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A man was fatally shot in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Wednesday night and his suspected killer was arrested, authorities said. Jason Rivera was charged with murder and is being held without bail, the Essex District Attorney’s Office and Lawrence police said in a statement Thursday. The shooting took place on or near Margin Street on Wednesday evening, authorities said. The man...

Surveillance video shows a car smash into a utility pole in a wreck that knocked out power to the area. The driver is facing OUI charges.

A car took out three power poles in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Thursday morning and left dozens of residents without power. 

Dozens of residents in Lawrence, Massachusetts, were left without power Thursday morning after a serious crash knocked down utility poles. The incident occurred at about 11 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Lawrence Street, where utility crews were seen in bucket trucks working to restore power. Police say the driver, identified as 36-year-old Efren Alvarez, was driving drunk when he…

Federal authorities looking for the man suspected of a deadly shooting in a Lawrence, Massachusetts, nightclub early in the morning on Christmas Eve 2023 are offering a reward for help catching him. Franklin Laras is considered armed and dangerous, according to a wanted poster from the U.S. Marshals. They’re offering up to $5,000 for help bringing him into custody for…

William Castro, the provisional chief of the Lawrence Police Department, has been suspended by the POST Commission.

The police chief in Lawrence, Massachusetts, has been placed on administrative leave. The Massachusetts POST Commission states William Castro violated department policies during a car chase and claims he was untruthful in his written report. 

William Castro, provisional police chief in Lawrence, Massachusetts, has been placed on paid administrative leave, Mayor Brian DePena announced Friday morning. DePena said that effective immediately, Lt. Melix Bonilla has been placed in charge of the police department as the provisional police chief. The order of suspension from the Massachusetts POST Commission said Castro “engaged in a motor-vehicle pursuit in…

Confiscated dirt bikes are winding up back on the roads in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and investigators say it’s causing problems. Tow truck companies are being asked to transport the bikes to their yards after they’ve been confiscated and it’s those same tow truck companies that are reselling the bikes back to people in the community, according to Lawrence police. Council...

Driving dirt bikes on the road is illegal in Lawrence, Massachusetts, but now investigators say some of those bikes are returning to their roads.

A Lawrence High School basketball coach was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a female student at a motel in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 2022.

A man wanted for more than a year for allegedly using a guitar and a rock to attack a group at a New Hampshire campground was arrested Thursday in Massachusetts, the U.S. Marshals said. David Makin, a 51-year-old from Manchester, New Hampshire, was arrested in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on charges including attempted murder, the fugitive-hunting agency said Friday. Makin was...

The men’s basketball coach at Lawrence High School has been charged with sexually assaulting a female high school student back in 2022. Police in Manchester, New Hampshire, said Friday that 34-year-old Jesus Moore, who lives in Manchester, has been charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault after a woman came forward accusing him of assaulting her when she was a high…

As the demand for housing grows and rent prices rise, unlicensed apartments are proliferating in Massachusetts. Two illegal apartments were recently found in Lawrence after a fire broke out on Sunday morning. No one was hurt, but the city is worried about the increasing numbers of unlawful dwellings they are finding, creating both fire and safety risks for the community….

As the demand for housing grows and rent prices increase, illegal apartments are on the rise. One set of illegal apartments in Lawrence was found after a fire broke out.

A man who was arrested over a fight where a man was stabbed and a baby injured in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was arraigned Wednesday in Lawrence District Court. Luis Lara Rodriguez, 38, faces multiple charges in the incident, which sent the baby and the man holding the child to hospitals in Boston, Lawrence police said Wednesday. The baby was not stabbed,…

Two people have been arrested over a fight that left a man stabbed and a baby injured in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Monday, police said Tuesday. The baby was not stabbed, but police haven’t said how they were injured, only that before the incident, the man was holding the child. Both the man and the baby were taken to hospitals...

An infant was injured Monday during an incident in which a man suffered stab wounds, police said.

A fight Monday in Lawrence, Massachusetts, left a baby injured and a man with stab wounds, police said. The incident happened in the Newbury Street area, according to police, who responded around 4 p.m. An adult male was found suffering from stab wounds. Police say before the incident, the man was holding up an infant, who was injured. Police noted…

Several people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a fire at a home in Lawrence.

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