Massachusetts State Police

Massachusetts State Police are on the lookout for a driver who struck a state trooper and then took off. State Police said the trooper was responding from the Revere barracks to a noise complaint just before 2 a.m. Sunday behind Lynnway Liquors in Lynn. Police said the trooper approached several people in their cars who were making noise. He was…

Massachusetts State Police are investigating after a body was found along Route 1 in Lynnfield on Friday morning. A passing motorist called state police around 7:45 a.m. to report that they had seen a body on the shoulder of Route 1 north by the former Fat Cactus restaurant. State police responded to the scene and found a deceased adult male…

A second person was arrested Tuesday night in connection with the stabbing death of an 18-year-old New Bedford man early Tuesday morning. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that a second person — a 16-year-old male — was arrested late Tuesday night in connection to the ongoing investigation into the death of 18-year-old Rayshard Normil-Jerome. Police had already…

Several members of the group arrested after an armed standoff along a Massachusetts highway earlier this month have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that state courts have no jurisdiction over the case. The suit filed by Rise of the Moors in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island last week alleges “defamation, discrimination of national origin and deprivation of their...

The NBC10 Boston Investigators dug into records with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and found that the company involved in Monday’s bridge crash on Interstate 93 south has had a number of violations. But most of those violations are considered low risk. The company — Dove Transportation out of Alabama — has also been involved in five crashes, excluding…

The company involved in the truck crash into a bridge in Medford, Massachusetts, has had a number of violations, most considered low-risk.

State police are investigating a crash involving two police cruisers in Orleans, Massachusetts early Tuesday morning. According to Massachusetts State Police, Orleans Police requested assistance for a crash on Route 6 around 2:13 a.m. involving one of their cruisers and a Barnstable Sheriff’s Department cruiser. Both officers involved in the crash suffered minor injuries and were taken to Cape Cod…

Authorities have identified the young man who was ejected from his car in a rollover crash on Route 495 north in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, early Friday morning.

A staffing shortage is causing a shakeup inside the Massachusetts State Police, according to an email the NBC10 Boston Investigators obtained from the leader of the agency. According to the memo, 46 veteran troopers are being pulled from their specialty units and temporarily reassigned to barracks, where they’ll help patrol the streets. In his communication to troopers, Col. Christopher Mason…

The Massachusetts State Police are moving dozens of veteran troopers are being reassigned to barracks with hundreds of departures expected in 2021.

Police departments in Massachusetts have new software at their fingertips that can search and monitor social media activity, but its rollout is raising concerns among some free speech advocates. The tool, made by a company called ShadowDragon, searches public information from dozens of social media networks, using digital clues to identify who’s behind online accounts and to visualize networks...

Police departments have access to new software to monitor people’s activity on social media.

An investigation is ongoing to determine if criminal charges are warranted against the driver.

A popular black bear that had been spotted in several Massachusetts communities has been found dead, wildlife officials announced Thursday. According to the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, the bear –affectionally dubbed “Boo Boo” — died from its injuries after it was struck by a van on Route 195 in Marion two weeks ago. The black bear had been…

The bear’s remains were found Tuesday, but wildlife officials say Boo Boo the Black Bear died from its injuries after being hit by a car on June 24 in Marion, Mass.

Authorities in Seekonk, Massachusetts, are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Tuesday night in an apartment building in town. Seekonk police said they received a call around 9:53 p.m. after gunshots were heard inside an apartment on Forsythe Circle. First responders said that they located 66-year-old Joseph Housley of Seekonk inside. He was pronounced dead at the scene of an…

Steven Latimer said he doesn’t get involved in his son’s beliefs. “He does talk about it,” Latimer said. “But I don’t really get into it with him as far as trying to understand it. It’s his path.” Latimer’s son is Jamal Talib Abdullah Bey, the leader of the “Rise of the Moors,” the group that was at the center...

The father of one of Wakefield suspects is speaking out after Saturday’s police standoff.

Two people were killed while driving in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on the Fourth of July, state police said. State troopers responded around 7:45 p.m. Sunday to a single-car crash on Route 140 northbound and found two victims. The driver, a 38-year-old man, and his passenger, a 35-year-old woman, both died from their injuries on scene. The pair, from Newport News,…