Posts Tagged ‘cambridge’
State Police rescue distraught man from Massachusetts Avenue bridge
State Police said today they intercepted a man just as he prepared to jump off the Massachusetts Avenue bridge into the Charles River below. The man’s identity was not released, but following his rescue he was taken to Cambridge City Hospital for observation, State Police said. The fast-moving [...]
Juvenile charged with groping two women in Cambridge
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with groping two women in Cambridge, but police have not charged anyone in two similar incidents earlier this week. Police said that two women called police just before 7 p.m. on Thursday to report they had been groped by a man near Inman Square. Police dispatched [...]
Matthew Stuart died of alcohol and cocaine overdose, state autopsy concludes
Matthew Stuart died of a drug overdose, according to the results of an autopsy conducted by the state. The report cites “acute intoxication by the combined effects of ethanol and cocaine” and ruled the man’s death an accident, said Terrel Harris, a spokesman for the Executive Office of Public [...]
Former student sues city of Waltham for failing to protect him from sexual abuse
A former Waltham middle school student sued the city of Waltham today, charging that school officials’ failure to investigate complaints about a pedophile teacher and coach 10 years ago left him free to abuse more children in 2005. Michael Phillips, Jr., now 20, said that Robert Dacey, a teacher [...]
Harvard grad student charged with indecent assault on woman on Red Line in Cambridge
A Harvard University graduate student and teaching fellow is in custody, charged with an indecent assault on a woman on a Red Line train in Cambridge last month, Transit Police said. Bradley J. Spencer was arrested Friday after he was identified as the person whose picture was posted on a Transit [...]
Harvard grad student charged with indecent assault on woman on Red Line in Cambridge
A Harvard University graduate student and teaching fellow is in custody, charged with an indecent assault on a woman on a Red Line train in Cambridge last month, Transit Police said. Bradley J. Spencer was arrested Friday after he was identified as the person whose picture was posted on a Transit [...]
Victims identified in Cambridge shooting, suicide
As police continued to investigate the triple shooting and suicide in Cambridge that took the lives of four people on Friday, a relative has identified the victims. Patrick Pizzuto, 63; his 62-year-old brother, Robert Pizzuto; and their 91-year-old mother, Mary Pizzuto, were discovered inside the [...]
Three people shot dead in Cambridge
Three people were fatally shot shortly before 7 p.m. in Cambridge yesterday, according to Cambridge police. The incident occurred on Grove Street and it appears the the victims were shot “as part of a domestic altercation,” said Dan Riviello, the public information officer for the Cambridge [...]
Steeple rises again in Freetown
After months of waiting, parishioners at St. Bernard Church in Freetown saw a new steeple rise today. The steeple it is replacing, which was only about a couple of decades old, was ruined during a winter storm in February. The new steeple was constructed in North Attleborough and was completed a [...]
Cambridge woman arraigned in death of father
A 29-year-old Cambridge woman was ordered held without bail after her arraignment today on charges of domestic assault and battery in the death of her father at a Cambridge residence on Sunday. Gylene Verna is being held pending a dangerousness hearing. She is slated to return to Cambridge District [...]
