Crime & Safety

Murderer No More, Man Freed After 38 Years Behind Bars: Patch PM

Also: Trump responds to North Korea nuclear threat with threat of his own; Despicable act over Chuck E. Cheese's token dispute; More.

Happy Tuesday (nuclear threats aside.) Here are today's top stories.


After 38 years behind bars, Frederick Clay is a free man. The Suffolk County District Attorney's office vacated the conviction of Clay for the 1979 murder of Jeffrey Boyajian in Roslindale.

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A 53-year-old man kicked a 6-year-old girl over a token dispute at a Chuck E. Cheese's, police said. It's turning into a story of "he said, she said."

The man wanted in a brutal domestic attack of two women over the weekend was captured in part by an alert officer on patrol, police said.

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The "One Minute Bandit" is on the loose. And police are offering $5,000 for information leading to the location, arrest, and prosecution of him.

Snake on a train? On the Red Line, yes.

A Brockton woman was arrested after a long investigation into packages and mail being stolen from residents at a New Hampshire condominium complex, according to police.

Cindy Friedman didn't expect to be here. The newest member of the state Senate is still getting used to it.

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Oh boy. Escalated nuclear threats from North Korea "will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen," President Trump said.

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