public safety
Fatal Cambridge crash suspect charged with OUI, motor vehicle homicide
A Cambridge woman was arraigned Tuesday on charges including motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence (OUI) following a crash Friday night that killed another Cambridge resident, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. Read more At MIT, PhD candidates and trade workers unite Sosa Samura, 41, allegedly struck a vehicle driven by Susana […]
Cambridge teen charged with attempted murder in Russell Field shooting
A 19-year-old Cambridge man has been charged with armed assault with intent to murder in connection wit an Oct. 6 shooting near Russeull Field in North Cambridge that left another man injured, according the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. Read more Somerville income growth highest in Mass.; prosperity has its own problems Jayven McNealy allegedly fired […]
Motorist who killed cyclist sentenced to prison
Junming Zhu was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison as well as the loss of his driver’s license for 15 years for the death of cyclist John Corcoran Sept. 23, 2024. The decision was rendered Thursday in Cambridge District Court by Judge David E. Frank. Frank suspended the final 18 months of the sentence, meaning […]
Man charged with assaulting two women in Porter Square fitness club
A 40-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting two women inside the women’s locker room at a Porter Square Planet Fitness pleaded not guilty Friday and will remain in custody ahead of an Oct. 16 dangerousness hearing. Read more Huron Avenue bike lanes to go forward Laquan Holland was arraigned in Cambridge District Court on two […]
City council recap: Policy orders on bike lanes, sex work return next week; MFHO amendments take baby step
In addition to passing a tax rate increase and declining to intercede in school-related contract negotiations, Cambridge City Council on Monday also saw policy orders recommending the decriminalization of sex work and a pause on Huron Street bike lanes charter righted, delaying a vote for a week. City staff also got the go-ahead to begin […]
Third man charged in killing of Xavier Bautista
A Boston man, 23-year-old Moises Pimentel, was charged Tuesday morning with the July 4 murder of Cambridge Public Works employee Xavier Bautista. He pled not guilty in Cambridge District Court this morning. Read more Question 8 “a doomsday scenario,” say cannabis business owners Pimentel is the third person to be charged in connection with the […]
Cambridge nears completion of outdoor AED rollout across 46 public spaces
Cambridge has nearly finished installing 46 new automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, across parks and other public spaces. The devices, which analyze a person’s heart rhythm during sudden cardiac arrest and deliver an electric shock if needed, are part of an effort to make lifesaving treatment available before emergency crews can arrive. Read more Armyworms […]
Second man charged in murder of Xavier Bautista
A second man has been charged in the murder of Xavier Bautista, a Cambridge Department of Public Works employee who was murdered near Sennott Park in the early hours of July 4th this year. Giovani Arroyo, a 22-year-old from Boston, was arrested Thursday and arraigned in Cambridge District Court. Arroyo pled not guilty to charges […]
Cambridge police cite low ICE activity in report
The U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reduced activity in Cambridge, according to Cambridge Police Department’s (CPD) bi-annual report presented to City Council Monday night. Read more ‘Turkeys’ app invites Cambridge to consider our gobbly neighbors Between February and August of this year, CPD logged six interactions or potential interactions with ICE […]
Man arrested after Memorial Drive shooting pleads not guilty
Today, the man arrested after a brazen May 11 shooting on Memorial Drive that left two people injured and a community shaken was indicted on charges filed by the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. Tyler Brown pleaded not guilty to the 43 charges, which include six counts of armed assault to murder, 17 counts of various […]