Crime & Safety

MA Shipping Biz Smuggled $700K Of These Protected Items To Hong Kong, DOJ Says: Patch PM

Also: Megastar cancels Gillette Stadium concert; 10-year-old girl killed on Mass Pike; Two officer-involved shootings Sunday; More.

Today's top stories: A smuggling ring was illegally exporting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of elephant ivory, rhinoceros horn, and coral out from a Massachusetts shipping business to Hong Kong, the DOJ said.

Two people were fatally struck on interstates Sunday: A 10-year-old girl was hit on the Pike, and an unidentified person was hit while in the travel lanes on I-95.

There were two officer-involved shootings in Massachusetts Sunday: One man allegedly punched a Chelmsford officer and used a large shard of glass as a weapon, while another man was killed in Spencer.

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Justin Bieber has abruptly canceled his Gillette Stadium show - and all other shows the rest of his tour.

Dozens of firefighters from across Middlesex County fought an eight-alarm blaze that wiped out an apartment complex under construction Sunday. You can see a photo gallery here.

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In New Hampshire, a 22-year-old man has been charged with jumping a woman and punching her 39 times in a brutal parking lot attack.

Photo: It looks like this house tried to eat this van.


Crime Time: A shoplifting suspect wearing the shoes he was stealing also had with a hatchet on him, police say ... Don't guzzle vodka at the train station, especially if you have warrants out for your arrest ... Police are searching for this blue car they say caused a three-car crash in Cambridge.

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