Take a look at some of the unusual, funny and just plain strange police reports from around the commonwealth.
There’s a new hostage phone scam happening across the City of Boston that you need to know about.
Yves Dambreville, 65, was shot and killed in the country’s city of Port-au-Prince.
Boston Police Commissioner William Evans says the suspect in question refused to follow orders and resisted arrest.
Local police are warning parents to watch out for "flakka," which can cause paranoia, "excited delirium" and death, even in small amounts.
The men made reference to “another Boston massacre” on social media before attempting to carry out the attack, prosecutors say.
Welcome to the force, Viggo! The department unveiled the name of its newest fury friend on Friday morning.
Two people were in a car on Spring Street when shots rang out around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening, police say.
The BPD will give out $200 Visa gift cards to those who participate in the gun buyback program.
The Boston Police Department is asking the public to suggest names for its new nine-week-old Belgian Shepherd.
The accident happened at the intersection of Corey and Centre Streets late Monday evening.
The fire damaged a playground at the William H. Ohrenberger Middle School on Boundary Road.
The ACLU filed a public-records suit against the department in Suffolk Superior Court on Thursday.
The Boston City Council is set to hear a proposal that calls for all city police officers to wear body cameras.
The Boston Police Department released its crime statistics for the first half of 2015 on Tuesday.
The shooting took place at 92 Academy Terrace off of Columbus Avenue.
FEMA awarded a total of $19,237,879 in grants to seven Massachusetts fire departments.
Sean Malone was pulled from the water at a South Boston beach back on July 20.
Jason Castillo, 28, was found suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
Luis Vargas, 17, has been safely located.
An off-duty firefighter pulled a 54-year-old man from the water at Carson Beach.
It’s not known what sort of incident caused the man’s death.
Police officers guarded Boston's Moakley Courthouse while the trial was taking place.
A West Roxbury man was struggling to make it up a hill on Centre Street when the officer provided assistance.
The officer suffered a concussion and head laceration while chasing a suspect who allegedly exposed himself.
The body of 28-year-old Charles Floyd was discovered by snowplow drivers back in January.
A man suffered life-threatening injuries after a shooting at Washington Street and Columbia Road.
Plus, a worker is hurt badly during an airport construction project, and Boston threatens to shut down a city bar after multiple violations.
Plus, a young child is found among heroin and crack during a drug raid in Falmouth.
A woman fell and hit her head on pavement after a passerby violently pushed her to the ground.
Plus, the Massachusetts House passes a budget that could mean big changes at the MBTA.
The Boston Fire Department and Transit Police officers responded to Federal Street to help battle the flames.
Major Richard McKeon will assume command of 2,300 Massachusetts State Police troopers.
The stabbing happened in the Blue Hill Avenue area late Monday.
Darnell Fisher and Epshod Jeune allegedly shot and killed an escort at a hotel in Burlington.
Plus, an armed home invasion, and the convicted marathon bomber seeks a new trial
One man was killed Saturday night around 11 p.m. at the intersection of Holborn and Glenburne streets.
It was a case of fashion policing at its very finest.