Local chiefs discuss new license plate format proposal
LYNN – Area police chiefs have mixed feelings about a state Senate bill that would reformat state license plates to make the plates easier to remember in hit-and-run... Read more.
Jury in Lynn beating death begins deliberations
SALEM – Assistant District Attorney Maureen Wilson-Leal emphasized in her closing argument this morning that murder suspect Fernando Aristy “was not... Read more.
Witness to fatal melee spills story
SALEM – Chad McDonald didn?t die until 11 days after Fernando Aristy allegedly beat him brutally with a wooden board, but a witness said in court Thursday... Read more.
Lynn teen indicted for armed robbery with knife
SALEM – An Essex County grand jury indicted a Lynn teen who allegedly robbed a woman at knife point while she waited for a bus on Boston Street.Claudio Melo,... Read more.
Slain Peabody woman recalled
PEABODY – “I?ve been crying all day,” Kimberly Flynn, the mother of a mental health worker violently murdered just over a year ago, told a crowd,... Read more.
Witness testifies he watched beating of Peabody man
SALEM – A key witness in the murder trial of Fernando Aristy testified this morning in Superior Court to seeing the Chelsea man straddle Chad McDonald outside... Read more.
Police: Lynn man hired by couple to redo floor stole their television
LYNN – Lynn Police arrested a Lynn man Friday after he allegedly scammed a local couple who hired him to replace their kitchen floor and stole from them while... Read more.
Lynn man charged with trafficking heroin
LYNN – Judge James LaMothe ordered a Lynn father held in Middleton Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash Monday during his arraignment in Lynn District Court after... Read more.
Doctor tells of trying to save beating victim’s life
SALEM – The neurosurgeon who treated a Lynn native who died in October 2010 after allegedly being beaten with a wooden board testified in Salem Superior Court... Read more.
Swampscott rapist sentenced to state prison
SWAMPSCOTT – A Swampscott man pleaded guilty in Salem Superior Court Wednesday to four counts of rape and three counts of providing alcohol to minors, and... Read more.