Witnesses reported a woman hit the nurse repeatedly with a heavy bag while repeating "I am going to (expletive) kill you."
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Melrose firefighters knocked down a heavy fire in a one-and-a-half story home past 10:30 p.m. on Thursday night.
Notable entries from last week's Melrose Police log. The following information was supplied by the Melrose Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Melrose resident Carlos Edwards, 33, faces 5 years in prison after being convicted of all three charges related to the throwing of then seven-week-old Carmello Sears onto a Malden sidewalk.
Melrose resident Carlos Edwards was convicted of three assault charges nearly a year after he threw his seven-week-old son onto a Cross St. sidewalk.
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The aldermen tabled a proposal to remove the position from civil service as the firefighters request more time to hash out details with Chief Christopher Leary and City Hall.
With gasoline spilled across Route 128, Tuesday morning's commute could be affected as clean-up continued on Monday night.
Malden resident Crystle Sears told jurors that her child's father 'forcefully' threw their seven-week-old infant onto a Cedar St. sidewalk during an argument about her drug use.
The woman's husband and proud new father emailed Melrose Patch with an update.
Also discovered missing on Monday morning were a coinbox and a camera, according to Melrose Police.
The medical helicopter landed on the East Knoll athletic field to bring a female patient from Melrose-Wakefield Hospital to a Boston hospital.
The MBTA Transit Police was looking for a 10-year-old girl, four feet tall, weighing 70 pounds with long brown hair, green hazel eyes, black jeans, a black and white hoodie and turquoise high tops.
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State Police arrested a Melrose man who had an active warrant and tried to run away from a state trooper, after that trooper came across him fishing without a permit and with beer prohibited in Sandy Beach Reservation in Winchester.
An adult woman and adult man were each treated for overdoses and taken to the hospital on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
The driver allegedly struck several vehicles along Main Street on Sunday morning.
Leary has been a member of the Melrose Fire Department for 27 years and will take over for retiring Chief John O'Brien.
Both Mayor Rob Dolan and Melrose Police Chief Mike Lyle have announced plans to tackle some of the issues raised in the recent studies of the Melrose Police Department.
The television station stopped by Melrose today.
Melrose Fire Chief since 2003, O'Brien will be retiring from the department and taking a new fire safety position in Hudson, NH.
An undisclosed amount of cash was reported taken from the Franklin Street store's safe.