police veteran and Army hero was arrested Saturday morning, after he allegedly drove drunk, pointed a gun at an off-duty Boston police officer and fired a shot into the ceiling of his house.
Read More →According to the report, the award covers a nine-year period ending in 2003 in which members of the now-defunct Boston Municipal Police Department were assigned to properties owned by the Boston Housing Authority. The state Division of Labor ruled that work there legally belonged to the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association.
Read More →In the photos, Sgt. William Nasuti is seen posing with three underage women. A large bottle of alcohol can be seen in two of the shots, including one where it rests on the trunk of Nasuti's police cruiser.
Read More →Salem PD's Dave Hyatt stopped a vehicle, after the driver and passenger yelled obscenities about his traffic direction. While taking an ID from a female passenger, driver William Manning accelerated, catching the officer's arm and dragging him several yards before he fell to the ground.
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The case represents an increasing trend where criminals mutilate their fingertips so they can't be connected by police to their earlier crimes. The Suffolk County district attorney said the trend has been increasingly on display during "heavy weight drug cases."
Read More →The highest-ranking supervisors in the Boston Police Department are expected to receive 14 percent salary boosts, which city officials say is necessary to keep their pay on par with that of the officers they oversee.
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