Crime & Safety

Market Basket Parking Lot Incident Proves Fatal: Patch PM

Also: Sad discovery at major beach; Local hero finally finds way back home; Man charged in fatal shooting of golden retriever; More.

Share-worthy stories from the Massachusetts Patch network to talk about tonight:

Woman Pinned Under Vehicle In Market Basket Parking Lot Dies

The victim was reportedly pinned under her vehicle after an SUV backed into it.

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State Trooper Caught On Tape In Apparent Beating Found Not Guilty

The trooper apparently caught in this video pummeling a surrendering suspect has been found not guilty of assault.

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image via MBTA

Our Commuter Rail Really Is The Worst

Does the MBTA's weird, cartoon vision of the future involve a fully functioning commuter rail system? We hope so, because the federal government confirmed today that we aren't imagining things: The commuter rail system here is the worst.

Patch file photo by LeRocque family.

Vegas Gunman Took 'Happiest, Most Caring, Sweet, And Self-Sacrificing Person You Would Ever Know'

The family of the Tewksbury woman killed in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history spoke Thursday morning, painting a picture of a "beautiful, loving mother and wife."

A Sad Discovery At Revere Beach

A passerby this morning alerted police after the body of a woman was spotted on the shoreline. Police are investigating.

Local Hero Finally Finds Way Back Home

A Brookline man who died more than 70 years ago in WWII was identified and returned home Wednesday.

Man Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Golden Retriever

A Lakeville man shot and killed his neighbor's dog, police said.

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