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The Massachusetts POST Commission says it has evidence to show William Castro is not fit for duty as a police officer

William Castro, the former acting police chief, is not fit for duty as a police officer, according to the state’s police oversight agency.

Thirty-six people were displaces by a house fire that sent smoke into the sky in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Saturday. 

As people in Lawrence, Massachusetts, complain about parking meters, the city is taking action, holding a public meeting to address these complaints.

The city of Lawrence is holding a meeting to discuss parking meter enforcement, which has frustrated residents.

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The arrest of 33-year-old Leury Then Rosario led to the discovery of “an alarmed trap wall closet” containing drugs and weapons, according to U.S Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley

Lawrence General Hospital CEO resigns

Racketeering conspiracy charges announced against over 20 alleged Trinitarios gang members raised many questions, including who they are, why they’re said to be violent and where they came from?

Law enforcement announced a massive crackdown on the Trinitarios gang, with eight members arrested in connection with six murders and 11 attempted murders.

An ongoing controversy in Lawrence, Massachusetts, is providing conflicting accounts from the city’s mayor and the state’s former public safety secretary, the person hired to investigate alleged misconduct involving the acting police chief. As the NBC10 Boston Investigators have reported, the POST Commission suspended William Castro’s law enforcement certification last March. The acting chief continued collecting his $210,000 salary...

Mayor Brian DePeña is defending his handling of the controversy surrounding William Castro, the political ally he named acting police chief.

Police in Chelsea, Massachusetts, are asking for the public’s help to find a 17-year-old girl from Lawrence who has been missing since Oct. 25. The Chelsea Police Department shared a poster from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children of Helen Puac Ortiz on Tuesday. There was no physical description of Ortiz, but the organization noted she has tattoos…

Mayor Brian DePeña tried to avoid an investigation into William Castro, the ally he named acting chief of the Lawrence Police Department.

New documents uncovered by the NBC10 Boston Investigators show the Lawrence mayor tried to avoid an investigation into the acting police chief, a political ally he had appointed to the important public safety position. Last March, the Massachusetts POST Commission suspended William Castro’s law enforcement certification after he engaged in the vehicle chase of a suspect wanted for writing...

A crash on Interstate 495 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Sunday seriously injured two people, one of whom has life-threatening injuries, state police said. The highway was temporarily shut as a medical helicopter was flown to the scene, at mile marker 100, after the crash was reported about 9:30 a.m., police said. One person, identified only as female, was taken in that…

Despite calls for him to be fired, the former acting police chief in Lawrence, Massachusetts, is back at city hall. The NBC10 Boston Investigators reported earlier this month that William Castro had been collecting a $210,000 salary to sit at home for nearly a year. The POST Commission suspended his law enforcement credentials last March after he initiated a vehicle…

In the early morning hours of March 10, 2023, Sodiq Folarin Amusat stood inside the Lawrence Police Department booking room after officers had arrested him for disorderly conduct. A neighbor had reported Amusat playing loud music and officers said the 29-year-old was “belligerent and uncooperative” when they arrived at his apartment. Once they were back at the police station, Captain…

Prosecutors ordered an independent investigation into a Lawrence police captain’s use of force against a detainee.

An independent investigation released by the Essex District Attorney’s Office sustained several allegations against acting Lawrence Police Chief William Castro and recommended he be fired.

A firm hired by the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, to investigate allegations against its acting police chief found that he violated agency policies and state law and has recommended he be fired, according to a report obtained by the NBC10 Investigators.