A former Massachusetts police officer has been indicted on child rape and child pornography charges relating to an alleged sexual relationship he had with a 15-year-old girl.
Danielle Dauphinais, 38, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and two counts of witness tampering in connection with the death of her son, Elijah Lewis.
William Farwell admitted in police interviews that he had a sexual relationship with Birchmore for about two years when she was an adult and had sexual encounters with her in 2020 before her death.
Enrique Delgado-Garcia, who previously worked for the district attorney's office, died Friday following a training exercise at the State Police Academy.
Matthew Farwell pleaded not guilty in the murder of Birchmore, who he allegedly first started to have sexual relations with when she was a part of the Police Explorers program at the age of 15, according to prosecutors.
Former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell is facing charges for the alleged murder of Sandra Birchmore, who was found dead in 2021 after her death was initially ruled a suicide.
School officials allegedly promised Birchmore's co-worker that they would designate proper guidance to get her the appropriate help; however, they did not follow through.
Her death was purportedly the culmination of a years-long pattern of abuse, said prosecutors. An ex-Massachusetts cop accused of "staging" pregnant lover Sandra Birchmore's suicide bragged that he "would've f---ed" her at an even younger age, according to a disturbing, newly-released arrest affidavit.
Divisions are mounting among voters in Massachusetts on the issue of making leisureliness marijuana lawful. States like Washington, Alaska and Colorado have made the use of marijuana legal for recreational purpose.
Uber is facing another set of class-action lawsuits from Florida and Illinois. Two more drivers have taken their complaints over their employment to the court.
An unidentified 42-year-old Massachusetts state trooper has been placed on leave after his fellow troopers charged with attempted strangulation and domestic abuse. The state trooper allegedly choke his live-in girlfriend inside their apartment on a Friday night.
Uber has agreed to pay $100 million and apply policy changes to settle with lawsuits filed by its drivers. The settlement will affect 385,000 drivers in Massachusetts and California that are represented in the cases.
Massachusetts' top securities regulator alleged a unit of custody bank State Street of habitually overcharging patrons for items such as messaging services, even as an executive worried one client might "discover that we are taking them to the cleaners."
On Tuesday, the US high court had a hard time with the question of when federal contractors can be sued for defrauding the government in a case of a 19-year-old Massachusetts woman who suffered a fatal 2009 seizure at a mental health facility.
The highest court in Massachusetts is being asked to make a decision over the parental rights of an unmarried gay woman whose former girlfriend gave birth to two children.
