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Both men were held pending dangerousness hearings on Thursday.

Worcester police are stepping up patrols at the city’s parks and swimming areas after a 17-year-old lifeguard was stabbed and beaten shortly after a group of young men was asked to stop smoking and drinking at a park. “We will not tolerate those who would use violence to take away the peace of our public spaces,” Chief Steven Sargent...

In tonight’s Daily Debrief, a 17-year-old lifeguard is stabbed on the job at a popular swimming area in Worcester. Plus, the search is on in Merrimac for a suspect accused in an armed home invasion. And, the Pops head to Tanglewood for their Fourth of July performance.

The suspect in an Auburn Mall stabbing last week was ordered held without bail following his arraignment Monday in Worcester District Court. Yohance Jones, 19, of Webster, was taken into custody on Sunday and is charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He is scheduled to return to court on July 21 for a dangerousness…

Video of a melee outside of a Worcester beer garden is making the rounds on social media. Police say they were attacked while surrounded by a hostile crowd early Saturday morning, but a lawyer for one of the people arrested said Tuesday at a court hearing that it only appears that police were doing the attacking.

Multiple police officers were assaulted after being surrounded by a “large, hostile crowd” as they tried to break up several fights outside a crowded Worcester bar that was closing early Saturday morning, authorities said. Five people were arrested on charges including assault as part of the melee, in which a female officer had a chunk of her hair pulled out,...

A Massachusetts man was charged with murder Friday in the death of a man whose burned body was found covered in bubble wrap last week in Worcester. The murder allegation comes after the same man was charged with disposing of the burned body.

A Massachusetts man is being held on $10,000 bail for allegedly trying to kidnap and assault a young girl after she got off a school bus in Worcester Monday afternoon. Jose Palau, 37, of Worcester, tried to hide his face during his arraignment Tuesday in Worcester District Court where he was charged with attempted kidnapping, accosting someone of the opposite...

Two more men faced a judged Monday in connection with the grisly death of a man whose body was found burned and covered in bubble wrap last week in Worcester, Massachusetts. Daniel Luis Rivera, 27, and Primitivo Matos, 35, both of Worcester, were arraigned in Worcester District Court on charges of accessory after the fact to murder. Both pleaded not guilty.

Three men are facing charges in connection with a burned body discovered in Worcester. MassLive.com reports that 35-year-old Primitivo Matos and 27-year-old Daniel Luis Rivera are expected to appear in court Monday on charges of accessory after the fact in the death of 30-year-old Benjamin Pacheco.

The woman killed at a Worcester restaurant this week was attending a book club meeting and had just exited the bathroom when her ex-boyfriend allegedly stabbed her to death, court documents revealed Friday. The documents identified the victim as Amanda Dabrowski, 31. The Ayer resident was stabbed multiple times at O’Connor’s Restaurant & Bar on Wednesday and later died at...

A Massachusetts man is facing charges after police say he struck a crying puppy with a guitar before assaulting his girlfriend last month, an incident that she said left her bruised. Thomas L. Mitchell Jr., 45, of Auburn, was arraigned June 24 in Worcester District Court on charges of assault and battery on a family or household member, animal cruelty...

A New Hampshire doctor is facing charges after police in Auburn, Massachusetts say he was arrested Sunday night with an unlicensed firearm after allegedly engaging in sex with a woman for money. Kang Lu, 42, of Spofford, New Hampshire, appeared Monday in Worcester District Court on charges of possession of a large capacity firearm without a license, possession of a...

A Worcester man was arrested after driving into firefighters responding to a call.

A man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a woman’s home in Worcester, Massachusetts, and trying to steal her groceries. David Rand was arraigned in Worcester District Court Wednesday. Investigators said he started his day by walking into a three-decker on Acton Street.

Joseph Dalrymple had originally faced a dangerousness hearing on Wednesday, but the Telegram & Gazette reports that the prosecution and defense instead agreed on the bail amount, which the judge set.

Police say a man stabbed two people, including one in the neck, Tuesday in Worcester, Massachusetts. Officers responded first to a reported stabbing in the area of City Hall after 6:30 p.m. They found a 32-year-old Worcester man. His injuries were superficial, police said. Investigators learned that the suspect, identified as 35-year-old David Burgos of Worcester, had allegedly stabbed another...

The man charged in connection with a Massachusetts woman’s death that was originally believed to have been an accidental drowning was ordered held without bail at his arraignment Friday.

A Massachusetts man has been arrested after allegedly robbing a man in a wheelchair, police said.

A Massachusetts man is facing charges after police say he allegedly bit a police officer during a motor vehicle stop in Worcester on Tuesday afternoon.