Lawrence Police

All public school in Lawrence, Massachusetts, were locked down on Wednesday over a gun violence threat, according to police. A person called Lawrence police about 10:30 a.m. making a threat involving the possibility of gun violence and suicide at the high school, police said. All Lawrence Public Schools were locked down and officers went to the Lawrence High School campus,…

A Massachusetts police officer was found guilty Tuesday of raping a child. Carlos Vieira, 53, was arrested in February of 2019. Authorities said the officer with the Lawrence Police Department raped a 13-year-old boy he met on Grindr, a dating app, in the summer of 2018. The victim’s mother reported the incident to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office when…