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Billerica family hopeful parole will be denied for killer father

BILLERICA -- During a 2 1/2-hour Parole Board hearing, Regina Marsh watched her ex-husband, Richard Seymour, the man who killed her 17-year-old son in 1986, squirm under intense grilling by board members. → Read More

Man freed in Lowell knife assault that sparked crash into bus

LOWELL -- Lowell police responded on Thursday morning to a domestic squabble between former roommates that involved an eviction, a knife and a car crashing into a commuter bus as one of the alleged victims tried to flee a possible assault. → Read More

Mistrial declared in Dracut selectman's animal-cruelty case

LOWELL -- A district court judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the animal-cruelty case against Dracut Selectman Cathy Richardson, after a veterinarian testified about the results of undisclosed medical tests on the sickest of Richardson's horses. → Read More

Lowell man charged as getaway driver in downtown armed robbery pleads not guilty

LOWELL -- Lowell police may have labeled Guillermo Hernandez as the getaway driver in a brazen armed robbery in downtown Lowell on Sunday, but his attorney claims he was just giving his friends a ride. → Read More

Officer describes emaciated horse in Dracut selectman's animal cruelty trial

LOWELL -- After receiving a tip about a "skinny" horse at Dracut Selectman Cathy Richardson's farm last March, then-Animal Control Officer Virginia Courtenay testified she visited the farm and found an emaciated horse named Remy. → Read More

Animal control officer testifies she found emaciated horse on Richardson's farm

LOWELL -- After receiving a tip about a "skinny" horse at Dracut Selectman Cathy Richardson's farm last March, retired Animal Control Officer Virginia Courtenay testified Wednesday she visited the farm and found an emaciated horse. → Read More

ATF nabs Lowell man in alleged drugs-for-guns deal

LOWELL -- As Noel Alfredo Toledo climbed into the passenger seat of the unmarked car belonging to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Friday, audio and video equipment hidden inside the car captured every moment of the → Read More

Dracut selectman's animal-cruelty trial opens

LOWELL -- As jury selection enters its second day in the animal-cruelty case against Dracut Selectman Cathy Richardson today, a judge has prohibited the use of the words "abuse" and "neglect" in describing the condition of Richardson's horses when → Read More

Man found guilty in 2011 fatal New Year's Day shooting

LOWELL -- The Lowell Superior Court jury on Monday found Sothy Voeun, 24, of Lowell, guilty of two dozen charges, including first-degree murder, in the 2011 New Year's shooting in Lowell that left one partygoer dead and seven wounded. → Read More

Man found guilty in 2011 fatal New Year's Day shooting

LOWELL -- The Lowell Superior Court jury on Monday found Sothy Voeun, 24, of Lowell, guilty of two dozen charges, including first-degree murder, in the 2011 New Year's shooting in Lowell that left one partygoer dead and seven wounded. → Read More

Killer in bid for parole

BILLERICA - The knot in Regina Marsh's stomach tightened even before she opened the envelope from the Massachusetts Parole Board. "I knew exactly what it was," Marsh said while sitting in the kitchen of her Billerica home with her daughter, Paula Todisco. → Read More

Kennel co-owner faces charges

LOWELL - The co-owner of a Tyngsboro kennel has been charged with animal cruelty, accused of failing to care for a puppy she was told was infected with the dangerous Parvo virus. → Read More

Tewksbury man held without bail in domestic stabbing

LOWELL -- A 36-year-old Tewksbury man is being held without bail as a danger after he allegedly forced his wife to stab her own hand with a knife she was using to slice a banana for their young daughter. → Read More

Lowell man facing human-trafficking charges held on high bail

LOWELL -- A 61-year-old city man convicted four years ago of running a brothel was ordered held on $100,000 cash bail after police arrested him on drug and human-trafficking charges. → Read More

Ex-Sen. Marzilli admits violation probation, will pay fine

WOBURN -- Former state Sen. J. James Marzilli must pay $1,000 in court costs for violating probation in a Lowell groping case by traveling to Thailand for 11 days without permission. → Read More

Ex-Sen. Marzilli admits violation probation, will pay fine

WOBURN -- Former state Sen. J. James Marzilli must pay $1,000 in court costs for violating probation in a Lowell groping case by traveling to Thailand for 11 days without permission. → Read More

Former Lowell cop faces homicide trial

SALEM -- Former Lowell Police Officer Eric Wayne, who is facing motor-vehicle homicide and manslaughter charges, is tentatively scheduled for trial in April. → Read More

Local sex offender facing new charges

LOWELL -- A Level 3 sex offender from Townsend, convicted 15 years ago of raping and molesting young boys in his basement, may go to trial on a new child sex-assault charge this week. → Read More

Missing file brings claim of cover-up

WOBURN -- After her client had spent 34 years in prison for the murder of a small-time drug dealer who was also the son of a then-Burlington police captain, the attorney for James J. → Read More

Woman pleads not-guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from UMass Lowell

WOBURN -- A former UMass Lowell part-time bookkeeper has been ordered to stay away from all UMass campuses after pleaded not guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from the UMass Lowell Campus Recreation Center. → Read More