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A Worcester city councilor has been charged with assaulting and interfering with police officers during a chaotic ICE operation in the city last month.
One of two men convicted of killing Milford Police Sgt. Walter Conley in December 1980 has been granted parole.
A Worcester police union is calling out the actions of a city councilor whom they allege “incited aggression towards police” as city officers assisted federal immigration agents in responding ...
The Worcester Police Department arrested two protesters after responding to a call for a “hostile crowd” that had “surrounded” a federal ICE agent. Dozens of city residents gathered on ...
The Worcester police recovered a number of grave markers recently stolen from a local cemetery, officials. say. Officials received a report of two stolen bronze plaques from St. John’s Cemetery ...
2025 the Worcester Police Department arrested Arthur Theurer, 64, in connection with a series of graveyard thefts. The police were first alerted to stolen bronze plaques from St. John's Cemetery ...
Dylan Driscoll, 19, was arrested in New Jersey, while Adrian Rodriguez, 33, Darius Perkins, 20, and the juvenile were arrested in Fitchburg on Dec. 22, Worcester police said in a statement last week.
Since the Department of Justice released an explosive report last week on alleged civil rights violations by Worcester police, defenders of the department have argued that the allegations are ...
On Monday, the US Justice Department alleged Worcester police engaged in a “pattern ... He can also be reached on Signal at john_hilliard.70 or email him at john.hilliard@globe.com.
By Jenna Russell A two-year investigation by the Justice Department found patterns of “outrageous” conduct by the police in Worcester, Mass., including excessive use of force and sexual ...
BACKGROUND With a population of 207,000, Worcester, Massachusetts is the second largest city in New England. Worcester is in central Massachusetts. Worcester's population is 51.8% white, 12.8% ...
The Worcester Police Department engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that violated people’s civil rights, United States Attorney Joshua Levy’s office announced Monday. In November 2022 ...