assault and battery

Two New York men have been arrested and charged with assault and battery following reports of a disturbance at a Holiday Inn in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Tewksbury police responded to reports of a disturbance at a Holiday Inn at 4 Highwood Drive on Thursday and arrested two male suspects after violent behavior during a confrontation at the scene. The two men…

A man drove into a Massachusetts liquor store early Saturday morning and was arrested after fighting with officers who’d used Tasers on him, police said. When the officers arrived at the scene at Rapid Liquors in Stoneham just after 1 a.m., they found the driver near the store’s cash registers, where he was smoking a cigar while drinking beer...

A 66-year-old man was beaten on Monday by a group of teenagers who had been firing Nerf guns at riders at an MBTA station, transit police said. Three members of the group were arrested later at a different station later on, MBTA Transit Police said Tuesday. The incident began about 7 p.m. at the Downtown Crossing station, where six or…

Several members of the Kardashian-Jenner family will be deposed once again.

Edwin Novas, arrested in the Dominican Republic in 2017 for a killing in Worcester, Massachusetts, was convicted of second-degree murder Friday afternoon by a Superior Court jury, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. He will be sentenced on Friday. The jury also found Novas guilty of armed assault and battery with intent to murder; carrying a…

Cellphone video shows a Boston police officer striking a 10-year-old boy on the head and face and taunting the child, an investigator said in court records. Sgt. Brian Dunford was arraigned Tuesday on an assault and battery charge after authorities obtained the video from his estranged wife’s cellphone through a search warrant. A detective wrote that Dunford is seen...

A sergeant with the Boston Police Department was arraigned on an assault and battery charge in a case involving a minor.

A sergeant with the Boston Police Department was ordered to stay away from his wife and children after being accused of assaulting a minor. Brian Dunford was arraigned Tuesday in an assault and battery case involving a minor who is known to him, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office said. The incident happened in December in Milton, Massachusetts. Prosecutors...

A Massachusetts woman faced a judge Monday for the alleged assault of a Vietnam veteran who was out supporting President Donald Trump over the weekend.

A Massachusetts woman charged with assaulting a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran out supporting President Donald Trump in Douglas over the weekend faced a judge on Monday. Kiara Dudley, 34, of Douglas, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault and battery on a person of 60 during her arraignment in Uxbridge District Court. She was released on $250 bail. It was…

A 29-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of another woman and the non-fatal stabbing of a man in Worcester earlier this week, police said. Naomi Lawrence was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the stabbings Tuesday night, Worcester police said in a statement Wednesday. Police responding to reports of…

A Massachusetts woman is facing several charges following what Worcester police say was a violent robbery at a nursing home and rehab facility. Several employees at Christopher House Nursing Home were seriously injured when a woman caught on surveillance video entered an office and took a purse. Since releasing the video last week, police were able to identify the suspect…

A Massachusetts State Police trooper who prosecutors say shot at the driver of an all-terrain vehicle with a semi-automatic rifle during a confrontation on a busy Boston highway early last year has pleaded not guilty to assault charges. Trooper Matthew Sheehan was released on personal recognizance after entering his plea Thursday.

A Massachusetts state police trooper who fired a semi-automatic rifle at an all-terrain vehicle and injured the operator early last year has been indicted 18 months later. A Suffolk County Grand Jury returned indictments Wednesday charging trooper Matthew Sheehan with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the incident on Interstate...

The lawyer for a Massachusetts special education teacher charged with assaulting students says the allegations were made up by a disgruntled teacher’s aide. Attorney Peter Pasciucco said Monday the police investigation into his client, 52-year-old Tricia Rossman, was “woefully inadequate.”

A special education teacher accused of abusing children at a Massachusetts elementary school appeared in court Monday on assault charges. Tricia Rossman, 52, of Rockland, pleaded not guilty in Quincy District Court on two counts of assault and battery on a disabled person and one count of assault and battery on a disabled person causing injury. The accusations stem from...

One person was shot by a state trooper and several arrested after a police chase on I-93 South.