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  • Arrest log
    by Staff Report on March 19, 2024 at 2:32 am

    The following arrests were made recently by local police departments. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

  • The Five Minute Read
    by Melanie Gilbert on March 19, 2024 at 1:39 am

    The Five Minute Read highlights things to do, places to go and people to know in the Greater Lowell area. Have news to share? Send it to mgilbert@lowellsun.com.

  • Billerica School Committee approves budget with likely staffing cuts
    by Peter Currier on March 19, 2024 at 12:20 am

    The Billerica School Committee voted 3-2 in a special meeting Saturday at Town Hall to move forward with a proposed $82.8 million Fiscal Year 2025 budget that will result in cuts to certain positions within the district. 

  • Fatal shooting suspect appears in San Diego court
    by Brendan Lewis on March 18, 2024 at 11:14 pm

    WORCESTER — Police officials investigating the homicide of a mother and 11-year-old daughter confirmed that the suspect – who was caught Friday in San Diego, Calif. – can be brought back to Massachusetts to face charges for the March 5 fatal shooting. According to a spokesperson for the Worcester County DA, Dejan Belnavis, who is one of two suspects, appeared in court in San Diego on Monday and signed a waiver of extradition, which means he can now be brought back to Worcester to face charges. The arraignment in Worcester has not yet been scheduled. At around 3 p.m. on

  • ‘Access Hollywood’ tape won’t be played at Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial, judge rules
    by Associated Press on March 18, 2024 at 10:46 pm

    Judge Juan M. Merchan said prosecutors can still question witnesses about the tape, which was made public in the final weeks of Trump’s 2016 White House campaign.

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  • Boston police officer hospitalized in Dorchester shooting
    on March 18, 2024 at 10:13 pm

    An officer with the Boston Police Department was hospitalized after being shot Monday in Dorchester. Police say they were responding to a domestic incident on Esmond Street when the officer was shot, being hit in the bulletproof vest. The officer was taken to Boston Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. Authorities say a man is in custody. His identity was not released. Stay with NBC10 Boston as this story develops.

  • Westborough police seek missing woman
    on March 18, 2024 at 9:11 pm

    Police in Westborough, Massachusetts, are asking for the public’s help to find a woman who has been missing since last week. Olivia Colby was last seen Thursday on Mountain View Drive, police said Monday. Colby is described as being about 5’7 and 120 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She may be wearing a green army jacket, police said. A missing person poster shared by police says while Colby could be anywhere, she may be in the Lowell area. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 508-366-3060.

  • Chelsea registered sex offender accused of possessing images of child sex abuse
    by Thea DiGiammerino on March 18, 2024 at 7:47 pm

    A Chelsea, Massachusetts, man who is already registered as a sex offender was arraigned on a child pornography charge Monday as part of an ongoing investigation prompted by a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Timothy Brown, 38, was arraigned on one count of possession of child pornography. His bail was set at $10,000. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said the investigation began due to a cyber tip provided by Yahoo to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The tip reported an email sent by a user with photos attached. The photos showed a child getting undressed. Yahoo also provided data on the IP address that accessed the picture files and dates and times that the email was sent and the account was accessed. The tip was referred to Massachusetts State Police, and the department began investigating. Another man, identified as Kenneth Higgins, of Revere, was arrested on March 13 on the same charge. Higgins is also a registered sex offender, according to police. The DA said Higgins was identified through the email address and Brown was identified as using the IP address that accessed the email account. In a cellphone found in Brown’s home, investigators found a folder titled “13-17 year old females” with 600 images believed to be child sex abuse, according to the DA. Overall, they found 2,700 images of suspected child sex abuse on the device. Brown is a registered Level 2 sex offender. He was convicted in 2015 of indecent assault and battery on child under 14 years of age. “This investigation provides an excellent example of a tech company flagging a serious crime for law enforcement and then investigators from State Police and our human trafficking and exploitation unit following that lead directly to these two individuals.  This should make clear to anyone who contributes in any way to the sexual exploitation of children that they are likely to be caught and brought to justice,” District Attorney Kevin Hayden said Get updates on what’s happening in Boston to your inbox. Sign up for our News Headlines newsletter.

  • Marking the 34th anniversary of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist
    by Abbey Niezgoda on March 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm

    This week marks 34 years since 13 works were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The unsolved case still haunts Boston to this day, but even as the decades pass, investigators have not given up on locating the paintings and solving the mystery.  It was the largest art heist in the world. Anthony Amore, the director of the museum’s security, said tips continue to pour in about the case, with people constantly reporting possible sightings of the stolen works. He said they got roughly 20 tips in the last year from people who thought they spotted the missing art in Zillow listings.  “I think it’s incredibly unlikely they’re hiding in plain sight,” Amore said.  He said the $10 million private reward that the museum is offering for information that leads to the paintings still stands and he hopes to pay it soon. He said the time that has passed since the heist could actually turn out to work in their favor.  “These things are recovered very often after a number of decades because a scary person involved dies or isn’t scary anymore,” Amore said.  A key witness at the center of the case passed away last month. Richard Abath, the former guard who opened the door for the thieves responsible for the heist, died after a long illness. He maintained his innocence but was constantly questioned by investigators who thought the heist was an inside job.  Former assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Fisher spent years investigating the case. He said deaths like that could be a loss for the investigation, but could also lead to a break in the case.  “Whenever that happens, there is hope that somebody who was maybe holding back some information that would implicate a loved one, a family member or a criminal associate would then come forward,” Fisher said.  Back at the museum, officials said they are no longer concerned with prosecution. Their only goal is to fill the missing frames with the art that was taken. “Where are they right now? The people who know where they are right now, I believe, are still with us. Somebody has information.” Amore said.  All tips can remain anonymous and can be reported to the Gardner Museum directly at this link. More local news ana walshe Mar 1 How Brian Walshe's years-long art fraud scheme unfolded, in episode 2 of our podcast Massachusetts Mar 6 Massachusetts art museum workers strike over wages

  • Irish firefighter in Boston for St. Patrick's Day charged with rape
    by Mike Pescaro on March 18, 2024 at 6:11 pm

    A first responder in Ireland’s largest city is accused of raping a woman in Boston, where he traveled for St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The office of Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said Monday that 37-year-old Terrence Crosbie of Dublin has been charged with rape. Prosecutors identified Crosbie as a member of the Dublin Fire Brigade, explaining that he flew in with fellow members Thursday. A 28-year-old woman told Boston police she had been assaulted at the famed Omni Parker House hotel on School Street Friday morning, prosecutors said. Surveillance video showed Crosbie and the victim at the hotel and the Black Rose bar on State Street Thursday evening, according to the district attorney’s office. Authorities say Crosbie was initially scheduled to return to Ireland Tuesday, but booked a flight for 10:10 p.m. Saturday after police interviewed him earlier in the day. He allegedly boarded an even earlier flight that was set to leave Logan International Airport around 7 p.m. before state police stopped the plane and removed him. “As always in these matters, the willingness of the victim to come forward is crucial,” Hayden said in a statement. “This victim deserves enormous credit for doing that in this case. I’m grateful for the alertness of police in finding out that Mr. Crosbie was attempting to leave the country before he could be held accountable for his actions.” Appearing in Boston Municipal Court Monday, Crosbie was ordered held on $100,000 bail. He was ordered to surrender his passport and not leave Massachusetts. Crosbie is due back in court for a probable cause hearing April 16.

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