Salem police found "numerous shell casings" and two apparent bullet-damaged vehicles after a report of gunshots early Wednesday morning.
Salem police officers will be required to wear the cameras once they are bought and officers are trained with them - likely early 2022.
Several city departments have alternative numbers to reach them while service is being restored.
Salem police said the man found dead Tuesday night apparently jumped from the fourth floor of the MBTA parking garage.
Salem police say the teen from Minnesota got lost while walking his dog Monday afternoon and was found safe following a late-night search.
Salem police said the boy, who is not from this area, has not been seen since he left a Perkins Street home to walk a dog around 2 p.m.
Salem police said 'brazen' riders this weekend taunted units whose department protocols prevent them from engaging in high-speed chases.
Police said one Peabody man was 'looking at his phone' at the time of an early morning crash, another was stabbed on Palmer Street.
Alan Dionne, who has been with the department for 28 years and has been serving as acting chief, was named full-time chief on May 27.
Salem police said the two men were caught in the act of "tagging" public property with racist graffiti on behalf of the "Patriot Front."
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Salem police said 28-year-old Dylan DeSousa died from injuries suffered when thrown from his Honda motorized scooter after hitting a curb.
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Vincent Caruso, 26, and Ernest Johnson, 33, are charged with mass producing counterfeit Percocet pills that contained fentanyl.
Mayor Kim Driscoll said the "red and blue" joint patrols will target neighborhoods where there have been past complaints.
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Salem police said the 28-year-old crashed his motorized scooter into a sidewalk Saturday night and later died from his injuries.
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Salem police said the incidents have happened at night in both North Salem and South Salem over the past week.
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Police said the checkpoint will set up at an undisclosed location in Essex County Friday night into early Saturday morning.
Lucas Miller addressed the challenges facing police and Salem's ability to meet them during his official swearing-in ceremony Tuesday.
Lucas Miller, a former New York City detective, was named to lead the department last month.
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The current acting chief has worked in the Salem Fire Department for 28 years.
The graffiti removed from a rock was the third similar incident in Salem in the last two weeks and second on the North Shore in two days.
Union Local 172 said its members joined with Salem State crews to help seven ducklings out of the sewer.
After a very noisy Fourth of July season last year amid the coronavirus shutdowns, the city is taking a tough stand with fines this spring.
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The city reported the swastika sticker plastered on an Essex Street firebox two weeks after one was located at Salem High School.
An FBI affidavit said suspect Richard Schuyler Kuykendall, of Gloucester, was identified, in part, because of a "Boston" stomach tattoo.
Ipswich police said a two-month investigation led to cocaine and fentanyl distribution charges against Jason Martinez.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office said the conspiracy involved stealing victims' identities and using them to get fraudulent accounts.
A vehicle struck a child on North Street near Symonds Street Monday afternoon.
The Veterinary Association of the North Shore will run the clinic set for June 2 at the police station.
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Jose Esmerlin Diaz, 36, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl.