Maria Cruz, a former Certified Nursing Assistant, pled guilty to assault and battery of an elderly person that she had been taking care of at a nursing home. As part of Cruz’s probation, Lawrence District Court Judge Barbara Pearson has ordered her to stay away from the victim, the two…
Police have identified the man who was mauled by dogs on the Brentwood property owned by movie star Ving Rhames as Jacob Adams. Adams lived on the property and had been employed to take care of the actor’s dogs. Medical examiners are still trying to determine whether Adams died as…
A North Easton man who was seriously injured last Friday after a metal grate flew through his Toyota’s windshield while he was driving on route 128 is still in the hospital and is in stable but critical condition. Pawel Swierzcynski, 39, had to be flow to Boston and taken to…
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick says that the state has 27 steel truss bridges that are similarly designed to the Minneapolis Bridge that collapsed on Wednesday but that none of them are in danger of collapsing. Authorities in Minnesota continue to search for survivors, following the collapse of the eight-lane interstate…
In Westwood on Tuesday, Officer John McHarrie of the Westwood Police Department was released from the hospital after he was treated for personal injuries he sustained when the police motorcycle he was riding was hit by a motor vehicle. The traffic collision occurred close to the intersection of Westdale Road…
9-year-old Yaritza Diaz is not very responsive and is in critical condition at Franciscan Hospital for Children in Boston after being seriously injured in a boating accident involving two Sea-Doo watercrafts last May. Carlos Lopez, 21, and Jose M. Cruz Delgado, 30, have both been charged with negligent driving of…
Notre Dame Football Coach Charlie Weis told a jury in Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday that it is difficult for him to stand on his feet all day and he is unable to walk properly. He is suing the surgeons who performed his gastric bypass procedure for medical malpractice. Weis,…
Milton firefighter Antonio Pickens is in critical condition at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts after being run down by an alleged drunk driver on Saturday. Pickens sustained massive injuries to his head and body when he was hit by a black Buick LeSabre Sedan while assisting motorists involved in…
A jury in Suffolk County, Massachusetts has awarded William Dodge, a Boston resident, over $16 million in a personal injury lawsuit. Dodge lost the ability to use his legs and arms in 2005 after being struck by an automobile while crossing the street in a crosswalk on Bridge Street close…
A motorcycle trooper faces disciplinary action after a video on YouTube, titled “Spectator Hit by Motorcycle” showed that the trooper was partially responsible for a collision that injured a female Boston Marathon spectator. The initial report findings, written by a police lieutenant, had found the pedestrian, 61-year-old Framingham resident Norma…