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A man trimming trees for a landscaping company came into contact with power lines and died.

A landscaper trimming trees in Northboro, Massachusetts, on Wednesday touched high-powered electrical lines and died, officials said. The man was in his 20s and was working in a bucket truck on South Street with his three-man landscaping crew, hired by two homeowners, when he came into contact with the power lines and was killed, Northboro police said. Fred Mueller, one…

Stow Police Chief Ralph “Rusty” Marino is being charged with enticing a child under 16 years old, according to the Worcester County District Attorney. Marino is scheduled to be arraigned May 22 in Leominster District Court and, if convicted, could face 20 years in prison. The chief removed himself from command earlier this week after meeting with state police. The community...

A man was arrested in the deadly hit-and-run that left a jogger’s body in the front yard of a home in Sutton, Massachusetts, this week, authorities said Friday. A 39-year-old Sutton man was taken into custody Friday, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early announced at a news conference.

Two females were shot in what appears to be a domestic dispute in New Braintree, Massachusetts on Saturday.

A fatal shooting Monday morning at an Auburn, Massachusetts, moving company is under investigation, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s office. Auburn Fire responded to the New World Van Lines of Massachusetts Service Center on Saint Mark Street at about 11:30 a.m. for a report of a person shot. Police told the Telegram a man suffered a life-threatening injury...

A corrections officer was assaulted and four other prison guards were hospitalized following an incident Tuesday morning at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts. The prison was locked down and remains so as a result of the incident, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office.

A judge has set bail at $250,000 for the man accused of killing a beloved psychotherapist in a hit-and-run crash in Sutton, Massachusetts. Sutton resident Shane Newman, 39, appeared in Uxbridge District Court on Monday following his arrest on Friday. He is accused of killing Millbury resident Daniel De Lima, who was found dead in a Sutton yard last Wednesday.

A man accused of hitting a jogger in Sutton and leaving him for dead has been arrested.

A driver struck and killed a man who was jogging in Sutton, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning, according to witnesses and police. Authorities are searching for a white SUV with damage on the passenger side. The hit-and-run took place on Singletary Avenue, leaving a 51-year-old man from neighboring Millbury, Daniel De Lima, dead in a yard, according to the Sutton Police Department.

A 63-year-old man has been pronounced dead after a crash in Rutland, Mass. involving three vehicles, including two police cruisers. The crash, which occurred at around 6:30 p.m. on Friday, involved two police officers and a police dog from two Massachusetts towns, and left debris strewn across a road.

A crash involving police officers from two Massachusetts towns left debris strewn across a road in Rutland Friday evening. Aerial footage from the NBC10 Boston SkyRanger showed the aftermath of a major crash on Route 122 in Rutland. A police cruiser from Rutland was left mangled by the impact. A second police vehicle from neighboring Paxton was also seen damaged.

The man charged in connection with a fatal crash in Auburn, Massachusetts was ordered held on $50,000 cash bail at his arraignment Friday. DeJesus Amaro, 24, of Taunton, is facing charges that include motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation in connection with the Thursday afternoon accident.

Sources told the NBC10 Boston Investigators that a crash in Auburn, Massachusetts, left at least one person dead. SkyRanger was over the scene of the serious crash on Route 20. The aerial footage appeared to show two SUVs in pieces.

Massachusetts transit police say a commuter train has struck and killed a woman who was trespassing on the tracks. Authorities say no foul play is suspected in the death of the woman, who was hit in Fitchburg by a train carrying no passengers shortly after 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

A Massachusetts fire lieutenant has been placed on paid leave pending an investigation as he faces charges of indecent assault and battery. Adam LaFlash, 36, of Sturbridge, was arraigned Monday on three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older and two counts of assault and battery, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s office.

Police shot and wounded a man in a Hopedale home last night after he threatened to harm himself and others with a knife, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.

A correction officer at a Massachusetts prison was arrested after he allegedly assaulted an inmate. Thirty-five-year-old Joseph Sampson of Westminster, a guard at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, was charged with assault and battery on a person over 60, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office.

A Massachusetts man has been arraigned on a murder charge in connection with his brother’s death last week. Alexander Asia, 24, of Paxton was in an East Brookfield courtroom on Monday for a pre-scheduled dangerousness hearing on assault charges stemming from the Dec. 2 attack inside his family home when he was formally arraigned on the murder charge. Twenty-three-year-old Innocent...

Twenty-three-year-old Innocent Asia was found dead in his home on Monticello Drive after police responded to a 911 call, and his 24-year-old brother, Alexander Asia, was arrested after the attack. Neighbors in Paxton, Mass. say this is a family that appeared to get along and they never saw any warning signs until Sunday night.