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The former president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association accused of sexually assaulting and raping a young relative faced a judge Thursday.

A man arrested in connection with Friday’s shooting at the South Shore Plaza in Braintree, Massachusetts, was ordered held without bail during his arraignment Monday.

A Massachusetts woman faces charges in connection with the 2015 death of a 2-year-old foster child in her care and injuries to a second toddler in her custody. Prosecutors say 39-year-old Kimberly Malpass, of Auburn, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on reckless endangerment of a child and misleading a police investigation charges. Authorities say both children were found unresponsive…

A Massachusetts man has been charged in the fatal stabbing of another man in Cambridge last week, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. Jose Bermudez, 55, was arrested Thursday and arraigned telephonically in Cambridge District Court on charges of murder and aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Bermudez is accused of killing 33-year-old Danilo Perez on April…

A Massachusetts man accused of murdering his mother and stabbing his stepfather at a home in Amesbury over the weekend faced a judge on Monday. John Brittan, 27, of Amesbury, was ordered held without bail during his arraignment Monday in Newburyport District Court where he was charged with murder, assault and battery on a person over 60 and assault with…

Investigators say 27-year-old John Brittan stabbed his mother and step-father on Saturday, killing his mom and injuring his step-father.

A Massachusetts man accused of killing a Lawrence department of public works employee last month faced a judge on Monday.

A Massachusetts woman was scheduled to face a judge Tuesday in a violent robbery at a Worcester nursing home.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl, who was rescued thanks to the public’s help.

Aneudy Delgado Torres, 39, was arraigned on two murder charges Wednesday in the weekend shooting death of a father and son in Framingham. James Wade, 24, and his 45-year-old father James “Manny” Wade were ambushed in a barrage of bullets in the parking lot outside a housing complex on Second Street Friday night, prosecutors said. Hearing those details in court…

A Massachusetts man faced a judge Wednesday in the November death of a woman whose body was found near a wastewater treatment plant in Athol. Keith Hamel, 23, of Athol, was arraigned in Franklin Superior Court on charges of murder, armed robbery, misleading police and tampering with evidence. Hamel, who was already being held without bail in the Nov. 11…

The alleged gunman in the double murder of a father and son in Framingham is due in court.

The Massachusetts woman arrested in connection to the death of her 2-year-old daughter returned to court on Friday for her alleged role in the tragedy. Shaniqua Leonard, 29, was arrested Thursday in Dorchester on a charge of reckless endangerment of a child for the death of her daughter, Lyric Farrell. The girl was found unresponsive on Dec. 28 at a…

A Boston mother arrested in connection to the death of her 2-year-old daughter is due back in court.

Authorities arrested the mother of a 2-year-old Whitman girl who died, charging her with reckless child endangerment.

Investigators are searching for a man on the run who is believed to be tied to a string of break-ins in Massachusetts.

A Massachusetts man accused of killing his girlfriend, whose body was found at a Tewksbury apartment complex in September, faced a judge on Tuesday. Eric Griffin, 40, of Tewksbury, pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, strangulation and domestic assault and battery during his arraignment in Middlesex Superior Court. Griffin was indicted on the charges last month in the…

A Massachusetts man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing his girlfriend at their Tewksbury apartment in September.

A man who police say stabbed a Massachusetts State Police trooper on Interstate 495 in Amesbury was arraigned in his hospital bed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on Friday. Nathan Aguilar, 18, of Melrose, was charged with aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault and battery. A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf….

A Massachusetts man accused of stabbing a state police trooper on Interstate 495 in Amesbury was arraigned from his hospital bed on Friday.