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Corrections seems to be a changing field — one that is becoming more humanized, with added emphasis on finding the right kind of accountability for each individual, officials said.

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The prison population in Massachusetts has plummeted over the last decade — so much so, that the Commonwealth now boasts the lowest imprisonment rate in the country. The drop has been so significant that Massachusetts plans to close its oldest penitentiary, MCI Concord, this summer. But what’s behind the change? There’s not a single, straightforward answer. But in this...

Fed up with shoplifters and burglars, the owner of a lifestyle boutique in Los Angeles has chosen to publicly shame and expose thieves via social media as a way to catch them and discourage similar acts. 

Organized retail thefts and smash-and-grab incidents have made headlines recently. But the small-scale shoplifting that happens every day is an ongoing problem that cuts into the profits of small businesses. At the Wild Duck Wine & Spirits store in Boston, shoplifting is a daily problem, and managers have turned to cutting-edge AI technology to try to stop it. “It’s...

Organized retail crime rings can involve groups that sell stolen goods at flea markets and more sophisticated networks that resell stolen goods on Amazon.

A mother and daughter from New Bedford are at the center of three separate animal cruelty cases all tied to the same apartment where prosecutors say investigators found malnourished animals living among feces, urine and flies. Korina Ferreira, 46, was convicted by a jury in New Bedford District Court on Monday for a 2020 animal cruelty case. According to the…

Four people are accused of vandalizing a cellphone tower in West Boylston, Massachusetts, possibly to steal cable and sell it as scrap. West Boylston police said they responded to an alarm at the towner on Lawrence Street around 3:15 p.m. Friday. When they arrived they found four people who claimed to be subcontractors for T-Mobile with orders to decommission older…

A group of teenagers believed to be from the Chicago area broke into a luxury car dealership in Wisconsin and drove off with nine vehicles worth more than a half-million dollars, police said. Sunday’s heist at a Jaguar-Land Rover dealership in Waukesha was captured on surveillance camera footage showing nine masked suspects filing into the dealership before each drives...

Police are investigating the robberies of two stores in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood.

Boston police are looking for two suspects believed involved in two robberies in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood on Monday evening. The first happened at Hyde Park Market on River Street around 5:50 p.m. The second was at CVS on Hyde Park Avenue around 6:57 p.m. The suspects were not armed in either incident. One, described as a man...

Boston police are looking for a man accused of firing shots at another person in Roxbury last month. It happened near 236 Blue Hill Ave. around 7 a.m. on Jan. 25. Witnesses say the man pictured above got out of the passenger side of a vehicle and fired at another person, but missed. The suspect was wearing a black jacket…

A man facing child sexual abuse charges has been rearrested and ordered held without bail after he failed to show up for the start of his trial in Fall River Superior Court on Monday, authorities said. Fall River resident Scott Fontaine, 48, was ordered to appear in court Monday for the start of his trial but never showed up, according…

Investigators say the alleged gang members charged are responsible for dozens of violent crimes in the city and that they were recruiting children to help.

Over 40 people tied to a violent Boston gang suspected in three killings, other shootings, COVID fraud, and retail theft were charged Wednesday in a large-scale crackdown, federal and local authorities announced. Among the Heath Street gang’s victims was a 9-year-old girl seriously wounded in a shooting at a family gathering in Roxbury in 2016, authorities said. The gang operated…

UPDATE 2/15/2014: Fontaine was located and rearrested on Wednesday afternoon. A manhunt is underway for a man facing child sexual abuse charges after he failed to show up for the start of his trial in Fall River Superior Court on Monday, authorities said Tuesday. Fall River resident Scott Fontaine, 48, was ordered to appear in court Monday for the start…

A New Hampshire man has been charged with murder in the death of his half-brother last month. Jesse James Sullivan, 31, is accused in the shooting death of 19-year-old Zackary Sullivan in Concord, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said Monday. Jesse Sullivan is charged with second-degree murder and falsifying evidence. Officials say police responded to a shooting on Garvins…

New York Times Best-Selling author Casey Sherman visits the studio to dish on his new book “A Murder in Hollywood,” which follows the story of actress Lana Turner when she begins to date mobster Johnny Stompanato. 

BPD Commissioner Michael Cox sits down with NBC10 Boston to talk crime trends, challenges and goals. See the extended interview here.

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Police in Milford, Massachusetts, are looking for a man accused of robbing another man at knifepoint at a local convenience store. It happened around 5:20 p.m. Monday at the USB Connection Services convenience store on Main Street, police said. The store clerk, told police the suspect came into the store brandishing two knives and tried to slash him before leaving…

There is a spike in violent crimes against postal workers, according to the union that represents most of the workers in New England. Twice in the last week in the Boston area, a postal worker was robbed of their mail key — a robbery was caught on camera Thursday in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. A third attempted robbery happened Friday evening…