Boston Police arrested a Dorchester man on Tuesday in connection with a 2021 homicide. The court held him without bail.

Massachusetts’ highest court has initiated an emergency protocol that could see many indigent criminal defendants in Middlesex and Suffolk county courts released from jail or their cases dropped.

Declaring a “systemic violation” of constitutional rights, Massachusetts’ highest court on Thursday ordered trial courts in Middlesex and Suffolk counties to begin ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts’ highest court has initiated an emergency protocol that could see many indigent criminal defendants in Middlesex and Suffolk county courts released from jail or even have their ...

33-year-old Michael Villanueva is charged with domestic assault and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. According to ...

Massachusetts' highest court is imposing a legal protocol that could result in hundreds of criminal defendants being set free ...

The decision comes amid the ongoing refusal of some private defense attorneys to take on new cases amid a pay dispute.

When the tall ships depart for Boston on July 9, 2026, their route will take them along Long Island’s South Shore. Organizers ...

The growing fallout from a public defender work stoppage could now set criminal defendants free across Massachusetts.

Various weather conditions across different parts of New York State threaten travel plans for the busy Fourth of July weekend ...

Officers arrested a Dorchester man Tuesday in connection with a fatal shooting nearly four years ago. At 3:10 p.m. on July 1, members of the Boston Police Fugitive Unit took 46-year-old Marc Lamothe ...