Parole Board Considering Commutating William Allen's Life Sentence
A parole board is now considering commuting the sentence of convicted murderer William Allen.
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A parole board is now considering commuting the sentence of convicted murderer William Allen.
Police said they are looking for evidence connected to the shooting death of 16-year-old Lee Monteiro in 2021.
Twenty-four-year-old Brima Koroma, of Boston, was shot and killed on East Street in Brockton on Wednesday.
One person was killed in a multi-car crash on Route 24 in Brockton early Saturday morning and another person was taken to Boston Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
For the first time in months, students in most school districts did not need to wear a mask when they returned to the classroom Monday following school vacation week.
Jeremy Depina, of Brockton, was arrested on Thursday.
Police arrested 17-year-old Tashawn Brown and charged him with murder in connection with a shooting earlier this month outside a Brockton home.
Retired Brockton Deputy Fire Chief Joe Marchetti is part of a lawsuit filed in federal court with 14 current and retired firefighters from Worcester, Norwood, Fall River and Boston.
The RMV claims 2,100 people received improper licenses at the Brockton RMV office because they never took a road test.
The Governor's Council approval makes both men eligible for parole.
Four Registry of Motor Vehicles workers have been fired after 2,100 drivers were given licenses without taking a road test.
A man was killed in a shooting outside a home in Brockton late Thursday night.
Kevin Gomes was held without bail and is next scheduled to appear in court on March 7.
Kevin Gomes, 26, of Brockton, was arrested on Tuesday.
Brockton Police are investigating a fatal shooting that took place early Saturday morning on Auna Drive.
A Quincy woman is grateful she escaped unharmed when snow and ice came off the roof of a box truck and smashed into her windshield as she was driving on Route 24.
A Brockton man made his case for freedom on Wednesday to the group that could decide his future.
Several Massachusetts school districts kept their doors closed Monday after a brutal blizzard swept through New England on Saturday.
Nearly every one of the National Guardsmen volunteering at Brockton Hospital is from the city.
A firefighter in Brockton suffered minor injuries after he fell through a stairway at a house fire Tuesday night.
The suspect immediately left the school, police said.
The family William Allen, a Brockton man who had his first degree murder conviction commuted by Gov. Charlie Baker this week, expressed his gratitude on Thursday for the state's actions.
One person was in the home at the time and they were able to safely escape.
On Monday, a walk-in testing site in Jamaica Plain had people lined up two hours before opening.
The race to get a COVID-19 PCR test isn't getting any easier. People are willing to line up very early.
