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Actor Shia LaBeouf has been allowed to enter a 12-month diversion program in a criminal case in which he is charged with misdemeanor battery and petty theft.

Police have identified the man who they believe stabbed two women on Taft Street in Dorchester on Sunday.

Swampscott has been the site of a number of political protests in recent months. For weeks, however, supporters of 32-year-old Ernst Jean-Jacques have gathered in town to demand that an assault case stemming from one of those protests be dismissed — and the case is going to trial. Jean-Jacques disputes a police report that alleges he “clenched and closed his…

Despite calls to dismiss assault charges stemming from a protest in Swampscott, Massachusetts last year, the case of Ernst Jean-Jacques is going to trail.

The U.S. has charged 320 people for participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and the Department of Justice says it expects to file charges against at least 100 more, stating that it will likely be one of the largest investigations and prosecutions in American history.

The self-improvement guru was sentenced on charges that he turned female members of the group into sex slaves and even branded some with his initials.

Columbia Gas, the utility behind the deadly 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions, will pay a $53 million fine and be sold by its parent company, NiSource.

Lawrence Ray — the federal informant whose information helped lead to the arrest of former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik — has been arrested by the FBI on sex trafficking and other charges, according to the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Ray “targeted a group of college students and others for indoctrination and criminal…

Alexander Man, 24, is facing OUI charges for crashing his pickup truck into a Dedham home Sunday night.

A man accused of crashing his pickup truck into a Dedham, Massachusetts home, pinning and injuring an elderly woman in the process, was allegedly driving under the influence, according to police. Alexander Mann, 24, was charged with an OUI with bodily injury and a marked lanes violation in Dedham District Court on Monday morning. The crash happened shortly after 8…

Nia Hamm reports from Dedham, where Alexander Mann is facing OUI charges after crashing his pickup truck into a house in town.

Federal prosecutors are accusing singer R. Kelly of scheming with others to pay for a fake ID for an unnamed female a day before he married R&B singer Aaliyah, then 15 years old, in a secret ceremony in 1994. The revised indictment, filed Thursday in New York, accuses Kelly of paying a bribe in exchange for a “fraudulent identification document”…

The attorney for a man accused of shooting two Massachusetts police officers says it’s likely one was wounded by his fellow officer during the gunfire. Defense attorney Brian Kelley says he believes Falmouth officer Donald DeMiranda fired the bullet that wounded Officer Ryan Moore during the July 2018 shooting with his client Malik Koval. Koval pleaded not guilty to more…

A Massachusetts man charged with setting a fire that resulted in the death of a firefighter wants a judge to drop the murder, arson and burglary charges against him. Momoh Kamara, of West Boylston, pleaded not guilty in March in the Dec. 9 death of Worcester firefighter Christopher Roy.

The man charged with killing rapper Nipsey Hussle pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2019.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with soliciting another to commit prostitution in Florida, according to officials.

Three men accused of posting racist fliers around East Boston faced a judge on weapons and resisting arrest charges Tuesday. Twenty-year-old Malden resident Christopher Hood, 18-year-old Rochester, New York, resident Tylar Larson and 26-year-old Lowell resident Matthew Wolf were arrested Friday night with the fliers in their hands, according to authorities. About 50 fliers that said, “Keep America American. Report...

Three dancers at a famous Rhode Island strip club charged with prostitution have pleaded not guilty and been released on personal recognizance. Prosecutors say the women who worked at the Foxy Lady in Providence offered to perform sex acts on undercover officers in the club’s VIP section exchange for cash, and did so with the knowledge of club management.

A 29-year-old man was recovered from the Fort Point Channel Wednesday morning after he allegedly carjacked a taxi and broke into a building in Boston. William Thoresen, of Shirley, was rescued from the water shortly after 2:45 a.m. after he jumped into the channel, according to the Boston Police Department.

A New Hampshire couple is facing charges in connection with the death of their toddler who overdosed on fentanyl and cocaine in May. Joshua Garvey and Christen Gelinas face charges of manslaughter and negligent homicide.