Investigations

Crumbling concrete, exposed rebar, and rusted steel. That’s what pictures from an inspection report obtained through an open records request show on one of the most traveled bridges in the state.   Known simply as structure #111, a bridge on the Massachusetts turnpike in Allston is the gateway to Boston.  “That is a structurall...

The Town of Mansfield stated Ron Sellon is not fit to serve as Police Chief, but Sellon says this controversy all started back in 2019 after taking an early morning phone call from the town manager

Town leaders say Mansfield Police Chief Ron Sellon is not fit to continue serving as police chief, and the town will now begin “dealing with” Sellon’s employment status.

It’s pretty easy to see why Norman Courtemanche loves enjoying Salisbury Reservation Beach with his family. During a recent sunny, 90-degree day, Courtemanche sat in a chair and admired the coastal scenery. “It’s a beautiful area to be in,” he said. “Especially on a day like this. You can’t beat it.” But over the years, the Lowell resident told......

Bill Howland and Elayna Collin are still recovering from a serious car accident that sent them to hospital on April 25, 2021. It’s a moment they said forever changed their lives. “I had a broken left pelvis that was smashed pretty good. I had to have a hip replacement,” said Howland, a carpenter who said he has been unable to…

You might call it the tale of two schools. Because under one roof– and a leaky one at that– the Jackson Mann School was permanently shut down on June 27—its students and staff dispersed, its supplies transported across the city. But, there is another school in the same failing building. The Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of&#8...

A photo exclusively obtained by the NBC10 Investigators shows the hand blisters suffered by one trainee after he and other Massachusetts State Police recruits performed “bear crawls” on hot pavement at the Academy in New Braintree. The “unauthorized exercises” resulted in at least 20 trainees being treated by medical staff a...

A new image shows a “severely deteriorated” support column at the Government Center Garage in downtown Boston that disrupted MBTA service last month. The image, obtained by the NBC10 Investigators in a records request, shows a corroded column surrounded by work equipment. It was the only image of the column the MBTA had; MBTA General Ma...

A Massachusetts clerk magistrate has allowed a case against former Brockton Police Chief Emanuel Gomes to move forward over a three-vehicle crash Gomes was involved in last year.

Ron Sellon is breaking his silence. At his home in Mansfield, Massachusetts, the police chief sat down for an exclusive interview with the NBC10 Boston Investigators to discuss why he has been on paid administrative leave for months. As we first reported in April, town leaders never disclosed his status to taxpayers until we started asking question...

A clerk magistrate hearing tied to a police chief’s three-vehicle crash will be opened to the public, following a successful legal argument by the NBC10 Investigators.

Massachusetts lawmakers are pushing legislation intended to help protect consumers after the NBC10 Boston Investigators uncovered a pool contractor’s path of destruction in our “To Catch a Contractor series. Many homeowners paid big bucks for pools and ended up with shoddy work or never got them installed at all. House Bill 424 aims to ...

A woman from Lawrence, Massachusetts, paid hundreds of dollars for driving classes she never received, and was only able to get some of her money back after she called our sister station, Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra. Tomasa Cruz had registered in Methuen Driving School, paying $600, in February 2020, just before the pandemic struck. “They call...