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Brown University Shooter, MIT Professor’s Killer Planned For Years, No Motive Found: FBI Brown University Shooter, MIT Professor’s Killer Planned For Years, No Motive Found: FBI
Brown University Shooter, MIT Professor’s Killer Planned For Years, No Motive Found: FBI A gunman who carried out a deadly attack at Brown University and killed an MIT professor acted alone and left behind disturbing confessions with no clear motive, federal investigators said. The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts released new details after concluding a significant portion of the investigation into the violence that occurred in December 2025. Investigators say Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, was behind both the campus shooting in Providence on December 13 and the killing of MIT scientist Dr. Nuno Loureiro at his Brookline home on December 1…

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by Josh Lanier
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Animal Porn: CT Woman Sexually Assaulted Her Dog, Filmed It, Police Say Animal Porn: CT Woman Sexually Assaulted Her Dog, Filmed It, Police Say
Animal Porn: CT Woman Sexually Assaulted Her Dog, Filmed It, Police Say A Connecticut woman has been arrested after police say she created pornographic content involving her dog. Kristiina Kennedy, of Meriden, turned herself in on Wednesday, April 29, after officers launched an investigation earlier this month, authorities said. Police have released few details about what prompted the investigation. A veterinarian examined the dog and found no injuries, authorities said. Investigators said they also became concerned about Kennedy’s cats and seized both animals. Authorities will hold a hearing on Friday to retain custody of the cats.  Kennedy is …

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by Josh Lanier
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Western Mass Man Who Admitted To Having 4,000 Child Porn Images, Sharing Them Sentenced: DA Western Mass Man Who Admitted To Having 4,000 Child Porn Images, Sharing Them Sentenced: DA
Western Mass Man Who Admitted To Having 4,000 Child Porn Images, Sharing Them Sentenced: DA A 24-year-old man will serve years in prison after investigators found thousands of images of child sexual exploitation and widespread sharing online, authorities said.  Aleksandr Hobbie, of Easthampton, was sentenced to four to five years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges involving child sexual abuse material, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. Superior Court Judge David M. Hodge ordered him to serve eight years of supervised probation when he's released.  The case began with a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children t…

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by Josh Lanier
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NJ Husband Stabs Wife To Death As Bedroom Erupts In Flames: Prosecutor NJ Husband Stabs Wife To Death As Bedroom Erupts In Flames: Prosecutor
NJ Husband Stabs Wife To Death As Bedroom Erupts In Flames: Prosecutor A 50-year-old South Jersey man was arrested and charged with stabbing his wife to death early Tuesday morning, April 28, authorities said. At 2:25 a.m., Gloucester Township police responded to the 100 block of Freedom Way and found Jerome Morris holding a knife, covered in blood, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay and Gloucester Township Police Chief Anthony Minosse police said. Morris was taken into custody as officers located Monica Morris, a 51-year-old woman in a third floor bedroom with heavy fire and smoke conditions, authorities said.  Monica was pronounced dead …

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by Sam Barron
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Mass Mom Wanted To Go To Heaven In Murders-Failed Suicide Attempt: Police Mass Mom Wanted To Go To Heaven In Murders-Failed Suicide Attempt: Police
Mass Mom Wanted To Go To Heaven In Murders-Failed Suicide Attempt: Police A Massachusetts mother accused of killing her two children faced a judge after being arrested out of state, as new and disturbing details surfaced in court, police said.  The hearing took place Monday afternoon, April 27, in Vermont, where Janette MacAusland, 49, appeared virtually following her arrest in Bennington late Friday night, police said. MacAusland is charged with two counts of murder in Massachusetts in the deaths of her children, 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella. Court documents revealed a troubling statement she allegedly made to a relative. According to a police affida…

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by Josh Lanier
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Manifesto: Alleged White House Dinner Gunman Wrote About Poor Security At Event Manifesto: Alleged White House Dinner Gunman Wrote About Poor Security At Event
Manifesto: Alleged White House Dinner Gunman Wrote About Poor Security At Event The manifesto that the alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner sent to his brother in Connecticut said he was sorry, as well as commenting on the poor security around the event.  The brother of Cole Tomas Allen, the alleged gunman at the Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday, April 25, contacted New London police just before 11 p.m. to report he had received a manifesto from the Torrance, California, man. Officers contacted federal authorities.  Allen was charged with attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, transporting firearms acros…

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by Josh Lanier
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MURDER: Mom With Neck Injury Leads Police To 2 Children Found Dead In Mass Home, Cops Say MURDER: Mom With Neck Injury Leads Police To 2 Children Found Dead In Mass Home, Cops Say
Murder: Mom With Neck Injury Leads Police To 2 Children Found Dead In Mass Home, Cops Say A 49-year-old accupuncturist found bleeding in Vermont led police to a horrific discovery in Massachusetts, authorities said. Janette R. MacAusland, 49, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, is charged as a fugitive from justice tied to a murder investigation after two children were found dead inside her home, according to police in Vermont. According to The Independent, MacAusland's husband of nine years, Samuel MacAusland, had filed for divorce last October. The two were allegedly involved in a bitter custody battle over the 6- and 7-year-old children. The Bennington Police Department was contact…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Search Suspended For Norwegian Cruise Crew Member Who Went Overboard Near Cape Cod: Officials Search Suspended For Norwegian Cruise Crew Member Who Went Overboard Near Cape Cod: Officials
Search Suspended For Norwegian Cruise Crew Member Who Went Overboard Near Cape Cod: Officials UPDATE: The search for a Norwegian Cruiseline crew member who went overboard off the coast of Cape Cod over the weekend has been suspended, a spokesperson for the cruiseline said Monday, April 27. ORIGINAL: Members of the U.S. Coast Guard were searching for a Norwegian cruise ship crew member who fell overboard during a voyage from Bermuda to Boston on Sunday, April 26, Daily Voice has learned. A Norwegian Cruise Line spokesperson tells Daily Voice that the crew member went overboard just east of Cape Cod late Saturday, April 25. "Upon confirming the incident, the vessel immediately inform…

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by Cecilia Levine
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New England Man Accused Of Posing As Teen To Exploit Pennsylvania Girl Turns Self In: Police New England Man Accused Of Posing As Teen To Exploit Pennsylvania Girl Turns Self In: Police
New England Man Accused Of Posing As Teen To Exploit Pennsylvania Girl Turns Self In: Police A New England man is accused of posing as a teenager online to sexually exploit a Pennsylvania girl, police announced on Friday, April 24. John Pulk, 33, of Maine, turned himself in following the investigation, according to the police. Pulk is charged with sexual abuse of children, unlawful contact with a minor, and related offenses, Lower Southampton Township Police said. Investigators determined Pulk allegedly posed as a 16-year-old boy on social media before contacting a juvenile female from Bucks County, authorities detailed. He is accused of soliciting explicit images from the girl, l…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Bodycam: CT Girl Found Dead Was Out Alone After Midnight Days Before Bodycam: CT Girl Found Dead Was Out Alone After Midnight Days Before
Bodycam: CT Girl Found Dead Was Out Alone After Midnight Days Before Newly released police body camera video shows a 12-year-old Connecticut girl walking alone on a street after 2 a.m., just days before she was found dead in her home and her stepfather was charged with sexually assaulting her. The footage, obtained by NBC Connecticut, shows Eve Rogers outside a Mobil gas station on Elm Street in Enfield on March 11. The clerk had called the police after reporting that she had stolen an energy drink from the store, according to the heavily redacted video. In the video, Eve walks up to the Enfield officer holding the drink, and she tells him she took it. …

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by Josh Lanier
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Agawam Man Arrested In Child Porn Case After CyberTip Triggers State Police Probe: DA Agawam Man Arrested In Child Porn Case After CyberTip Triggers State Police Probe: DA
Agawam Man Arrested In Child Porn Case After CyberTip Triggers State Police Probe: DA A 33-year-old Western Massachusetts man was arrested after a child welfare agency tipped off police that he was trading child sexual abuse material online, authorities said.  John Milos, 33, of Agawam, was arrested earlier this month following a nearly two-month investigation, according to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office.  Investigators said the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children contacted Massachusetts State Police on February 18 after flagging an IP address sending and receiving child sexual abuse material.  Police confirmed the repo…

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by Josh Lanier
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Award-Winning UMass Chef Accused Of Killing Wife In Campus Hotel Room Award-Winning UMass Chef Accused Of Killing Wife In Campus Hotel Room
Award-Winning UMass Chef Accused Of Killing Wife In Campus Hotel Room An award-winning chef at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, accused of beating his wife to death at a university hotel, has pleaded not guilty.  Jeffrey MacDonald, 36, of Wilbraham, is charged with murder and assault and battery on a police officer after his arrest at Hotel UMass, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. Campus police received a 911 call around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, reporting an emergency in Room 413. When they arrived, officers found the body of 31-year-old Emma MacDonald, authorities said. Police said Jeffrey MacDonald attacked an officer …

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by Josh Lanier