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With animal cruelty rising, Boston gets new task force to fight abuse
Animal abuse cases in Boston and the rest of Suffolk County will be handled by a new task force announced Wednesday in an effort to more effectively bring justice to abusers amid a rise in such cases. Massachusetts had animal cruelty cases jump 70% between 2019 and 2022, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said, citing a review of trial…
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‘Education is the best weapon': Suffolk DA launches effort to help residents avoid scams
District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced Sunday the launch of the Suffolk County Fraud Fighters – a multi-agency organization to help Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop residents spot scams and avoid schemes soliciting money. Hayden said the effort is in response to telephone scams earlier this year where callers claimed to be representatives of Hayden’s office and even prompted one elderly…
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Oregon man confesses to killing woman in Boston in 1979
A man turned himself in to the FBI to confess to a murder that happened decades ago in Boston’s Back Bay.
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Man confesses to killing woman in Boston 44 years ago: police
A man in Oregon walked into an FBI office and confessed to killing a woman in Boston in 1979, officials say.
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Beware of scam callers pretending to be prosecutors, Boston's DA says
In an attempt to steal money, scammers are pretending to be workers at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office and demanding fines from unsuspecting locals, DA Kevin Hayden warned this week. At least two people have been called by scammers who claimed they owed money and needed to pay it immediately to avoid being prosecuted. The office oversees prosecutions...
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Gary Zerola Found Not Guilty of Rape Charges
A prominent Boston lawyer accused of rape was found not guilty Friday.
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Former Mass. prosecutor found not guilty in Boston rape case
A Massachusetts jury found Gary Zerola, the former assistant district attorney charged with two counts of rape in an alleged 2016 attack in Boston, not guilty on Friday. Prosecutors had accused Zerola of sexually assaulting a friend of his then-girlfriend’s at a Beacon Hill apartment after a night of partying together in 2016. The attorney pleaded not guilty. The courtroom…
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Rape trial begins for Boston attorney Gary Zerola
The former lawyer faces two counts of rape in connection with a 2016 case.
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Boston Drugging, Rape Charges Dropped Against Elite Personal Trainer
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a personal trainer who’s worked with NBA players after the Rhode Island man was arrested last year on suspicion of drugging and raping a woman in downtown Boston. The charges of rape and drugging for intercourse against Robert McClanaghan were dismissed by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday. “Based on a review...
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Boston Police: 4 Infants Found Dead in Apartment
Boston police confirmed Monday that a post-mortem examination was performed on four infants — two males and two females — taken from the East Broadway home on Nov. 17 and Nov. 18. The results of those autopsies are still pending.
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Police Say Remains of 4 Infants Were Found in South Boston Apartment; Autopsies Pending
Police have provided an update on the “human remains” they found in a freezer in a South Boston apartment earlier this month.
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Court Documents Reveal New Details After High-Profile Trainer Arraigned in Boston
Robert McClanaghan appeared in Boston Municipal Court on Tuesday to face a rape charge, one day after his appearance in a Rhode Island courthouse on a fugitive from justice charge.
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Court Documents Reveal New Details of Boston Rape Case Against High-Profile Trainer
Robert McClanaghan, 43, of Warwick, Rhode Island, was arrested Friday in East Greenwich. He was wanted on a warrant out of Boston Municipal Court for charges of rape and drugging for intercourse.
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Trainer Charged in Boston Rape Case Faces RI Judge
A high-profile trainer who has worked with NBA stars is accused of drugging and raping a victim in Boston.
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Additional Human Remains Found in South Boston Apartment, Investigation Continues
The medical examiner’s team carefully removed a small container Friday from the South Boston apartment building on East Broadway where police said additional human remains were found.
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Officials Continue Investigation After More Human Remains Found at South Boston Apartment
A Boston police crime scene response team searched the home Friday and homicide detectives found more human remains at the apartment on East Broadway.
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Disturbing Discovery: Police Investigating Possible Fetus Found in Freezer
Police are continuing to investigate after they say a possible fetus was found inside a freezer in a South Boston apartment building.
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‘Additional Human Remains' Apparently Found in South Boston Apartment, Police Say
A day after what appeared to be a fetus or baby was found dead in a freezer in a South Boston apartment, police announced that more apparent human remains have been found.
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Investigation Underway After Possible Fetus Found in Home Freezer
Boston Police confirmed that a possible fetus or infant was found dead in a freezer inside of an apartment.
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Neighbors Stunned After Disturbing Discovery in South Boston Freezer
Boston police confirm officers responded to an East Broadway apartment around 2:15 p.m. Thursday and discovered what appears to be a fetus or infant.