Tewksbury

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.

In tonight’s Daily Debrief, a Tewksbury woman is waging a battle with Massachusetts, which marked her pet goats for slaughter. Plus, the FDA is adding a new warning to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and new details reveal the man shot by police in Everett had allegedly rushed at officers with a sword.

Vilmaria Maldonado loves her goats, named George Washington, Democrat and Republican. Now she’s fighting to save their lives. Officials in Massachusetts gave her until Monday to kill the six-month-old animals, as The Lowell Sun first reported. But she says she won’t do it, she won’t let the state do it and she wants her day in court. Maldonado’s boyfriend, David...

A woman in Tewksbury who keeps goats as pets is being told that they must be slaughtered. But she’s fighting to keep the goats alive.

The boy is lucky to be alive thanks in part to his quick-thinking older sister and his uncle who jumped into action..

The sister and uncle of a 2-year-old boy teamed up to save him from drowning at a pool in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, authorities said. The boy, who’d been feared drowned, is expected to make a full recovery, Tewksbury police and firefighters said in a statement and confirmed by the family of Jace Jones. “You can see where the...

In tonight’s Daily Debrief, a girl pulls her 2-year-old brother to safety after he nearly drowns in a swimming pool in Tewksbury. Plus, the suspects charged in an hourslong armed standoff in Wakefield face a judge and a Gloucester whale watching tour gets national recognition.

A young girl saved her little brother’s life after he fell into a pool in a Tewksbury home, then was resuscitated by their uncle.

A K-9 officer helped police in Tewksbury locate and arrest a suspect early Friday morning after the man backed his car into a police cruiser, police said. According to authorities, Tewksbury police officers were conducting a traffic stop when the operator of the vehicle, Edwin Figueroa Jr., intentionally backed the SUV he was driving into a cruiser before fleeing the…

Tewksbury police say the incident started when Sgt. Colin Trelegan was in his police cruiser when he pulled up behind a white SUV parked outside of a bank.

Massachusetts State Police officials have identified the driver who was killed after the box truck he was operating flipped over in Tewksbury, Massachusetts Friday. Simon Daponta, 19, of Malden, suffered fatal injuries, a state police spokesman said, after the truck he was driving flipped over headed southbound on Interstate 93 around 12:11 p.m. Friday in Tewksbury. An early investigation suggested…

A fire swept through a large area of brush in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, on Sunday afternoon, scorching about 5 acres of land and sending a large cloud of black smoke billowing into the sky. Tewksbury fire crews responded around 1:30 p.m. to the blaze in the area of 400 Main Street. They say it appeared to be a dumpster fire that…

Fire officials say a brush fire burned through about five acres of land.

56-year-old woman struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of a Massachusetts supermarket has died, authorities said Friday. Denise Stracqualursi, of Tewksbury, died Thursday after getting struck Monday outside the Roche Bros. store in Acton, according to a statement from the Middlesex district attorney’s office. Emergency workers arrived on the scene just after 1 p.m. Monday to find...

Police are searching for an 85-year-old woman who went missing Tuesday afternoon in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Carole O’Brien was last seen around 4 p.m. in the 1600 block of Main Street, police said. O’Brien uses a walker. She can communicate, but she may be confused, according to police. Authorities describe O’Brien as a 5-foot, 100-pound white woman. They did not...

A serious car crash on Interstate 495 in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, left a man dead Tuesday, Massachusetts State Police said. Aerial footage from the scene, near the town’s Main Street exit, showed a wrecked car in the highway’s grassy median. Troopers were called to the rollover crash about 12:15 p.m., and found the man, the only person in the car,...

Police say they have found the 17-year-old boy reported missing Saturday after being seen at a Massachusetts state hospital juvenile program in Tewksbury. Jared Shairs, who was last seen about 4:30 p.m., is 5-foot-7 and weighs around 190 pounds with long, blond hair, Tewksbury police said. He was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and white Nike shoes. Authorities…

Police in Massachusetts are looking for a missing 15-year-old girl from Tewksbury. Jadalise Guzman was last seen Monday around 5:20 p.m. in the Union Street area of Lawrence, police said. Guzman is described as 4’11” tall, weighing approximately 96 pounds. She has black hair, brown eyes and a nose piercing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Tewksbury Police…

Tewksbury police are searching for 15-year-old Jadalise Guzman, who ran away from home Saturday, according to authorities. Guzman was last seen wearing grey sweatpants and a white shirt. She is 5′ and weighs approximately 100 pounds, police said in a tweet. Police believe Guzman may be in Lowell. Anyone with information regarding the teen is asked to contact the Tewksbury…