As the Acting Chief, Femino will not be eligible to apply for the permanent Chief of Police position.
Femino, former acting chief of police, will return to the role until a permanent replacement is found for retiring chief David Fallon.
The longtime gang leader and Whitey Bulger's predecessor died of a heart attack Thursday.
Officer Michael McGrath pepper-sprayed a person who was already in custody and posed no threat to him, the Middlesex DA said.
A small lift crane tipped over on the Somerville-Cambridge line Friday, police said.
Thomas Latanowich, accused of killing Yarmouth Officer Sean Gannon, had sought to suppress statements made in the aftermath of the shooting.
A suspected plant thief in Winter Hill wrote an apology and agreed to make restitution to the victims, police said.
Daniel Rosado pleaded guilty to various charges for the 2019 armed robbery of a local bank in which gunfire was exchanged with police.
Police sought the public's help in locating Edna Iglesias Monday night.
Tevon Ngomba, 27, was arrested during an undercover operation between Somerville police and the ATF.
Police said the man was holding a gun to a woman's head in an apartment on Highland Avenue Aug. 6.
Allen McGonagill, 30, is among 10 people facing charges in the hanging of a "Climate Justice Now" banner on the Citgo sign.
Police said the majority of the thefts reported last month happened on residents' private property.
Tevon NGomba, 27, was arrested as the result of an undercover operation with the ATF near the Mystic Housing Development, police said.
Robert Carney, 44, repeatedly punched another man until he lost consciousness and had a seizure, police said.
"Sincerely hope the people who did this did not realize how hurtful it would be to people in our community," Mayor Joseph Curtatone said.
A person was fatally struck by a Fitchburg Line train Friday afternoon.
The mayor and City Council are planning major steps to reform the SPD and reimagine policing in Somerville.
Four people were injured in a shooting near River Road Thursday night.
The 18-year-old was issued a summons after police responded to reports of fireworks being shot from a car in the Port.
Charles Jaynes admitted to the parole board Tuesday that he murdered 10-year-old Jeffrey Curley in 1997.
According to the Somerville Fire Department, the driver initially tried to run away but collapsed down the street.
Five firefighters sustained minor injuries battling the blaze early Wednesday.
The SPD's mutual aid agreement with the BPD has at times been controversial, but Chief Fallon said "we stand with" peaceful protesters.
'The circumstances surrounding the deaths of George Floyd and so many others were different but the root cause was the same - racism.'
Police Chief David Fallon said Friday he was "devastated to see the brutality inflicted by a police officer on another human being."
Chief Charles Breen said it took a significant amount of manpower to bring the fire under control before it spread to a neighboring home.
A fire broke out at a home on Everett Avenue Wednesday afternoon.
A new Anti-Defamation League report says there have been four antisemitic or white nationalist incidents in Somerville in the last year.
Somerville Police Officer Ozzy Martinez has been in the hospital for more than a month now battling coronavirus.
A 26-year-old man was arrested and and accused of stabbing his 27-year-old neighbor at a Somerville apartment complex.
Police said 15-year-old Sheila Ryan was reunited with her family Monday.
Emma Fraser, 15, was reported missing Thursday.
Officers searched the 27-year-old and found three bags with pills inside, police said.
A Medford man arrested Sunday had a BAC of nearly three times the legal limit, police said.
Emergency crews responded to a fire on Merriam Street Monday afternoon.
Police say a suspect in an armed robbery Thursday is no longer believed to be in the Somerville area.
A teenage boy was reported missing from the School Street area Sunday afternoon, a city spokesperson said.
Two men were arrested after trying to sell drugs to an undercover Arlington officer Friday, police said.
The Middlesex DA's office announced indictments handed down between Dec. 5 and Jan. 30.