In this scheme, victims receive "very convincing" phone calls claiming their cards has been compromised.
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A dog was hit and killed Oct. 6 on North Street in Tewksbury.
A pedestrian was killed Sunday in a hit-and-run in Lowell, officials said.
A 20-year-old man was killed in a shooting around Loring Street and Westford Street Wednesday night.
The break-ins over recent months have mostly happened on weekends when people were not home, the police said.
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A Dracut man was indicted in federal court Thursday in connection with three armed robberies of convenience stores on Dec. 24, 2020.
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Multiple state, federal and local agencies were involved in the arrests of 8 Lawrence and Lowell residents.
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Rivera was also arrested in June 2020 after police said he threatened to kill a Salisbury Beach food stand owner.
The investment adviser allegedly defrauded clients out of millions of dollars in savings.
Tewksbury police charged the man with assault with a dangerous weapon and threat to commit murder.
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Tewksbury and state police arrested a Lawrence man with an active warrant for attempted murder Saturday.
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Police arrested a Lowell man and a Tewksbury man Sunday afternoon.
The 22-year-old Lowell man is accused of firing at a car with three people including a child in it after it prevented him from turning.
Police seized over 50 grams of fentanyl after stopping an erratic driver early Tuesday morning, they aid.
Police arrested a Wilmington woman in Tewksbury Thursday and charged her with driving under the influence of liquor.
The Billerica man had a revoked license due to habitual traffic offenses, the police said.
A Reading man was charged with methamphetamine trafficking.
The town had multiple nights of car break-ins over the last month, the police said.
A Lawrence resident and a Methuen resident were arrested Sunday in Tewksbury.
State Rep. Colleen Garry told the Lowell Sun that the state will soon be launching a probe into the Tewksbury State Hospital.
A 32-year-old Dracut man was federally charged Thursday in connection with three Christmas Eve 2020 armed robberies in Tewksbury and Lowell.
The 23-year-old's vehicle went down an embankment near the intersection of South Street and Regina S. Drive.
In separate cases Monday and Wednesday, Tewksbury police arrested a New Hampshire man and a Pennsylvania man.
A patient at the hospital's Saints Campus attacked a nurse with a fire extinguisher, police said.
Another motion to continue the trial was filed, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office confirmed.
According to the Tewksbury Fire Department, when crews arrived on scene, they found heavy fire coming from the rear porch area of the house.
All four arrests involve separate drug cases over a two-day period, according to Tewksbury police.
Police in New Hampshire arrested Anthony Ou, 19, of Lowell twice in the same night. He's facing several charges, including DUI.
Another woman also received minor injuries from the crash, authorities said.
The Lowell Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one person, a male juvenile, injured over the weekend.
Scammers call residents and offer "free" genetic testing that they say is covered by Medicare, the department said.
A Dracut resident and a Lowell resident were arraigned on murder charges Tuesday, the Lowell Sun reported.
Four people from Lawrence and Methuen were charged Thursday following a Radcliff Road investigation, the police said.
A young adult male was thrown from a vehicle in a rollover crash on Interstate 495.