Alexandria, VA
Police & Fire
Drugs, Guns Accompany Stafford Man As He Breaks Into Residence Drugs, Guns Accompany Stafford Man As He Breaks Into Residence
Drugs, Guns Accompany Stafford Man As He Breaks Into Residence A Stafford man was placed into police custody after he broke into a residence, in addition with other illegal activity, police said.  On September 13, at around 7 p.m., officers responded to a residence on Truslow Road, where they found 32-year-old James Stidham in an argument with a witness, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. The witness told police that Stidham chased a resident into their home and attempted to break down the door of the dwelling, officials reported. Police said Stidham admitted to attempting to break in, and added that he had taken a controlled…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Alexandria, VA
Police & Fire
Stafford County Double Date At Local Motel Ends With Armed Robbery: Police Stafford County Double Date At Local Motel Ends With Armed Robbery: Police
Stafford County Double Date At Local Motel Ends With Armed Robbery: Police Three armed men disrupted a recent Stafford County double date at a local Super 8 motel, police said. Just after midnight on September 3, officials arrived at the motel, located at 557 Warrenton Road, where they discovered that two adult men had been robbed in a motel room, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. The two men were invited to the motel by two women they met on Facebook and as they all settled into their room, there was a knock on the door, claiming to be "room service", officials reported.  Three masked men, two of them armed with knives, entered the roo…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Alexandria, VA
Police & Fire
Woodbridge Man Arrested For Breaking Into Auto Shop, Stealing Money, Keys Woodbridge Man Arrested For Breaking Into Auto Shop, Stealing Money, Keys
Woodbridge Man Arrested For Breaking Into Auto Shop, Stealing Money, Keys A Woodbridge man was arrested for breaking into an auto shop and stealing valuables, police said.At around 5:25 p.m. on August 21, officers arrived at Nobel Auto Select on Cambridge Street, where they found the front glass window completely shattered, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.  The owner of the auto shop reported that three sets and cash were missing from the business, officials reported. Police said they found the suspect, 43-year-old David Rios, at a nearby hotel after surveillance footage showed him throwing a car battery at the auto shop's window. Although…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Police Help Family After Boston 11-Year-Old Breaks Into 7-Eleven For Food Police Help Family After Boston 11-Year-Old Breaks Into 7-Eleven For Food
Police Help Family After Boston 11-Year-Old Breaks Into 7-Eleven For Food An 11-year-old boy and his family are getting the proper help they need after he was caught trying to steal food from a Boston store, authorities said. Police responded to a report of a breaking and entering at the 7-Eleven located at 473 West Broadway Street in South Boston around 4:11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 22, Boston Police said. Upon arrival, the boy told officers he used a hammer to break into the store and "get something to eat." While they did not find any food on the boy, officers contacted his parents who then applied for the appropriate social services.  

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by David Cifarelli
Alexandria, VA
Police & Fire
Two Suspects In Custody After Motel 6 Armed Robbery: Stafford Police Two Suspects In Custody After Motel 6 Armed Robbery: Stafford Police
Two Suspects In Custody After Motel 6 Armed Robbery: Stafford Police Two Stafford men were arrested for robbing a local Motel 6, police said. At around 8 p.m. on August 16, deputies responded to the motel at 401 Warrenton Road, after the victim reported that one suspect kicked down his room door and demanded money with a knife, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. Authorities said the second suspect was posted outside the room as a lookout. An officer, who was at a gas station nearby, received the suspects' descriptions and located 31-year-old Earl Wadlington, the suspect who robbed the victim at knifepoint, officials said. Wadlington had tw…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Lynn, MA
Police & Fire
Veteran Peabody Police Officer Suspended For Allegedly Breaking Into Lynn Home Veteran Peabody Police Officer Suspended For Allegedly Breaking Into Lynn Home
Veteran Peabody Police Officer Suspended For Allegedly Breaking Into Lynn Home A 13-year veteran of the Peabody Police Department is suspended with pay after he was charged with breaking and entering into a home in Lynn, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said.  Officer James Festa is being held without bail after he was he was arrested by Lynn Police on 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10, the office reports. Officers responded after getting a report that a man had broken into the property and refused to leave.  Peabody Police subsequently placed Festa on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the investigation. He has was arraigned…

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by David Cifarelli
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Repeat Robber Nabbed By Boston Police Repeat Robber Nabbed By Boston Police
Repeat Robber Nabbed By Boston Police Police arrested a 29-year-old Boston man robbed two people and a store on back-to-back nights earlier this week.  Danavian Daniel faces several charges after police said he pulled a gun on someone at 758 Tremont Street on Monday, July 18, and demanded cash, Boston Police said. Shortly after, police said he did the same thing to another person on the same block.  Daniel robbed a store at 124 Harvard Street the following night, officers said. Investigators noted similarities in the robberies and linked them together. When police went to arrest him earlier this week, Daniel tossed h…

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by Josh Lanier
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
North Shore Man Caught Breaking Into Merrimack Valley Suburban Home: Police North Shore Man Caught Breaking Into Merrimack Valley Suburban Home: Police
North Shore Man Caught Breaking Into Merrimack Valley Suburban Home: Police A man from Lynn was charged with breaking and entering, among other charges, after police caught him leaving a home in Tewksbury earlier this week, authorities said. Police responded to a report of a suspicious male inside a home on Kennedy Road while the residents were away around 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6, Tewksbury Police said.  Responding officers quickly surrounded the home and shortly detained the man, later identified as Robert Cherry, age 62, while he was leaving.  Officers then contacted the homeowner who said they weren't expecting guests and did not know Cherry, …

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by David Cifarelli
Worcester, MA
Police & Fire
Westborough Police Point Laser-Wielding Fire Station Vandal Straight To Jail Westborough Police Point Laser-Wielding Fire Station Vandal Straight To Jail
Westborough Police Point Laser-Wielding Fire Station Vandal Straight To Jail Breaking into a fire station is one thing but for one Northborough man the buck didn't stop with just the broken glass – he had to make one other point. Dispatchers heard a loud crash outside the Westborough Fire Station, located at 42 Milk Street, at 3:20 a.m. on Monday, June 13, the Westborough Fire Department said in a release on Facebook.  The dispatchers found a man, later identified as Kevin Tupper, smashing the front doors of the station with an unknown object, fire officials said.  While waiting for police to arrive, Tupper pointed something with a red laser at dispa…

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by David Cifarelli
Amherst, MA
Police & Fire
Suspect Caught After Fleeing Scene Of Stolen Car Crash In Western Mass, Police Say Suspect Caught After Fleeing Scene Of Stolen Car Crash In Western Mass, Police Say
Suspect Caught After Fleeing Scene Of Stolen Car Crash In Western Mass, Police Say A suspect was arrested in Western Massachusetts following a pursuit in a stolen vehicle.  Shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 28, police in Hampshire County received an alert that Holyoke Police in Hampden County and Massachusetts State Police were involved in a pursuit with a stolen vehicle driven by a suspect accused of breaking and entering, according to the Hadley Police Department. Hadley PD officers attempted to deploy tire deflation devices and saw the suspect vehicle leave I-91 North at a high rate of speed and travel over the Coolidge Bridge into Hadley, police said.  …

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by Nicole Valinote
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Key 'Pizza' Evidence Lands Bicycle Thief In Stafford County Jail: Police Key 'Pizza' Evidence Lands Bicycle Thief In Stafford County Jail: Police
Key 'Pizza' Evidence Lands Bicycle Thief In Stafford County Jail: Police A man was locked up in the Rappahannock Regional Jail thanks in part to his shirt that contained key "pizza" evidence, police said.  A couple driving through the Woodlawn neighborhood in Stafford on Saturday, May 21, saw a man pushing a bike that looked familiar. In fact, it looked like the bike someone had stolen out of their garage days before, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said.  The man told them that it was an honest mistake. A friend had given him the bike, and he had no idea about it being stolen. But when the couple called 911 to clear up any confusion, th…

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by Josh Lanier
Albany, NY
News
Man Accused Of Shooting Capital District Woman Through Window Arrested Man Accused Of Shooting Capital District Woman Through Window Arrested
Man Accused Of Shooting Capital District Woman Through Window Arrested Police say they've nabbed the man suspected of shooting a 60-year-old Albany woman through her own window. Raheem Hines, age 44, of Albany, was arrested Monday, May 16, according to authorities. Investigators said at the time of his arrest Hines had a loaded 9mm handgun, Albany Police said. His capture came nearly a week after the victim was found suffering from a gunshot wound to her abdomen inside her home on Partridge Street near Madison Avenue. She was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Investigators said Hines walked …

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by Michael Mashburn