home invasion

A Massachusetts man faced a judge Tuesday while prosecutors alleged he broke into an elderly woman’s home in Merrimac earlier this month where he strangled and raped her. William S. Raia, 50, of Merrimac, was arrested Monday evening at his home by local and state police, more than two weeks after the July 3 incident, authorities said. Raia is charged…

A Merrimac man is accused of raping, kidnapping and strangling a 74-year-old woman inside her home.

The man accused of breaking into a Merrimac home and raping a woman appeared in court Tuesday.

A Merrimac man is due in court Tuesday for allegedly breaking into an elderly woman’s home and assaulting her earlier this month.

A Merrimac man has been arrested in connection with a home invasion and sexual assault that happened in the Massachusetts town earlier this month, officials announced. William S. Raia, 50, was arrested Monday evening at his home by local and state police, more than two weeks after the July 3 incident, Merrimac Police Chief Eric Shears and Essex District Attorney…

William S. Raia, 50, is charged with four counts of aggravated rape, kidnapping, home invasion, strangulation and assault and battery causing bodily injury on an elderly person.

Doorbell camera video shows a man confidently walking into a home Sunday afternoon in Northbridge, Massachusetts, while appearing to text on his cell phone. The problem is, he doesn’t live here. “It’s bizarre, it’s unsettling, it’s nerve-wracking, it doesn’t make any sense,” said homeowner Tarah Schweitzer. Schweitzer says she, her husband and other adult relatives were in the backyard...

Police in Northbridge are investigating a home invasion that was caught on camera.

Police have released a composite sketch of a suspect who remains at large after allegedly attacking an elderly woman inside her home over the weekend in Merrimac, Massachusetts. The suspect is described as a 5’5 to 5’6” tall man, approximately 40 years old with short brown hair, a thin build and a light complexion with a seasonal tan. Police are…

Neighbors in the community are hoping to get more information and say the biggest concern is that the suspect is still out there.

A woman was threatened with a knife and repeatedly assaulted after a man broke into her home Saturday night in Merrimac, Massachusetts, according to police. The man allegedly woke the woman up after he broke into her Hillside Avenue home around 11:10 p.m. He threatened her with the knife and repeatedly assaulted her, police said. At some point, she was...

A man with a knife assaulted a woman inside her bedroom after breaking into her house.

The homeowners say the intruder got in after taking a garage door opener from an unlocked car.

A 26-year-old man was shot after multiple people forced their way into his first floor apartment in Dudley, Massachusetts overnight, according to authorities. A woman and two children were inside the apartment, located at 12 Green Street, when it was broken into around midnight, according to Dudley Police Chief Steve Wojnar. There was a confrontation between the man and the…

A 26-year-old man was shot after multiple people forced their way into his first floor apartment in Dudley, Massachusetts overnight, according to authorities.

A violent fugitive was apprehended Wednesday when police found him hiding inside a rolled up rug on the roof of a residence in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tyler Rawson, 26, is facing charges for home invasion, breaking and entering a building in the nighttime to commit a felony, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, making threats and firearm and ammunition offenses….

Investigators say a 12-year-old boy shot and killed one of two men who forced their way into the apartment of his 73-year-old grandmother, demanding money and shooting her in the leg

Police say the boy opened fire on two intruders, killing one, after they forced their way into a North Carolina apartment and demanded money, shooting his grandmother.

A Maryland woman whose encounter with an intruder was caught on a video that went viral says the home invasion has shaken her and she wants to move.

A man allegedly forced one victim to tie up another during a home invasion in Medford, Massachusetts. Police say a man wearing a ski mask and armed with a gun approached a woman while she was taking out trash behind a home in the Fellsway West area around 6:30 p.m Tuesday. He allegedly forced her back into the home. The…