Boston Police report arresting a Canton man for a double shooting inside a Four Corners barbershop that left Elijah Ricardo Clunie, 20, of Dorchester, dead. Read more.
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By adamg - 9/3/24 - 9:17 pm
Photo by Butternugz, who says this wasn't the worst of the fire.
Roving UHub photographer Butternugz found himself slowed to a crawl heading west on 93 south (128 north for you grizzled Boston-area drivers) in Canton shortly before 2:30 p.m. due to a New England Sealcoating truck busy going up in flames on 93 north (the former 128 south), just past the I-95 interchange: Read more.
By adamg - 7/1/24 - 4:09 pm
WCVB reports on the mistrial declared today in the second-degree murder case of Karen Read, charged with ramming her then boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, with her SUV and leaving him to die in a Canton snowbank. The Norfolk County DA's office said it would re-try Read, whose attorneys say O'Keefe died at the hands of his fellow officers.
By adamg - 1/26/24 - 11:49 am
Scronch. Photo by Transit Police.
A Stoughton Line bridge minding its own business at Bolivar Street in Canton Monday morning was rudely awakened by a tractor-trailer driver who perhaps figured the "low clearance" markings didn't apply in his case, only, as ever, it did. Transit Police report that, unlike the trailer, the bridge suffered no damage.
By adamg - 11/1/23 - 2:21 pm
Rendering of part of Nigerian apartment complex one of the brothers was having built, from court filing.
A Nigerian man living in a Canton apartment who was part of a scheme to convince lonely seniors they were communicating with dashing American servicemen overseas who needed money - and who then moved into using people's personal information to obtain unemployment during the pandemic - was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison yesterday. Read more.
By adamg - 8/14/23 - 9:41 am
Inspecting where the trailer roof used to be. Photo via TPD.
Around 6 a.m. on Friday, a truck driver from Columbus, OH, found out what happens when you ignore the "Low Clearance" sign on a railroad bridge after disregarding the "posted warning signs of height restrictions" in Canton. Read more.
By adamg - 6/16/23 - 9:12 pm
A federal judge today dismissed what was meant to be a class-action suit against Dunkin' Donuts over alleged overcharging on its mobile app because the only listed plaintiff in the initial complaint and Dunkin' Donuts are both based in Massachusetts, and federal class-action law requires at least one party to be in a different state. Read more.
By adamg - 4/10/23 - 11:25 am
WFXT reports State Police are looking for a pair of highwaymen who got out of their car, went up to the back of a truck stopped in traffic on Rte. 128 in Canton this morning, opened it up, then made off with "multiple boxes of smartphones."
By adamg - 2/1/23 - 1:55 pm
Precious passport; in fact, she is Kenyan.
A Canton woman was sentenced to 44 months in federal prison yesterday for her role as a sort of banker for an online romance scheme targeting lonely older women and later for filing fake pandemic-relief applications. Read more.
By adamg - 5/18/22 - 8:15 pm
Steve H. looked out the window of JetBlue Flight 1222 inbound to Logan from the south shortly before 7 p.m. and spotted what appeared to be "a sizeable brush fire" in the area of the Blue Hills Reservation.
By adamg - 5/11/22 - 9:14 am
Jonathan Mulhern, associate head of school of Boston Latin School, is leaving to become a middle-school principal in Canton.
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By adamg - 2/1/22 - 9:54 pm
WBZ reports the woman was charged with vehicular homicide, manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatal crash in the death of Ofr. John O'Keefe.
By adamg - 2/1/22 - 9:11 am
WBZ reports an autopsy was completed yesterday on the body of BPD Ofr. John O'Keefe, who had apparently been outside the Canton house of people he knew for several hours on Saturday, but that officials declined to release results and said their investigation into his death continues. O'Keefe, who lived in Canton, had been on the force for 16 years.
By adamg - 9/3/21 - 10:41 am
Snared snakehead. Photo by MassWildlife.
MassWildlife, a.k.a. the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife reports somebody caught a big ol' northern snakehead fish in Reservoir Pond in Canton on Aug. 27. Read more.
By adamg - 8/23/21 - 11:35 am
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that a Canton country club that withheld a 10% "service charge" from workers at private events may have to hand the money over to the workers because, come on, anybody reading a contract with that phrase would assume the money is meant for tips. Read more.
By adamg - 6/10/21 - 9:31 am
Adam Balsam was among the many people who got up early to get a good view of the eclipse, which in his case meant a trip to Wollaston Beach. At first, it was disappointing, because clouds obscured the show as the sun broke above the horizon, but once the sun rose high enough, the show was on. Read more.
By adamg - 5/2/21 - 3:51 pm
Kareem Chapin, 47, of Canton, pleaded guilty last week to federal charges related to his involvement in a Boston-area drug ring, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.
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