home invasion

The woman sat up and said “Don’t shoot me,” before she was slain in what investigators described as a “targeted” hit.

Paul Pelosi is awake and coherent and talking with investigators from his hospital bed days after he was attacked and brutally beaten in a home invasion early Friday, according to a report from NBC News citing a source with knowledge of the investigation.

Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was violently assaulted inside his home Friday morning in San Francisco, according to a Pelosi spokesman and local police.

The Boston Police Department is looking for a man wanted in a sexual assault and home invasion Monday in Jamaica Plain. The incident happened around noon on Arborway, police said. Neighbors say they didn’t hear anything and are alarmed by the crime. “I’m just devastated for them it’s a horrible thing because this is such a lovely street,” Vanessa...

A man dressed only in underwear tried to break into a Maine home on Sunday, then led police on a chase that ended when his SUV crashed into a lake, authorities said.

The scanner traffic between first responders in Litchfield, New Hampshire, only begins to describe the horror unfolding inside a house on Evergreen Circle Tuesday night. “Male party, unknown, allegedly has the husband in a headlock,” explained the dispatcher. Prosecutors say 25-year-old Ian Morris broke into the home at 11:54 pm on Tuesday. “The defendant had just shown up at their…

A couple fought off a hatchet-wielding man during a violent attack at their house in Litchfield, New Hampshire.

After an 80-year-old woman from Lincolnwood didn’t send her daily Wordle score to family, those close to her notified police, who found the grandmother held captive by an armed intruder inside her home, according to authorities.

Police are looking for a man who broke into a home and stabbed a 19-year-old woman.

A 19-year-old woman as injured with a knife during a home invasion, part of a string of break-ins.

A 19-year-old woman was hurt when a man came at her with a knife during a home invasion Wednesday morning, according to Melrose Police. Police said it happened around 2:50 a.m. at a home on Lynde Street. The man allegedly broke into the home and demanded something from someone inside, which led to a fight. During that confrontation, a 19-year-old…

Bryan Purdie faces multiple charges including home invasion, kidnapping and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

A suspect accused of forcing his way into a Falmouth home and kidnapping a woman at gunpoint before leading police on a car chase through town is now behind bars, being held without bail.

Bryan Purdie is due in Falmouth District Court Friday for allegedly forcing his way into a Falmouth home and kidnapping a woman at gunpoint before leading police on a car chase through town.

Bryan Purdie is due in Falmouth District Court Friday for allegedly forcing his way into a Falmouth home and kidnapping a woman at gunpoint before leading police on a car chase through town. Falmouth Police said the situation began Thursday just after 2 p.m. when the suspect, identified as 32-year-old Purdie of Falmouth, forced his way into a home on…

A home invasion, attempted kidnapping and vehicle chase took place on Cape Cod, police say.

A man is accused of forcing his way into a Falmouth home and then kidnapping a woman at gunpoint before leading police on a car chase through town.

Mark Pincus, 35 of Plymouth, is due in court Monday for allegedly trying to force his way into a college student’s apartment, fleeing and then stabbing a man who was sitting in his truck nearby.

Mark Pincus, 35 of Plymouth, appeared in court Monday for allegedly trying to force his way into a college student’s apartment, fleeing and then stabbing a man who was sitting in his truck nearby. The college student living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said she fought off the man who was armed with a knife Sunday morning. “He was using a screwdriver…

The student says the man was using a screwdriver, trying to get into her door.