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New details were revealed in court about a string of sexual assaults against women in Boston about 15 years ago that are now being blamed on a man who is now an attorney in the New York City area. Matthew Nilo, 35, faced charges of aggravated rape, kidnapping, assault with attempt to rape and indecent assault and battery in Suffolk…

Matthew Nilo pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The attorney who was arrested this week in New Jersey by police and the FBI is set to return to Boston to face charges in a series of sexual assaults and kidnappings from 2007 and 2008. Matthew Nilo appeared in Hudson County Superior Court Thursday morning for an extradition hearing after his arrest on Tuesday at his Weehawken apartment building…

Matthew Nilo’s arrest highlights the increased use of forensic genetic genealogy by investigators

Matthew Nilo, 35, who once lived in the North End, was arrested at his home in Weehawken, New Jersey, Tuesday, more than 15 years after he allegedly terrorized four victims in the Terminal Street area

The Boston Fire Department responded late Tuesday night to the recycling plant — located in the Bunker Hill Industrial Park — where heavy black smoke was seen coming from the structure.

Matthew Nilo, who investigators said is an attorney, is facing charges including three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault with intent to rape, and one count of indecent assault and battery.

A firefighter and a worker were taken to the hospital after a fire broke out at a recycling plant in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, according to city fire officials. The Boston Fire Department responded late Tuesday night to the recycling plant — located in the Bunker Hill Industrial Park — where heavy black smoke was seen coming from the…

A man was arrested after calling police to a bloodied basement apartment in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood early Monday morning where he’d allegedly gotten into a fight with a woman, leaving her face bruised and swollen. The man, 40-year-old Ismail Mohamed, used a razor to cut the area around her eyelids, telling officers he was trying to reduce the swelling,...

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Police were in Charlestown for hours Tuesday looking for a person who crashed a car and fled and foot.

Boston and state police spent hours searching an area near the Tobin Bridge in Charlestown for a wanted person who fled a car crash. Officers were leaving the scene just before 4 p.m. They didn’t find the person they were looking for, police said, but they did find a gun in the car and another in a building. The...

Alford Street in Charlestown was shut down in both directions over a car crash that resulted in life-threatening injuries Wednesday, Boston police said. The crash was reported around 3:30 p.m. Aerial footage from the scene showed a car and an SUV that appeared to have collided. Both vehicles suffered serious front-end damage. There was no immediate word on the number…

Parents of some Boston students are growing more and more concerned that kids have to dodge cars and trucks to cross the street. The issues start at Causeway Street and North Washington Street, where traffic merges from several lanes down to just one due to the ongoing construction tied to the replacement of the North Washington Bridge. “The anxiety is…

Some parents in Boston are worried that traffic troubles near one school in the North End could turn to tragedy.

Charlestown High School in Boston was placed on lockdown over a report of a person with a gun, Boston police said Tuesday. Police said they caught up with a person matching the description near the school, but no one was arrested, no injuries were reported and no weapon was found. The initial call came in around 2:13 p.m., police said….

The Boston Police Department asked for the public’s help Friday to find a 15-year-old girl last seen a week earlier in Charlestown. Police say Keyana Jackson has been missing since 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 14, when she was seen at Charlestown High School. Jackson is described as a light-skinned Black and Hispanic girl with curly hair and a medium build….

As the traffic backs up Wednesday evening over the bridge to Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood, the worry is only escalating. The project to replace the North Washington Bridge has been delayed a year, frustrating Charlestown residents. “I think our children are not safe,” Katy Fleming said. Fleming would know. “It was my daughter who was almost killed last December,” Fleming...

Cracks in the bridge connecting Charlestown to the rest of Boston are causing significant delays on the project.

A plan to replace an old turf field with a new one in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood is being met with resistance.