Worcester County

The animal tranquilizer xylazine, also known as “tranq,” has been found mixed with other drugs in Worcester County, causing concern among law enforcement officials that there could be a rise in overdoses and drug-related deaths. Xylazine, a sedative that is not approved for human use, has been found mixed with cocaine, heroin and fentanyl, the Worcester County District Attorney’s...

A teenage passenger was killed Saturday when the car he was riding in struck a tree in Upton, Massachusetts, authorities said. Jacob Osanya, 18, of Uxbridge, was riding in the front seat of a car driven by 18-year-old Gabriel Dias De Holanda of Milford when their car, a 2019 Acura ILX sedan, left the road and struck a tree on…

Shana Pedroso, 41, was sentenced to life in prison and will not be eligible to seek parole for 25 years, the Worcester County district attorney’s office confirmed Friday.

The father and son who died in a car crash in Mendon on May 7 have been identified as Edwin A. Sosa Acevedo, and 15-year-old Christian Sosa according to the Worcester County District Attorney. Sosa Acevedo and his son collided with a Ford F-350 while pulling out of a restaurant parking lot on Uxbridge Road, where their car ended up...

The identities of the father and son who were killed in a two-vehicle crash on Saturday have been released by Worcester County’s District Attorney office. The father and son who suffered fatal injuries have been identified as Edwin A. Sosa Acevedo, 34, of Attleboro, and 15-year-old Christian Sosa. Sosa Acevedo and Sosa were pulling out of a restaurant parking lot…

The driver was taken to a local hospital, authorities said.

The body was located inside Coggshall Park in Fitchburg just after 4 p.m., according to a statement from the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office.

Meet a Massachusetts State Police detective who continues to investigate the unresolved case of teenager Molly Bish, who was abducted from a pond in June 2000 and found dead three years later.

The investigation into who killed teenager Molly Bish remains active — there was a break in the case just this month — but who is responsible for finding the killer? Ahead of the 21st anniversary of Molly’s abduction from her lifeguard post at Comins Pond in Warren, Massachusetts, NBC10’s Leslie Gaydos spoke with the Massachusetts State Police detective on the…

Numerous tips over the past 21 years led to a newly named suspect in the 2000 murder of 16-year-old Molly Bish, according to the Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.

Francis “Frank” P. Sumner Sr., a convicted rapist and kidnapper who died in 2016, has been named a suspect in the murder of Molly Bish, authorities announced.

A man who died in 2016 has been named a suspect in the disappearance and death of Molly Bish in 2000.

A person of interest has been identified in the years-old killing of Molly Bish, a teenager from Massachusetts whose death remains unsolved.

Authorities have named Frank Sumner, who died in 2016, a person of interest in the disappearance and death of Molly Bish nearly 21 years ago.

Francis “Frank” P. Sumner Sr., a convicted rapist and kidnapper who died in 2016, has been named a suspect in the murder of Molly Bish, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early announced Thursday.

Authorities have identified the woman who died along with her daughter in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, on Friday, though many details have yet to be revealed. Jihyun Lee, 49, was identified Saturday by the office of Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. She was found with her 12-year-old after police responded to a home on Ladyslipper Drive Friday morning. In an…

Authorities are investigating the deaths of a 49-year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter at a Shrewsbury home.

State police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that took place at a Charlton, Massachusetts home Saturday night, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said. Police responded to a 911 call at 7:15 p.m. to a home on Southbridge Road. When they arrived, a man was found dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A woman was…

Massachusetts ethics officials have accused the district attorney for Worcester County of violating state conflict of interest law by ordering one of his prosecutors to replace a police report containing embarrassing details about the arrest of a judge’s daughter with a sanitized version. The State Ethics Commission’s enforcement division said Wednesday it found reasonable cause to believe that District...

Health officials confirmed the first flu-related pediatric death of the season in Massachusetts on Thursday.