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Some residents of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood went into their kitchen on Christmas Eve to find a stranger. Ring doorbell video allegedly shows Olive Sampeur of Brooklyn, New York, stealing a Jeep belonging to Alec Donegan’s girlfriend. He lives in Dorchester with four roommates. He came home on Dec. 22 to find the Jeep gone, so he went next door...

When some Dorchester residents went into their kitchen on Christmas Eve, they found a stranger, tackling him before police arrived.

Fall River Police said two people have been arrested for breaking in and stealing various items out of a daycare in the city. Police say responded to reports of break ins at Pumpkin Patch Daycare on 1310 South Main Street on December 10 and 11. 44-year old Eric Teasdale and 37-year-old Renae Frank were arrested after several items suspected to…

The man authorities say was caught on camera trying to break into apartments of Merrimack College students faced a judge Wednesday in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Essex County District Attorney’s Office said 26-year-old Adam Auditore of Medford broke into three apartments at Royal Crest Estates in North Andover Monday, and tried to get into several others. “One female victim stated...

Harvard students are on alert after someone broke into four dorms, stealing pricey electronics.

Harvard students are on alert after someone broke into four dorms, stealing pricey electronics.

The items reported stolen late Friday into early Saturday include laptops, iPads, AirPods, a backpack, wallet, cash, and other miscellaneous items, Harvard police said.

Items set to be auctioned off, including more than $1,000 worth of gift cards, were stolen from the Boys & Girls Club in Salisbury.

Thieves stole thousands of dollars’ worth of donations, equipment and cash from a Boys & Girls Club in Salisbury, Massachusetts, over the weekend, according to club staff. According to Jim Keenan, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Lower Merrimack Valley, staff first discovered the break-in on Sunday. It appears the thief, or thieves, got into the Maple…

Police are investigating two home break-ins that occurred in broad daylight last week in Somerville, Massachusetts. The first break-in was reported around 8:43 a.m. on March 17 in the area of McGrath Highway and Boston Street. Upon arrival, officers spoke with the caller, who said she had heard a loud bang on the side of her home and then saw…

Police in Wilmington, Massachusetts, are investigating whether two recent home break-ins are connected. The incidents happened over the weekend in the Cunningham Street area. In both cases, police say the burglar acted quickly and didn’t stay long. On Tuesday police released video of a suspect from a resident’s Ring camera. “I came home from work and went upstairs to...

Police are investigating whether two home break-ins in Wilmington are connected.

A Massachusetts man accused of attempting to break into the tiger enclosure at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo is due in court Tuesday. Matthew Abraham, 24, of Worcester, was arrested Monday and is being charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct, state police said.

The break-in was brazen and appeared planned. Surveillance video showed seven suspects rushing Wednesday into Motorsports Nation in Seekonk, Massachusetts, immediately targeting bikes lined up against the back wall. “It has been a rough couple of days,” Bryan Cooper said. Cooper says the alarms started going off early Wednesday morning as the seven busted the front door and immediately went…

A group broke into a motorsports store in Seekonk, stealing nine dirt bikes.

Police in Hull are investigating a deadly car crash, a home invasion and an assault.

A passenger was killed late Thursday night after a driver crashed a vehicle that had reportedly been stolen in Hull, Massachusetts. At about 10 p.m. Thursday, authorities say 40-year-old Karl Sault crashed a pickup truck he had just stolen from a car dealership on Nantasket Avenue. His passenger, 52-year-old Michael Peters of Hull, was ejected and died at the scene….

Mark Pincus, 35 of Plymouth, is due in court Monday for allegedly trying to force his way into a college student’s apartment, fleeing and then stabbing a man who was sitting in his truck nearby.

Mark Pincus, 35 of Plymouth, appeared in court Monday for allegedly trying to force his way into a college student’s apartment, fleeing and then stabbing a man who was sitting in his truck nearby. The college student living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said she fought off the man who was armed with a knife Sunday morning. “He was using a screwdriver…

Police in Franklin are asking the public for help in tracking down a burglar who stole more than $10,000 in goods from a jewelry store.