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The Massachusetts man charged in connection with a Lawrence crash that killed an 11-year-old girl and seriously injured four others last month faced a judge on Wednesday. Following his grand jury indictment Monday, Selvin Lima, 23, pleaded not guilty in Salem Superior Court to charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, one count of assault and battery with...

A 45-year-old Uxbridge firefighter was charged Friday with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Abraham Rodas, of Douglas, sexually assaulted two girls around the age of 10, multiple times inside his home, prosecutors allege.

A Massachusetts man is facing charges in connection with last month’s fatal hit-and-run crash in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood, according to police. Everett resident Allen Williams, 65, was arrested Monday morning in connection with the July 25 crash. He faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident after causing death and operating a motor vehicle after suspension or revocation.

A 21-year-old Newport Beach man was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on a murder charge stemming from the January killing of a former high school classmate, whose death has been deemed a hate crime by prosecutors because he was gay.

Authorities say an 86-year-old resident of a Massachusetts nursing home’s dementia ward has been beaten to death and they suspect his roommate.

Davongie Stone of the South End faced a judge Wednesday after being charged in a stabbing that nearly left a man dead this weekend.

Authorities say a Los Angeles teacher has been charged with smuggling heroin and cellphones to a San Quentin inmate on death row.