Brockton

Police in Brockton, Massachusetts, are investigating a possible hate crime after jugs of urine with degrading and racist messages were left in a family’s driveway. Plastic gallon jugs filled with urine were left outside the home of Marlon Green, the only minority candidate running for city council in Ward 1. “This is our home,” said Green. “This is where...

Police in Brockton, Massachusetts, are investigating a possible hate crime after jugs of urine with degrading and racist messages were left in a family’s driveway.

A possible hate crime is under investigation in Brockton after a family found jugs of urine in its driveway.

A cyberattack is impacting computers at the Brockton Police Department, but officials say essential department functions are not being affected. Mayor Robert Sullivan said the incident has not halted the department’s ability to respond to emergency calls, patrol the community or perform other police functions. “We have no reason to believe this was a targeted attack,” Sullivan said. “Although...

A man was arrested Monday on a murder charge after a deadly stabbing in Brockton, Massachusetts. The stabbing happened Sunday evening on the 500 block of North Main Street, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office. Police responded to a 911 call shortly after 7:30 p.m. and arrived to find a man suffering from multiple stab wounds to his…

A bank was robbed at gunpoint in Brockton, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning, and police arrested two people they were searching for several hours later. No one was hurt in the robbery at the Santander bank on Torrey Street about 10 a.m., according to the Brockton Police Department. Officers chased after the robbers, two men who were wearing black hooded sweatshirts, but…

The victim of a fatal shooting in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, over the weekend was identified Monday as a former college football star. Keshaudas Spence, 29, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was found in the passenger seat of a car suffering from a gunshot wound at about 4:45 a.m. Saturday, Pawtucket police said in a statement. He was taken to the hospital where…

A Brockton man who has served as a volunteer high school football coach was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child rape, possessing child pornography and more, authorities said.

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A Brockton man who has served as a volunteer high school football coach was arraigned Thursday on charges of child rape, possessing child pornography and more, authorities said.

A Brockton man who has served as a volunteer high school football coach was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child rape, possessing child pornography and more, authorities said.

The life of boxing champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler is being celebrated in his hometown of Brockton this weekend. Hagler died in March at the age of 66, and the celebration Sunday would have been his 67th birthday, The Enterprise reported. “Marvelous Marvin Hagler has been an inspiration and a source of civic pride for Brockton for generations,” Mayor Robert Sullivan…

A vigil was held Monday evening in memory of two young boys who drowned in Brockton, Massachusetts. Two cousins — 12-year-old Tiago Depina and 13-year-old Rafael Andrande — were pulled from Waldo Lake at D.W. Field Park Saturday after initially being reported missing around 7:30 p.m., according to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office. The vigil was held by Waldo…

Two young boys are dead after being pulled from the water at a park in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Saturday. The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that two cousins — 12-year-old Tiago Depina and 13-year-old Rafael Andrande — were pulled from Waldo Lake at D.W. Field Park on Saturday after initially being reported missing around 7:30 p.m. Multiple 911 calls…

A vigil will be held Tuesday for two young boys by the lake where they drowned in Brockton, Massachusetts.

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that two cousins — 12-year-old Tiago Depina and 13-year-old Rafael Andrande — were pulled from Waldo Lake at D.W. Field Park on Saturday after initially being reported missing around 7:30 p.m.

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that two cousins — 12-year-old Tiago Depina and 13-year-old Rafael Andrande — were pulled from Waldo Lake at D.W. Field Park on Saturday after initially being reported missing around 7:30 p.m.

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that two boys, 12-year-old Tiago Depina and 13-year-old Rafael Andrande, cousins from Brockton and students at South Middle School, were pulled from Waldo Lake.

The children, aged 12 and 13, were recovered from about 10 feet below the surface of Waldo Lake Saturday night.

Two boys, aged 12 and 13, were recovered by a diving team Saturday night after drowning in a lake in Brockton, Mass.