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Taxpayers in Melrose, Massachusetts, will vote in November on whether to replace their outdated public safety buildings. The development comes after an NBC10 Boston investigation revealed a litany of issues inside the city’s fire stations, including no heat in the winter, leaking roofs, rodent infestation and raw sewage. Our story also raised safety issues for the first responders who...

Residents in Melrose will vote on whether to replace the outdated facilities after an NBC10 Boston investigation showed problems at the city’s fire stations.

Warning: This story contains graphic details that could be offensive or disturbing to some readers. An outside investigator will now look into troubling allegations involving an officer with the Quincy Police Department. The department launched an internal investigation last month into the allegations against officer Andrew Keenan. The NBC10 Boston Investigators reported earlier this month that Keenan was accused of…

An outside investigator will look into 2017 allegations against a Quincy officer, son of the city’s police chief at the time.

Warning: This story contains graphic details that could be offensive or disturbing to some readers. The NBC10 Boston Investigators questioned a Quincy police officer, who is on paid administrative leave and at the center of an investigation involving allegations that he sent a sexually explicit photo of himself to a young woman with developmental disabilities years ago. Our team first…

The NBC10 Boston Investigators questioned a Quincy police officer accused of sending a sexually explicit photo of himself to a young woman with developmental disabilities in 2017, as well as his father, the city’s police chief at the time.

An internal investigation has been launched into how the case was handled in 2017. Andrew Keenan, who is politically connected in Quincy, was placed on paid administrative leave last month.

Warning: This story contains graphic details that could be offensive or disturbing to some readers. The oath taken to wear the badge and public trust is now under scrutiny at the Quincy Police Department after disturbing allegations involving officer Andrew Keenan surfaced from 2017. Keenan was placed on paid administrative leave last month amidst allegations that he sent a sexually…

Escalators are essential to make public transportation accessible for all riders, but the escalators at some MBTA stations have been out of service for extended periods of time.

After three knee surgeries, Maria Termini felt every step ascending the stairs at the busy Forest Hills MBTA station during her commute home from work. Meantime, the adjacent escalator remained out of service for months. Termini said she tried complaining to T staffers, but the escalator stayed motionless week after week. On social media, riders also expressed their frustration to…

The state’s emergency assistance shelter system is overburdened with many families in need of help.

The Massachusetts emergency assistance shelter system is bursting at the seams as more and more families are in need of help. Hundreds of families are being placed in hotels and the costs are staggering.  Massachusetts is the country’s only right-to-shelter state, which guarantees homeless families emergency housing.  While the state is scrambling to find more units the NBC10 Boston...

Thousands of families experiencing homelessness across Massachusetts are guaranteed emergency housing in the state, leading to many arriving in hotels without warning and causing challenges for cities and towns.

Thousands of families are experiencing homelessness across Massachusetts and there’s no end to the housing crisis in sight.  This is happening as more people in need of help are being housed in hotels by the state.  Many families arrived in hotels without warning so there was no plan in place causing frustration and challenges at the local level. The...

A school crossing guard was hit by a car while working; the alleged driver was charged with a crime, but on the day of the trial, the judge suddenly threw the case out.

Following his retirement, John Rolfe stayed active as a traffic director for the Town of Stoneham, making sure kids got home safely from school. “I really enjoyed it,” Rolfe expressed. In March of 2021, Rolfe was on duty near William Street and Elm Street when he said a car veered around a line of stopped vehicles in an effort to…

An NBC10 investigation revealed allegations against Robert Kennedy, including the high-ranking officer’s 20-year history of evictions, unpaid judgments and even receiving taxpayer-funded rental assistance.

Town leaders in Stoneham are asking state authorities to investigate allegations against a former high-ranking police officer, according to a letter obtained by the NBC10 Investigators. The letter sent to the Massachusetts Attorney General and Middlesex District Attorney requests those agencies to take a closer look at Robert Kennedy, who resigned from the Stoneham Police Department last month. An NBC10…

The Justice Department’s “Operation KleptoCapture” is seeking to seize luxury real-estate in the Hamptons, New York City and Miami Beach valued at $75 million and belonging to Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, court documents show.

After weeks of staying tight-lipped and refusing to answer questions, Stoneham town leaders have released their first public comments in the wake of the NBC10 Boston Investigators’ report on Detective Sgt. Robert Kennedy.