Mayor Michelle Wu said at a press conference from the street Wednesday that enforcement “has been months in the process”  — which took coordinated efforts to figure out the treatment and shelter needs for each person living there. Two city officials confirmed to the Herald a little after 5:30 p.m. that the few tents that had remained were cleared.

While she said the goal was to have Atkinson Street cleared by the afternoon, she did not commit to the idea that “this is the end to the encampment at Mass and Cass.” She said completely turning the area around “will take a tremendous amount of sustained effort.”

But her tone was hopeful: “Even though we know it will not be fixed overnight, I feel very grateful and confident that the coordination that we’ve seen is unlike ever before in the city.”

Just before 8 a.m., a few Boston Police sergeants started walking down the short street that has served as a tent city serving the denizens of the Mass and Cass area, the center of Massachusetts’ opioid epidemic. About 30 minutes later, 13 cops were being briefed by three BPD captains at the end of the street.

The presence of the police, as well as the contingent of patrolling Ware Security guards — a firm retained by the Boston Public Health Commission — didn’t seem to distress the people inhabiting the remaining 14 tents.

There had been more than 50 tents densely packing Atkinson from Southampton Street and Bradston Street, according to Tania Del Rio, the director of Wu’s Coordinated Response Team for the area’s plight.

Del Rio said that by Tuesday, 52 of those who had been living there had already moved, 25 had accepted a city offer for finding them shelter and services and another seven people would be “provided a placement setting today.”

While the Roundhouse hotel, the former Best Western location that housed 60 from Mass and Cass, shut down in September, Wu said almost 200 units had been created, with another 30 more “low-threshold beds” at the new shelter two blocks away “to help absorb and manage the disruption of this transition.”

A tall man reeled, barely holding on to his balance, on the sidewalk behind them. A long-haired man in a green hooded sweatshirt energetically danced around the first tent as others mulled about near him. A blonde woman recognizable from previous Herald photos of the encampment paced back and forth with what appeared to be a McDonald’s frappe in her hand.

Marie Ann Ponti, director of outreach programs at St. Anthony Shrine, and another woman tried to speak with the woman about her plans for shelter, but she waved them away with her straw and continued pacing. While this woman wasn’t receptive, Ponti told the Herald that she had been having a successful morning working with others on finalizing their housing plans.

St. Anthony Shrine jumps in to Mass and Cass mess

Across from them a tent had a homey decoration that said “Fall, Sweet Fall” on a pumpkin plaque.

The third tent down Atkinson from Southampton was partially deconstructed by 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, and while its tarps were bundled, the remnants of the people who had left it remained: an empty basic tool case shell, a mess of plastic utensils, aromatic candles, single shoes without their mates, the novel “Perfect Liars” by Kimberly Reid — the end of her last name ripped from its cover — and a NERF gun were some highlights. A woman with a collection of syringes in a Coke bottle found the NERF gun and put it in her purse.

“Once the last tent does come down, we will make sure that the street is cleaned and that there's some more of those services just to ensure that this area is how it should be, but that won't be the end of our efforts by any means,” Wu said.

During the clean-up in January of last year, Wu said, the city hauled away some 44 tons of trash, with much of that weight made up of rigid shelters, which were not as prevalent these days. On Tuesday the city took away two tons with what remained on Wednesday expected to be no more than three tons.

When it’s done, Wu said that “here, as in anywhere across the city, the laws will be enforced” and that the police will maintain a presence there.

City Council President Ed Flynn said he was there to “thank the police” and the other workers helping people get into shelter and treatment. A later statement added, that it is important “our city continues to show that we are serious in maintaining a zero tolerance policy moving forward when it comes to the public safety issues that occurred partially due to the tents and encampments in the area.”

By 11 a.m., the first half of the street’s tents and debris were clear, but the people who left had not disappeared. Instead, many could be seen gathering in nearby alleys, others picking through bushes, and a contingent of 14 — two of whom, like was seen all morning on Atkinson Street, were visibly shooting up — grouped up in the McDonald’s parking lot.

Cambridge Police on Monday arrested Eliza Sathler, 26, of Revere; Pearl Delaney Moore, 29, of Boston; Calla M. Walsh, 19, of Cambridge; Sophie Ross, 22, of Housatonic; Vera Van De Seyp, 30, of Somerville; Michael Eden, 27, of Cambridge; Evan Aldred Fournier-Swire, 19, of Bristol, R.I.; Willow Ross Carretero Chavez, 21, of Somerville; and Molly Wexler-Romig, 33, of Boston.

They were each arraigned Tuesday morning in Cambridge District Court. All had charges of disorderly conduct, but some were also charged with vandalizing property and resisting arrest. Moore and Sathler were also charged with assault and battery on a police officer, with Sathler also charged with possessing and throwing an incendiary device.

“Starting at 10 am, Cambridge Police officers were monitoring a protest outside Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense contractor, whose office has been the site of numerous protests and acts of vandalism and property destruction in recent weeks,” a Cambridge Police spokesman wrote in a Monday evening statement.

Those alleged acts of vandalism since the start of the Israel-Hamas war include police-documented instances of spray painting the sidewalk, locking themselves to the front of the building, breaking off a communications box on the exterior of the building and, according to the police report filed in this most recent incident, the spraying of insulation into exterior doors “in an attempt to prevent them from opening.”

The Monday protest began around 10 a.m., according to the report, when roughly 200 participants gathered at the corner of Bishop Allen Drive and Prospect Street — a major artery that police say the protestors completely blocked. While police say it was “initially peaceful,” they said they soon found cartons of eggs, glass bottles and more paint that they wrote were likely instruments of planned vandalism.

The confiscations did not go well, as reports from multiple officers at the scene state many in the crowd, starting at around 11:15 a.m., “breached metal barricades” and “began throwing eggs at Elbit’s office building.” As officers moved in, they report the crowd “became increasingly hostile and violent — they threw eggs, smoke bombs, and other projectiles at officers.” So the cops called in backup.

“Officers provided ample space and opportunities for the protesters to engage in freedom of speech, however, officers were forced to intervene when the group’s conduct became violent and felonious,” Sgt. Michael Levecque wrote in his report.

Elbit Elbit Systems Ltd., based in Haifa, Israel, describes itself as an “international high technology company engaged in a wide range of programs throughout the world, primarily in the defense and homeland security arena.”

Its wholly owned American subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC, is headquartered in Texas and opened its Cambridge Innovation Center in December of last year to host 60 software, mechanical and electrical engineers, the company wrote in a press release then, to take advantage of the “the region’s vibrant Life Sciences Corridor” and proximity to MIT and Harvard.

Nilo, 35, a New York City corporate attorney who lives in New Jersey, was arrested at the end of May and charged with a series of rapes in the Terminal Street area of Charlestown in 2007 and 2008. He was charged a month later with another series of rapes over an 18-month period between January 2007 and July 2008. He pleaded not guilty to each charge and has been out on a combined bail of $550,000.

On Tuesday, prosecutor Lynn Feigenbaum and defense attorneys Rosemary Scapicchio and Joseph Cataldo met briefly in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston before Clerk Magistrate Edward Curley to argue over the prosecution’s proposals for a buccal swab from Nilo and to redact court documents provided for him.

“The Commonwealth is only seeking that the names and identifying information — names, addresses — will not be provided in writing to the defendant at this time,” ADA Lynn Feigenbaum said of the motion that had not yet been filed with the court but had been shared with the defense, adding that the prosecution would provide the defendant with redacted forms of the documents. “I don’t think that that’s an unreasonable request.”

Scapicchio made sure that redacting the names and addresses was the only thing the prosecution wanted to redact from her client’s copy of court documents and that she would want to see that in writing. She added, “I never want my clients to have contact information. I don’t think it’s a good policy.”

Scapicchio asked that Feigenbaum’s motion for a buccal swab — which is a cheek swab for genetic testing — be filed well ahead of the next date so that she could file her own response to oppose it.

Curley said that the prosecution’s motion should be filed by the end of the day on Nov. 30 and set the next motions hearing for Dec. 21, 2 p.m. The presumptive trial date is June 25, 2024.

Families of those killed were notified, Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said, and the photos used in a presentation at City Hall were approved by relatives.

Those killed include: Ronald Morin, 55; Peyton Brewer-Ross, 40; Joshua Seal, 36; Bryan MacFarlane, 41; Joseph Lawrence, 57; Arthur Fred Strout, 42; Maxx Hathaway, 35; Stephen Vozzella, 45; Thomas Ryan Conrad, 34; Michael Deslauriers II, 51; Jason Adam Walker, 51; Tricia Asselin, 53; William Young, 44; Aaron Young, 14; Robert Violette, 76; Lucille Violette, 73; William Frank Brackett, 48; and Keith Macneir, 64.

The suspect was found dead Friday night, officials said.

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Tricia C. Asselin, 53, bowling alley

Asselin worked at the bowling alley, her 75-year-old mother told NPR, but was there to bowl with her sister Bobbi-Lynn Nichols, 57, when the tragedy struck.

The two sisters were talking when the shots rang out. The sisters ran toward an exit, their mother told the news outlet, but Tricia had stopped to call for help and was then shot.

Tricia, her mom said, was an athlete who played baseball and softball in high school and was even offered a college scholarship. Her athleticism continued throughout her life with frequent golf and fishing outings. She also volunteered with organizations including the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

William Frank Brackett, 43, bowling alley

“Billy was a son, a husband, a father, a uncle and a friend to many especially in the deaf community he loved so much,” a GoFundMe organized to help his family during this hard time states. “He loved darts, and has been competing for years, he loved cornhole, enjoyed fishing and hunting. He leaves behind his wife Kristina and his 2 1/2 year old daughter Sandra. They are grieve stricken with this sudden loss.”

Brackett was one of four victims that were a part of the deaf community, whether deaf themselves, a parent of a deaf child or an interpreter, which also included Bryan MacFarlane, Stephen Vozzella and interpreter Joshua Seal, that left the community “grieving deeply,” according to a Thursday night post by the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf Governor Baxter School for the Deaf.

Peyton Brewer-Ross, 40, Schemengees Bar and Grille

He was a pipefitter at Bath Iron Works, an organization that said it was left heartbroken by his death and sends “our deepest condolences, thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of our employee.”

A Bangor Daily News profile, which shared a photo of the smiling, bearded man holding a Superman action figure next to Brewer-Ross’ bicep tattoo of the superhero, revealed him to be a cornole player who was in the restaurant that night to participate in a tournament he was very excited to play.

Peyton’s elder brother Ralph Brewer said in a GoFundMe drive that Peyton was that night “doing one of the things he thought was so much fun — tossing around bean bags. He was playing cornhole with friends … when his life was cut short, way too short.”

The page states that most important to Peyton was his family. He leaves behind his partner in life Rachel, and their 2 year old daughter Elle. The loss of Peyton is devastating.”

Ralph Brewer told BDN that Peyton had “finally popped the question” and was engaged to his longtime partner Rachel. He had graduated from Maine Maritime Academy and was looking to purchase a house.

Thomas Ryan Conrad, 34, bowling alley

Conrad was not one of the names known until the press conference late Friday afternoon. A post by Adam Jordan, who has Facebook pictures indicating he was part of a bowling league, wrote that “Thomas Conrad tragically lost his life defending all of people in the shooting at Just in Time recreation. He leaves behind a 9 year old daughter.”

Michael R. Deslauriers II, 51, bowling alley

His sister Vicki Deslauriers Roy wrote on Facebook that “The loss of my brother leaves a gaping hole in our family. My brother was incredibly selfless, almost to a fault.”

“Yes, he was a smart ass and would never miss an opportunity to crack a joke at someone else’s expense, but he would happily give you the shirt off his back,” she continued. “I was not the least bit surprised to hear that he and his best friend since kindergarten lost their lives trying to protect others. I take comfort in knowing that they went together.”

Maxx A. Hathaway, 35, bowling alley

Hathaway was the father to two girls with another one on the way, according to a GoFundMe drive set up by one of his sisters, Keslay Hathaway. She described him as “a goofy, down to earth person, loved to joke around and always had an uplifting attitude no matter what was going on.”

She said the full-time, stay-at-home father’s interests included watching anime, playing games and playing pool.

Another sister, Courtney Hathaway, wrote on Facebook that she is “feeling a lot of things right now but I’m mostly heartbroken that he’s gone. Nothing really prepares you for the sudden and shocking loss of a loved one, especially when it happens in such a tragedy.”

Bryan M. MacFarlane, 41, Schemengees Bar and Grille

MacFarlane was another member of the deaf community who was playing cornhold when his life was cut short.

His sister, Keri Brooks, told CNN that her brother was one of the first deaf people to earn their commercial trucking licenses in Vermont and had only recently moved back to his home state of Maine. She said he loved riding his motorcycle and his dog, M&M.

Keith D. MacNeir, 64, bowling alley

The Herald was not able to independently verify information about MacNeir after his name was announced during the press conference Thursday.

Ronald G. Morin, 55, Schemengees Bar and Grille

Family member Cecile Francoeur described Ron Morin to the Bangor Daily News as a man who “was just always smiling,” adding that he was “just one of those people that if you are having a bad day, he was going to make your day better just by his presence.”

Joshua A. Seal, 36, Schemengees Bar and Grille

Seal was the director of American Sign Language interpreting for Auburn, Maine’s Pine Tree Society, an organization that says it is dedicated to “providing opportunities for growth and development for people with differing abilities.”

For those who knew him, his wife, Elizabeth Seal, wrote on Facebook, “first and foremost, he was the world’s BEST father to our four pups,” she said of their children, along with a collection of photos of the family, all smiles, on trips to the beach, the park, to Disney World and other places.

“Not only was he an amazing father, he was a wonderful husband, my best friend, and my soulmate,” she continued. “He was also a wonderful boss, an incredible interpreter, a great friend, a loving son, brother, uncle, and grandson. He loved his family and always put them first. That is what he will always be remembered for.”

Arthur Fred Strout, 42, Schemengees Bar and Grille

“Artie” Strout and his wife, Kristy, shared a blended family of five children, according to his brother, Tyler Barnard, who organized a GoFundMe drive to support the family.

His father, Arthur Barnard, told CBS news that he was playing pool with his son at the bar but that the younger man decided to stay to play a few more racks. Kristy Strout said “he was a great dad.”

Lucille M. Violette, 73, and Robert E. Violette, 76, bowling alley

Robert Violette was known as “Coach Bob,” according to posts from friends on social media, and “was one of the kindest souls in the bowling community in Lewiston,” who had a special place in his heart for the children he coached in the sport, his friend Brandon Dubuc wrote on Facebook.

The love Robert had for his wife Lucille was clear, as one of the final posts he shared on his own Facebook page was an image captioned “Your spouse is the only person who truly loves you for who you are,” and lists other relationships where love is somewhat required, like for parents and siblings. “Your spouse is another level. They choose you. Don’t take that relationship for granted.”

Stephen M. Vozzella, 45, Schemengees Bar and Grille

Stephen Vozzella was one of four victims that were a part of the deaf community and was a member of the New England Deaf Cornhole league, which wrote in its own Thursday post said brought great excitement and a huge smile to the organization who “will be missed on and off the courts!”

Jason Adam Walker, 51, bowling alley

Jason Walker, along with Mike Mike Deslauriers II, friends since kindergarten, “made the ultimate sacrifice,” another friend, Alan Johnson, wrote on Facebook. “They made sure their wives were safe and the children around them. Then they tried to stop the gunman that entered Sparetime in Lewiston.”

Joseph Lawrence Walker, 57, Schemengees Bar and Grille

Walker was a bar manager at the restaurant where he lost his life, his father, Auburn City Councilor Leroy Walker. The elder Walker told NBC News that his son had died “as a hero” because he had confronted the gunman and tried to prevent more bloodshed.

“He picked up a butcher knife from somewheres — he has all that stuff near the bar anyway — and he tried to go at the gunman to try to stop him from shooting anybody else,” Leroy Walker said. “The gunman shot him twice through the stomach.”

But knowing his son had died trying to end the killings didn’t ease any of the father’s pain, as he said “It made it worse.”

Joseph Walker was also a member of the local cornhole league, according to his friend Nick Perry, who wrote on Facebook that Walker had welcomed he and his wife into the league family “from day one. I will forever be grateful for the laughs we shared.”

William, 44, and Aaron Young, 14, bowling alley

William was bowling with his son Aaron, a sophomore an Winthrop High, when the gunman entered and took their lives.

“It’s unfathomable that it would happen. You can’t even go bowling. You can’t go have a drink in a bar or enjoy a meal with your family without fear,” Wendy Bell, William’s brother and Aaron’s aunt, told CBS News.

She told that that outlet that her brother was a mechanic who “loved to laugh” and “loved to make people laugh, sometimes at my expense.”

This is a developing story.

Boston Police on Wednesday arrested Hubman Hunter, 31, of Lynn, after they located him in Quincy, according to a brief police statement.

Hunter is charged with eight counts of armed assault with intent to murder, carrying a firearm without a license (3rd offense), carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card, carrying a firearm without a license with two prior violent or drug crimes and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building.

Judge Jonathan Tynes ordered Hunter held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing, which he scheduled for Nov. 2.

Hunter’s arrest follows those of Gerald Vick, 30, of Dorchester; Dwayne Francis, 30, of Dorchester; John Davis, 32, of Boston; Sebastian Fernandez, 21; Limondji Simon, 26, of Medford; Nakhi Cox-Obryant, 18, of Dorchester; and Maceo Withers-Brewer, 21, of Boston.

Police responded to the area of 10 Talbot Ave. at 7:43 a.m. just as people were celebrating the J’ouvert parade, the first of two events that are part of the Caribbean Carnival for the event’s 50th anniversary. The parade had started at around 6:30 a.m. on Talbot Avenue at Kerwin Street and proceeded up Blue Hill Avenue to the Circuit Drive Entrance for Franklin Park.

Police have said the shooters were part of two rival groups present in the area and antagonizing each other across Talbot Avenue near the Boys and Girls Club. As officers approached the groups, police said then, gunshots rang out.

Six adult males and two females were shot. Six of the victims were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries and the other two victims, who suffered graze wounds, declined treatment.

The image released Thursday appears to show Aaron Pennington as captured by a doorbell-type home camera and is watermarked as having been captured on Oct. 11.

This is the third image officials have released in their search for Pennington, 33, since they started their manhunt for him Sunday after discovering the body of his wife, Breanne Pennington, 30, on their bed in their home at 42 Cherry St. that morning. She had at least one visible gunshot to her head according to an arrest warrant affidavit and the casings of three bullets were found in the home, but no gun.

“Don’t say anything. Be quite (sic) If she wakes up just say you’re getting nasal spray Get on side of bed — very close proximity to head Put hole in her head,” Aaron Pennington allegedly wrote in a note on his phone the evening before the murder, according to court records.

The couple’s children are in the custody of the state.

The Worcester District Attorney’s office said they believe Pennington left his home at 9 in the morning of the murder. They issued an initial photo and a call for help in locating him and his white 2013 BMW SUV that day. By Monday night, a bow hunter had located the vehicle in a wooded area off Kelton Street in Gardner near Camp Collier, a Boy Scout camp.

The search for Aaron Pennington is ongoing. He is considered armed and dangerous.

Pennington is a 6-foot-2 white male with blonde hair, blue eyes and weighs about 175 pounds.

Anyone who sees Pennington is encouraged to contact the Gardner Police Department at 978-632-5600 or the Massachusetts State Police at 508-829-8326.

This is a developing story.

“It is my opinion that she does require ongoing psychiatric hospitalization,” Dr. Karin Towers, a forensic psychiatrist retained by the court, testified during Clancy’s Superior Court arraignment Thursday morning. Towers said she had examined Clancy earlier that morning and found the defendant presented with a flat affect and reported “unbearable depression and trouble getting through each day,” feelings of worthlessness and regular suicidal ideation.

Judge William F. Sullivan was convinced and ordered Clancy held without bail and committed to Tewksbury Hospital for an extended six-month stay without the need for monthly evaluations. The arraignment was held in Tewksbury Hospital via Zoom video teleconferencing. Clancy could not be seen in the video.

Sullivan set the next court date for Dec. 15.

Clancy, 33, is accused of strangling her three children with exercise bands in the basement of their home at 47 Summer St. in Duxbury the night of Jan. 24 before jumping out of a window in an apparent suicide attempt. Investigative affidavits filed in a lower court and released Tuesday indicated she also cut her wrists and neck before jumping from the second-floor window.

On Thursday, prosecutor Jennifer Sprague cast doubt to the seriousness of Clancy’s suicide attempt and described the cuts as rather superficial. She also laid out arguments to head off any defense regarding diminished responsibility due to Clancy not being of sound mind at the time of the homicides.

Sprague said that notes on Clancy’s phone and in notebooks found at the house document her life and the lives of her children, but in these writings she always appears to know who she is, where she is and describes “no hallucinations or delusions.” While the writings do allegedly include suicidal or homicidal ideations, Sprague said, these disappear following her stay at the beginning of January at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Belmont.

Clancy was prescribed a medley of medications, Sprague said, and was taking three regularly by the night in question. Bloodwork examined after the alleged killings showed several medications in her system, though Sprague argued that the majority of these were in safe, therapeutic doses and the one that was found at a higher dose, Seroquel, is an antipsychotic and thus should diminish and not cause a likelihood of a violent outburst.

Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, said that he was at the house and “was able to see the blood that was on the floor, on the wall, on the windowpane” from his client’s wounds and dismissed out of hand Sprague’s argument that it was just some “dinky cut,” as what he saw reminded him more of “arterial spray.”

What Reddington saw in the house, he said, was evidence “in every room” of deep family love, with happy photos of the family and signs of the children’s creative output and education dotting the home.

Massachusetts State Police said that a trooper, a member of the agency’s bomb squad was sent in along with his K9 partner as a member of a federal ATF task force, according to the agency.

“Massachusetts State Police Colonel John Mawn has been in contact with his counterparts from Maine and the other New England states to assess and coordinate capabilities for providing mutual aid to the Maine State Police,” according to an MSP statement released Thursday morning. “The full complement of Massachusetts State Police assets stand ready for deployment if requested, as necessitated by the evolving investigation and fugitive apprehension mission.”

State police are also continuing to probe whether or not Card, 40, has any connection to Massachusetts. So far, none have been confirmed, according to the statement.

“We continue to monitor all available intelligence and will update our local law enforcement partners and the public of any developments that affect our state,” the statement said.

Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck described Card as a person of interest in a briefing he gave following Wednesday night’s mass shooting. Thursday morning, Card was declared a suspect and a warrant charges him with eight counts of murder, with more charges expected, authorities said.

It’s not just Massachusetts lending its support, as New Hampshire’s Department of Safety also said it and other agencies “assisted Maine with numerous resource requests” following the shooting Wednesday night.

“Valerie and I are heartbroken at the senseless act of violence in Lewiston, and are thinking of the victims and their families during this horrific time,” said Governor Chris Sununu, adding that the state will continue to provide any necessary resources in Maine’s efforts to track down the suspect. “The State of New Hampshire stands with the people of Maine — they are our friends, families, and neighbors.”

That support, according to the Department of Safety statement, includes the presence of multiple special units of the New Hampshire State Police up north to assist in the search and detectives to assist with the investigation, troopers with the Peer Support Unit to provide mental health services in the wake of the tragedy, and the ferrying of blood donations.

Other support includes that of the state medical examiner’s office and the presence of three victim advocates to assist with services for the families of the shooting victims.

A Herald reporter in Lewiston also spotted agents with federal insignia, meaning promised federal resources had arrived.

“President Biden just reached out to Senator (Angus) King directly and offered any federal assistance he can provide to help the people of Maine,” the independent senator’s office tweeted after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. The statement added that King would be “headed to Maine on one of the first flights available — he wants to be home to support Lewiston in any way he can.”

Agents with the federal agencies of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) also released statements that they had responded to the area.

Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said the court issued the warrant three days after police began the search for Pennington who was previously sought in connection with his wife, Breanne Pennington’s death.

Police responded to the couple’s Cherry Street home in Gardner Sunday at around 9:14 a.m. after their four children went to a neighbor’s house and told the neighbor that “they could not find their father and that their mother was in her bedroom crying.” The 911 caller added the father’s car was no longer in the driveway.

Upon arrival, police found Breanne Pennington, 30, “lying in bed in an upstairs bedroom with obvious signs of death from an apparent gunshot wound to the head.” A responding paramedic declared Breanne Pennington dead at 9:30 in the morning, the warrant states.

The warrant features one new shocking detail not included in the affidavit seeking the warrant: a note dated Saturday at 7:04 p.m. found on a limited forensic examination of Aaron Pennington’s cellphone that reportedly read, “Don’t say anything. Be quite (sic) If she wakes up just say you’re getting nasal spray Get on side of bed — very close proximity to head Put hole in her head.”

The four children are in state custody. Police recovered three bullet casings at the scene, but not a gun, according to court documents.

The family had already decorated the house for Halloween, with a large “Boo” sign next to the front door and some small, colorful pumpkins flanking the stairs to the front door. A small object, unmistakably a child’s toy, rested in the front yard on Wednesday afternoon.

The house matched others in the neighborhood all spotted with stately maple trees. Nearby homes were decorated with the likes of skeletons and Nightmare before Christmas characters and several of their owners were bustling about with chores, including one taking in the trash bins for the Pennington home.

The neighbors, however, already showed signs of fatigue over being questioned about the Pennington family, with one woman throwing her hands up in disgust and shaking her head.

One man who declined to be interviewed did have a couple of small remarks.

“Nobody lives there anymore,” he said while doing some outdoor chores, adding one detail about the family: “They had their problems just like every married couple.”

Indeed, the application for a search warrant states that the Penningtons “had been dealing with marital issues for quite some time” and that Breanne Pennington “had plans of moving to Texas with the kids to be away from” him.

The document also states that Aaron Pennington “suffered from mental health issues and had threatened suicide.” While neither adult had a license to carry in Massachusetts, “Breanne Pennington was known to have a firearm at the residence for her protection,” though it is not clear if this was the murder weapon.

A massive search for Aaron Pennington began Sunday and has continued since.

A bow hunter spotted Aaron Pennnington’s 2013 white BMW 320 Monday in the vicinity of Camp Collier, a Boy Scout camp in Gardner.

Early’s office filed for the murder warrant, granted by Gardner District Court Wednesday.

The search for Aaron Pennington is ongoing. He is considered armed and dangerous.

Anyone who sees Pennington is encouraged to contact the Gardner Police Department at 978-632-5600 or the Massachusetts State Police at 508-829-8326.

Massachusetts State Police and Boston EMS responded to the scene on Riverway in Boston at around 7:30 a.m. and cleared the scene two hours later.

Details on the crash are sparse, as the MSP says the crash remains under investigation, but authorities say that the bus, a 2023 Ford Econoline, and a 2023 Toyota Camry collided and three parked and unoccupied other vehicles were also involved and damaged.

EMS transported a passenger in the Camry, a 51-year-old Brockton woman, to Beth Israel Hospital to be treated for minor injuries. The vehicles driver, a 65-year-old Taunton man, was not injured.

The three occupants of the bus — 53-year-old Dorchester woman who was its driver, as well as two students, 15 and 17 — were medically cleared at the scene.

The bus and one of the parked vehicles, a Tesla, were towed.

Lindsay Clancy, 33, is accused of strangling her three children with exercise bands in the basement of their home at 47 Summer St. in Duxbury the night of Jan. 24 before jumping out of a window in an apparent suicide attempt.

Affidavits released Tuesday state that she also cut her wrists and neck before jumping from the second-floor window. According to the documents, a “large blood-covered kitchen knife” was found just under the open window.

Among the most striking new details is that investigators disclosed that they “are also aware that Ms. Clancy used her cellular telephone and her journal to document her mental state and her feelings about her children, in addition to keeping track of her medications and researching ways to kill.”

While the affidavits don’t include any quotations from the journals or her cellphone, authorities used this as an argument when asking for warrants to forensically examine her devices, which include her pink phone and purple tablet as well as laptops.

Previously released court documents stated that Clancy did write this note on her phone: “I think I sort of resent my other children because they prevent me from treating Cal like my first baby. And I know that’s not fair to them. … I know it (rubs) off on them so we had a pretty rough evening. I want to feel love and connection with all of my kids.”

Plymouth DA Timothy Cruz issued an arrest warrant for Clancy the next day as she lay in Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston being treated for her injuries. She was charged in Plymouth District Court on Feb. 7 via video feed from her hospital bed.

A Plymouth grand jury indicted her on Sept. 15 with three counts of murder and strangulation for the deaths of Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, an infant. Clancy will be arraigned in the county Superior court on Thursday morning, once again from her hospital bed but this time from Tewksbury Hospital.

“In the present case, the court finds that the defendant’s physical and mental condition presents an overriding interest to schedule the arraignment at the Tewksbury Hospital,” Superior Court Judge William F. Sullivan wrote in a Tuesday filing announcing the arrangement, adding that the patients there be afforded privacy, so public access to the proceedings would be done over the phone.

New details

The cache of previously impounded documents, totaling 299 pages, though much of that is retellings of the investigative history up until each filing, includes 11 search warrant applications, along with their findings. The earliest affidavits included were previously impounded, DA Cruz wrote in a Jan. 25 filing, because “the public disclosure of the facts contained herein may compromise the investigation.”

Among the new details:

Duxbury police dispatched all cruisers to the Duxbury home at 6:11 p.m., where responders found Lindsay Clancy on the ground to the left side of the house. As police were assessing Lindsay Clancy, her husband Patrick Clancy went inside to check on the children. Soon, the police radios broadcast that “Mr. Clancy was in the basement and something was wrong because his children would not wake up.”

Patrick Clancy would begin screaming and tell an arriving officer, “She killed the kids.” The first police officer affidavit then describes a hellish scene of discovering the kids — Dawson on his back in one room, Cora and Callan in another, bands around their necks and “blue and purple” in the face — in the basement and the life-saving efforts of the first responders.

Police conducted a full search of the home on Jan. 25 and recovered many items including: a series of home cameras; a receipt from ThreeV, which is the restaurant where Patrick Clancy went to pick up dinner Lindsay Clancy had ordered that night; a CVS bag with children’s laxative in it that Lindsay had told Patrick to pick up; a bloody knife; laptops, tablets and hard drives; the three exercise bands — yellow, black and blue; swabs from red-brown stains from several areas; some clothing; as well as notebooks.

The notebooks allegedly contain a list of medications Lindsay Clancy was prescribed, which according to Patrick Clancy’s interview with police included Zoloft, Valium, Trazodone, Ativan, Klonopin, Prozac and Seroquel, though not necessarily all at the same time. Lindsay Clancy also “at times” wrote of “suicidal expressions and thoughts,” a topic that her defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, also spoke of at her original arraignment.

“We all know … that this is an individual in dire medical condition. We all know, as counsel concedes apparently, that this woman is a danger to herself. I question whether she would even make it to a trial. She’s suicidal,” Reddington said then in argument that she not be transferred to a jail setting. “She’s extremely emotional. However she’s unable, and has been unable, to express any happiness or sadness, or cry.

“And, in fact, sometime about a month or two ago, she made the comment that ‘I just wish I could feel something.'”

“Meta preys on our young people and has chosen to profit by knowingly targeting and exploiting their vulnerabilities. In doing so, Meta has significantly contributed to the ongoing mental health crisis among our children and teenagers,” Campbell said in a statement Tuesday.

“Because Meta has shown that it will not act responsibly unless it is required to do so by courts of law, my colleagues and I are taking action today — and will continue to push for meaningful changes to Meta’s platforms that protect our young people,” she added.

Campbell said a Bay State lawsuit was filed in Suffolk Superior Court, and that Massachusetts was joining “a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general” also filing similar lawsuits against Meta.

The AG’s office says Meta “knew of the significant harm” its practices, which they allege includes designing the applications to “addict young users… and chose to hide its knowledge and mislead the public to make a profit.”

While Meta is based in California, the AG’s office said that the practices have affected “hundreds of thousands of teenagers in Massachusetts who actively use Instagram.”

The coalition of attorneys general also filed a federal lawsuit in Meta’s home in the Northern District of California.

Meta in response issued a statement that it shares “the attorneys general’s commitment to providing teens with safe, positive experiences online, and have already introduced over 30 tools to support teens and their families.”

“We’re disappointed that instead of working productively with companies across the industry to create clear, age-appropriate standards for the many apps teens use, the attorneys general have chosen this path,” the company’s statement continues.

The broad-ranging federal suit is the result of an investigation led by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from Massachusetts along with California, Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Vermont.

It follows damning newspaper reports, first by The Wall Street Journal in the fall of 2021, based on the Meta’s own research that found that the company knew about the harms Instagram can cause teenagers — especially teen girls — when it comes to mental health and body image issues. One internal study cited 13.5% of teen girls saying Instagram makes thoughts of suicide worse and 17% of teen girls saying it makes eating disorders worse.

“Meta has been harming our children and teens, cultivating addiction to boost corporate profits,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. “With today’s lawsuit, we are drawing the line.”

A bow hunter on Monday night located a white BMW abandoned in a wooded area at Camp Collier, a camp that according to the Boy Scouts Troop 54 website serves Boy Scouts expeditions.

Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. confirmed the vehicle belonged to Aaron Pennington, 33, who is accused of killing his wife, Breanne Pennington, 30, in their Cherry Street home in Gardner Sunday morning.

“The vehicle was located by a hunter. So we’re asking anyone with trail cams, any hunters, any people with video cameras at their houses, please give it to the police,” Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. “It’s incredible how often that these tips help us solve crimes, find people. So we’re asking the public for all of their help right now.”

Gardner Police Chief Eric McAvene said at the same press conference that the areas authorities are most interested in seeing cam footage “in the old county area of Ashburnham, out to the Route 101 area.”

He said that anyone with footage or information to share should contact Gardner Police by calling 978-632-5600 or by contacting the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit for Worcester County at 508-832-9124.

The Pennington children are in the custody of the Department of Child and Family Services, Early said.

Early said that authorities are working under the assumption that Aaron Pennington is armed and dangerous and that professionals are tracking him “with an abundance of caution” and urged that “no one in the public go out and try and look for this guy.”

Jazlyn “Jazzy” Rodrigues, 15, disappeared around 7 p.m. from her home on 200 Woodview Way in Franklin on Oct. 10. Both the local police and her mother issued pleas for help finding the girl her mother, Jessica Negron, described in a statement as “a beautiful, loving, and very smart girl.”

“She is being reunited with her family. No further information is available at this time,” Sgt. Connor Crosman of the Franklin Police Department wrote in a statement.

The police said in two statements while she was missing that “the investigation suggests that Jazlyn left her home on her own free will and there is no evidence of any criminal activity or foul play.”

In the brief statement released upon locating her, they said “The investigation into Jazlyn’s whereabouts remains ongoing.”

The motion seeks to combine eight lawsuits filed in Suffolk Superior Court targeting Harvard for culpability, arguing that the “cases arising out of the desecration and mishandling of remains entrusted to Harvard’s Anatomical Gift Program … all involve common questions of law and fact.

“Consolidation will avoid unnecessary duplication and waste of judicial resources, will streamline and simplify the proceedings, will prevent undue delay of the case, will provide parties with greater efficiency and will assist in securing the ‘just, speedy and expensive’ determination of the issues in this case,” the motion continues.

It also designates two attorneys, Jeffrey Catalano and Kathryn Barnett, as co-lead counsel in the proposed merger of the lawsuits, with other attorneys who had filed lawsuits serving as liaison or members of the plaintiffs’ steering committee.

“These families have suffered an unthinkable betrayal by Harvard, and I’m honored that they have put their trust in Morgan & Morgan to fight for them and to seek justice for their loved ones,” Barnett, of the law firm Morgan & Morgan said following the filing.

“I’m grateful that so many esteemed law firms have entrusted me to help lead this litigation. We are all working together to fight for every case and are committed to holding Harvard accountable for their responsibility in this atrocity,” she continued.

Harvard has repeatedly stated that it does not comment on ongoing litigation.

Catalano, along with attorney Jonathan Sweet of the Milton-based Keches Law Group, P.C., were the first to file a lawsuit, in which they estimated that the parts of up to 400 bodies could be involved. Barnett’s lawsuit appears to have been the fourth, all of which were seeking class-action status, filed in the fallout of the alleged body-parts trafficking ring.

In June, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that several people purported to be connected to a ring trafficking body parts stolen from the morgue associated with the Harvard Medical School’s Anatomical Gift Program had been indicted.

Those defendants include Cedric Lodge — a morgue employee who according to one of the lawsuits drives a car with a plate reading “GRIM-R,” for “Grim Reaper” — of Goffstown, N.H., and four others, including his wife, Denise Lodge.

One of the defendants, a Pennsylvania man named Jeremy Lee Pauley, whose website describes him as “the lead preservation specialist of retired medical specimens and curator to historic remains and artifacts” for his museum, Memento Mori, has already pleaded out and admitted to the factual allegations of the ring.

The story has captivated readers, and left many family members of those who donated their body to science horrified. As Jack Porter, whose wife Dr. Raya Porter had willed her body to the program and whose body Porter suspects of being sold piecemeal, told the Herald, “What bothers me is that there’s somebody in some basement somewhere in this country or elsewhere fondling my wife’s body parts.”

Boston Police responded to 18 Rugby Road in Mattapan shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday and found a man suffering from a stab wound outside the home at that address, according to BPD Deputy Superintendent Paul McLaughlin, who spoke from the scene in the afternoon.

Boston EMS treated the victim at the scene before transporting him to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, McLaughlin said.

A Honda CR-V crossover SUV was towed from the scene, but McLaughlin did not provide details on how the car may relate to the incident.

While the investigation is in its early stages, McLaughlin said that the suspect — who has not been found — and the victim were known to each other, which he said reduces possible concerns for the safety of other residents of the neighborhood.

100+ rounds recovered in traffic stop

Boston Police were patrolling the area of Fottler Road Tuesday night in Mattapan following an area homicide when they saw a vehicle with heavy tinting and expired registration and decided to make a traffic stop, according to a police statement.

The police apparently recognized the driver, Nyjohn Jones, 19, of Mattapan, who apparently refused to be identified and told him to exit the vehicle. Police conducted a frisk and allegedly found a loaded 9mm pistol on him. In addition to the 10 rounds in the gun, police say they found another 99 live rounds in the car.

Police arrested Jones and booked him for numerous firearms-related charges.

That’s not a Dave’s Single

A man who was pulled over on Route 195 in Dartmouth and found to have 552 pink pills of methamphetamine in a Wendy’s bag last year has been sentenced to four to six years in state prison.

A State Trooper pulled over a vehicle driven by Matthew Chicoine, 32, of Harwich, on May 26, 2022, for using a cellphone while driving and abruptly changing lanes without signalling, according to the Bristol DA’s office. The trooper wrote in his report that Chicoine was “physically shaking and sweating profusely.”

Woman killed in Malden crash involving ICE SUV

A pedestrian was killed when two SUVs collided at a traffic light in Malden.

An SUV transporting two Boston-based Enforcement and Removal Operations officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was stopped on Main Street in Malden at a traffic light at the intersection with Mountain Avenue Thursday afternoon when a southbound BMW SUV collided with it, according to authorities.

The BMW left the roadway, struck two telephone poles and fatally struck the woman, according to the Middlesex DA’s office. The woman, who authorities did not identify by the evening, was transported to an area hospital and pronounced dead.

An ICE spokesman told the Herald that “At no time during the incident did the ICE agency vehicle come into contact with the pedestrian; the pedestrian was struck by the SUV, not the ICE agency vehicle.”

The ICE officer were transported to a local hospital to be treated for their own injuries, the spokesman said.

Fall River teen charged with murder

A 17-year-old Fall River boy has been charged with murder for a mid-day shooting in his city that left another teen dead.

Fall River Police responded to the 200-block of Locust Street shortly after noon Saturday for a report of a male gunshot victim and there found Jovanni Perez, 18, of Fall River and East Weymouth, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to Charlton Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:41 p.m.

On Thursday morning, police arrested Antwyne Robinson, 17, of Fall River, and charged him with Perez’ murder.

Mattapan woman charged with striking, killing UMass pedestrian

Danasia Sampson, 22, of Mattapan, has been charged with one count of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation for an April 6 crash on the UMass-Dartmouth campus that took the life of pedestrian Frank A. Petillo Jr., a 19-year-old student from New Jersey.

Police found Petillo lying in Ring Road with significant injuries. He was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Sampson was also a UMass-Dartmouth student. She is scheduled to be arraigned on the charge in New Bedford District Court on Nov. 7.

Lara, 34, who represents Jamaica Plain as the District 6 councilor, appeared in municipal court in West Roxbury Friday with speeding and reckless operation dismissed from the lineup of charges related to the June 30 crash. A charge for failing to wear a seat belt will not move forward as it has reached its end with a finding of not responsible.

The charges remaining include recklessly permitting bodily injury to a child under 14 years old, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, driving with a suspended license, driving an uninsured vehicle, driving an unregistered vehicle, and not placing a child under 8 years old and under 58 inches in a car seat. She pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Lara has not been licensed for a decade, the Herald has reported. The injury to a child charge is related injuries suffered by her child in the crash.

The case has been prosecuted by Joel Luna, an assistant district attorney for the Worcester DA office. He was tapped as a special prosecutor to avoid any conflicts of interest, as the wife of one of her primary opponents for city council, William King, works at the Suffolk DA office.

The hearing was scheduled to debate a motion filed by Lara’s attorney, Carlton Williams, that argues all the charges should be dropped because a citation was not issued or mailed to Lara.

State law “creates a very clear requirement that a citation alleging motor vehicle infractions must be given to the violator at the time and place of the offense or offenses,” Williams said, according to previous Herald reporting.

“The appropriate remedy for this improper handling of a citation for automobile violations is dismissal,” Williams wrote in the filing.

Lara has said the crash, which may have contributed to voters denying her bid for re-election last month, came about because she had to swerve to avoid a car pulling away from the curb and “could not hit the brakes fast enough before colliding with the home,” according to the police report. It’s a story the other driver cast doubt on, according to the police report.

Defense attorney Williams did not respond to the Herald’s request for comment.

Lara is next due in court on Nov. 15.

The monument was unveiled Thursday during a ceremony in which the department also rededicated its Officers Memorial.

“I think that we need to thank all the police officers that serve every day, day in, day out, when people are home in their beds. They serve all night long. They’re serving on weekends, holidays,” Braintree Police Chief Timothy Cohoon said during the ceremony. “We’re going to thank today a beloved police dog who if not for Kitt, it could have been a dramatically different day on June 4th, 2021.”

That’s the day the K-9 named Kitt, who according to the department had served for 12 years, was shot dead by a suspect of domestic violence. Her handler, Officer Bill Cushing as well as another officer, Richard Seibert, were also shot by the suspect, Andrew Homan, before a third officer, Matthew Donoghue, was able to take Homan out.

That officer was cleared in a Norfolk DA investigation into the shooting. The investigative summary provided details of the tragic day:

Police had received a call at around 12:45 p.m. that day by the domestic violence victim, who told arriving officers that she had been subjected to physical and verbal assaults over a 24-hour period and that Homan had even pointed one of his pistols at her the day before. Surveillance footage showed police Homan had run off into the abutting woods prior to their arrival and so the three officers and Kitt set off on his trail.

Kitt had located Homan’s scent and they soon found the armed man, who according to the DA did not obey commands to put his weapons down but instead fired, injuring Cushing and ending Kitt’s life.

The department that evening would write a short memorial to Kitt that night: “We will forever miss you buddy.”

Cushing, Donoghue and Seibert were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Trooper George L. Hanna Memorial Award for Bravery ceremony held last November for their actions that night.

“Send special blessings upon those unique officers who are partnered with their K-9 officers. Those K-9s are not only partners with these officers but … come into their homes, they’re part of their family,” Father Sean Connor of Braintree’s Our Lady Queen of Peace said during the convocation. “Our nation, our world is suffering from a lack of peace. So send your blessing on these peace officers, watch over the work they do and help us to support them, not only in word but in deed.”

Boston Police responded to 18 Rugby Road in Mattapan shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday and found a man suffering from a stab wound outside the home at that address, according to BPD Deputy Superintendent Paul McLaughlin, who spoke from the scene in the afternoon.

Boston EMS treated the victim at the scene before transporting him to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, McLaughlin said.

A Honda CR-V crossover SUV was towed from the scene, but McLaughlin did not provide details on how the car may relate to the incident.

While the investigation is in its early stages, McLaughlin said that the suspect — who has not been found — and the victim were known to each other, which he said reduces possible concerns for the safety of other residents of the neighborhood.

This is a developing story.

Rodrigues was last seen leaving her house at 200 Woodview Way on Oct. 10 around 7 p.m., according to the Franklin Police Department.

Jazlyn “Jazzy” Mia Rodrigues “is a beautiful, loving, and very smart girl,” her mother, Jessica Negron, said in a statement released Tuesday. “She loves to draw and paint, but most importantly, she loves school. It is very unlike her to miss school, but she has for one week now. Something is very wrong.”

“I am desperate to find my daughter and I am begging for your help,” she continued. “Please continue to share her picture, distribute flyers, and spread the word to everyone you come in contact with.”

The Franklin PD said in two statements since she went missing that “the investigation suggests that Jazlyn left her home on her own free will and there is no evidence of any criminal activity or foul play.

Rodrigues is Hispanic with dark curly hair with blonde highlights and was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, black pants and black sneakers. She has a scar on her chin and often wears a silver infinity necklace, according to her mother.

Police ask that anyone with any information on her whereabouts call 911 or the Franklin Police Department directly at 508-528-1212.

A family statement also had a direct message for Jazlyn: “Dear Jazzy, We miss you, we love you, and we won’t stop looking for you. We just want you home. Love, Mom.”

“This is a terrifying incident involving a woman who entered a vehicle with the full understanding that she was going to be delivered home in safety and a driver who took advantage of the victim and the situation,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement.

Qabel Najeeb, 29, was charged in Boston Municipal Court Monday with one count of rape. Should he post bail, he is ordered to wear a GPS-tracking ankle bracelet and abide by a curfew that keeps him off the streets from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. He is scheduled to return to court on Nov. 15.

The alleged victim met with Boston Police Saturday morning just before 5 on Border Street in Eastie, where she told them she was dropped off by a man she believed to be her Uber driver who had raped her somewhere among tall buildings near Storrow Drive, according to the Suffolk DA’s office.

Police used surveillance cameras in areas matching her story to identify a suspect blue Toyota Corolla and its driver, who they identified as Najeeb, who they arrested on Sunday.

The Suffolk DA’s office urges victims of any crime, including domestic or sexual violence, to call 911 to report their crime and also suggests the following resources for those needing help:

SafeLink, a domestic violence help line operating 24/7 throughout the state and offering services in English, Spanish and Portuguese, can be reached by calling 877-785-2020 or its TTY (teletypewriter) service for the deaf or hard of hearing at 870-521-2601; the website www.janedoe.org/findhelp; and The Network/La Red, which specializes in helping those experiencing violence in a LGBTQ relationship.

“I am humbled and honored by President Biden’s decision,” Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said in a statement. “Until the confirmation process in the U.S. Senate is complete, I will not be making any further public statements on this issue.”

Levy served as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney under Rollins starting in January 2022 before stepping up on May 19 to the acting role. He’s now held the position for a total of 152 of the 210 days allowed under the Vacancy Reform Act.

“We are pleased that President Biden has nominated Joshua Levy and are confident he will faithfully serve the people of Massachusetts as U.S. Attorney. We urge the Senate to swiftly confirm him,” Massachusetts’ two U.S. Senators, Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, said in a joint statement.

Levy has gone back and forth between the private and public sectors during his more-than-25-year career.

He graduated from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in 1987 and received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1992, after which he clerked for Judge Harold H. Green for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Levy worked as an associate attorney at the law firm Ropes & Gray from 1993 to 1997 before hopping to public work as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1997 to 2004 before returning to private practice with Ropes & Gray, this time as a partner, from 2004 to 2021.

As a prosecutor, he worked in the Criminal Division’s Economic Crimes Unit office and specialized in, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office, “a wide range of white-collar crimes including health care fraud, securities and investor fraud, terrorism financing and environmental crimes.”

Rollins, whose famous list of crimes she would not prosecute as Suffolk DA deadlocked her vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee ahead of a photo-finish confirmation in which Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote. She would last until May 19, when she resigned following reports by both the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel detailing a series of ethical breaches — from pushing for free Celtics tickets to promoting her favored DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo over DA Kevin Hayden, who won the primary and faced no opposition in the general election.

Levy is not seen as a controversial pick by observers.

“My expectation given his experience and lack of controversy is that he will have a pretty easy route,” Carl Tobias, the Williams Chair at the University of Richmond School of Law in Virginia, told the Herald by phone.

Tobias, whose work emphasizes the federal judicial selection process, said that Levy’s strong background both as a lawyer at the respected Ropes & Gray and his experience in the judicial district and the office itself makes him a “relatively conventional” pick that won’t need to be overly vetted by the judiciary committee staff.

He said it’s possible the confirmation could take place this year, as he could cite only a handful of nominees ahead of Levy for one of the nation’s 99 U.S. Attorney posts, with attorneys for the districts of Northern Illinois and Northern Ohio being the only ones to spring to his mind.

“I think it’s great for the district and for the U.S. Attorney’s office to have someone permanent in that role,” Tobias said.

Other nominees

Levy was one of two U.S. Attorney nominees announced as part of Biden’s 40th round federal judicial nominees. Other positions nominated were two U.S. District Court judges, two U.S. Marshals and two members of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

The other U.S. Attorney nominee is Judge Johnny C. Gogo, a current California judge sitting in the Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose, who Biden has nominated for the position of U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands.

Biden’s judicial nominees are both for the Northern District of Oklahoma: Sara E. Hill, who served as the attorney general of the Cherokee Nation from 2019 until this year when she entered private practice; and John D. Russell, who was an assistant U.S. attorney for the district from 1995 to 2002, when he entered private practice.

U.S. Marshal nominees are Clinton Fuchs, a current assistant U.S. attorney, for the District of Maryland; and David Lemmon II, a former West Virginia State Police member currently serving as the dean of professional and technical studies at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, for the Southern District of West Virginia. Biden’s now 24 total Marshal nominees include last year’s nomination of then-Chelsea Police Chief Brian Kyes, who was confirmed for the position in Massachusetts.

Biden also nominated two sitting members of the U.S. Sentencing Commission for a second term. This commission was created under the Reagan administration to, as a Biden statement puts it, “reduce sentencing disparities and promote transparency and proportionality in criminal sentencing.” Those members are Judge Claria Horn Boom, who first took a seat in 2022 and also serves as a U.S. District Judge in Kentucky, and Judge John Gleeson, who also first took a seat last year, who is a private attorney who was a federal judge for the Eastern District of New York from 1994 to 2016.

This is a developing story.

“Our investigation makes clear that the officer’s actions were justified that tragic day,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a statement released with the investigation’s findings on Tuesday.

“Indeed, it is likely that this officer’s brave actions saved others from being injured or killed as a result of Nathan Allen’s racially motivated rampage,” the DA added. “This was a terrifying incident for Winthrop, rooted in Nathan Allen’s deep White Supremacist hatred.”

Allen, 28, had written in his journal, in an entry decorated with a Swastika and featuring many racial epithets, at an unknown date that he had determined that “Racism is good. Natural. Killing (expletive) is in our blood. We need to do this while we are apex predators.”

Come the afternoon of June 26, 2021, he seemed ready to make his dreams for some kind of race war a reality. This is how that day unfolded according to the investigative documents released with the report:

A mother would see Allen, barefoot and “acting strangely,” walk through Winthrop’s Belle Isle Cemetery on his way to the Rapid Flow truck lot on Argyle Street.

There, he would steal one of the plumbing company’s box trucks, ram in through the gate, speed through the city at around 60 mph and slam it into a GMC Terrain SUV. The Terrain was pushed into a fence in the first block of Cross Street as Allen lost control of the stolen truck and crashed into a small building on Shirley Street.

The report says Allen would step out of the destroyed box truck with blood streaking his white t-shirt and armed with two Smith & Wesson pistols: a 9mm in hand and a .45 at the ready in his waistband.

The first 911 call came in at 2:41 p.m., with a woman reporting that “A truck went into a house.” at the corner of Shirley and Cross streets. Maybe 30 seconds later another caller offered a new, horrific detail: “Oh my God! There’s somebody shooting somebody!”

Allen first saw Ramona Cooper, an Air Force veteran, walking down Shirley Street. He raised his 9mm and shot her several times at point-blank range, killing her. He then walked down an alley and found retired State Police Trooper David Green and emptied the rest of the 9mm’s magazine into the man, killing him. He then tossed the empty weapon used to kill both black bystanders.

Of the Winthrop Police personnel rushing to the scene, Sgt. Nicholas Bettano would be the first to arrive and saw the hellish image of the obliterated house and the remains of the box truck, and Cooper lying still on the road, details narrated by police radio transmissions blasting in his cruiser.

Allen advanced on Bettano with the .45 drawn as the officer secured two additional bystanders before confronting the shooter with orders to put down his weapon. Allen didn’t comply, and Bettano drew his own service pistol, a .40 caliber Glock 22, and shot Allen four times. Allen would be transported to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he died.

Massachusetts State Police received a call reporting a body a little before 7 on Monday morning. The agency said it was an adult female and that an autopsy would be performed by the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Anderson may have been homeless and her last known address was in Las Vegas, Nev.

An autopsy found no signs of trauma but the medical examiner has not yet disclosed a cause and manner of death.

Abhijit “Beej” Das, 50, of North Andover, was convicted by a federal jury in Boston Friday of one count of accepting excessive campaign contributions, one count of conduit contributions, one count of conversion of campaign funds and two counts of making false statement.

Each charge carries a possible maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns scheduled sentencing for Jan. 17.

Das finished seventh in the 10-candidate Democratic primary in 2018 for the 3rd Congressional District seat, winning less than 2% of the votes cast . The seat would eventually be won by current Rep. Lori Trahan, who defeated Republican Rick Green in the general election that November.

The 3rd Congressional District consists of a large swath of Middlesex County and portions of Essex and Worcester counties.

Das, an attorney, was also the owner of what the feds described as “a financially struggling hotel business” that included the Stonehedge Hotel and Spa in Tyngsboro and the Daniel Hotel in Brunswick, Maine, according to his indictment filed in June 2021. He also owned a 108-foot yacht named the “Troca One,” that was a part of this struggling hotel empire, according to the indictment.

The details of the crimes are mired in bureaucratic maneuverings but boil down to Das soliciting major campaign contributions in excess of the $2,700 legal limit per donor — including getting three people to contribute about $125,000 which he structured as personal loans to a family member to bypass this restriction. He would claim them as personal funds and then contribute them in bulk to his campaign coffers.

Between January and May 2018, the feds say, Das took out about $314,500 from his campaign and used the bulk of it, $267,000, to pay down debts on his hotel businesses and some real estate taxes that were wholly separate from his campaign.

But that’s not all, as just four months ago Das got in some new hot water: a 10-count indictment alleging wire fraud, in which he moved some $5 million in escrow funds from his clients’ accounts for personal expenses. He pleaded not guilty to the charges on July 11. Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley released Das ahead of the trial in that case.

“Protecting our elections through campaign finance laws is crucial in defending transparency and accountability in our government and a well-functioning democracy,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy.

“Mr. Das illegally solicited and accepted donations, used the money for a different purpose and hid his actions. He lied to the government and to the voters. He abused the campaign finance process and thought he could get away with it,” Levy continued. “Today’s speedy verdict by the jury after two-weeks of evidence should send a resounding message that the light of justice will always find its way to political candidates who break the law.”

Boston Police responded a little after 2 p.m. to the area of 46 Corona St. in Dorchester upon a ShotSpotter alert and calls of a person shot, authorities said from the scene later in the afternoon.

In front of that address, police found a man suffering from gunshot wounds, BPD Superintendent Felipe Colon said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene by Boston EMS.

Colon and Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden stressed the importance of the community’s help in solving this crime.

“As always, in every single one of these circumstances, we need our community’s help and support in this situation. Our office and law enforcement will do everything we can to bring the perpetrator of this incident to justice,” Hayden said. “We need the community’s help.”

Colon said officers were, as he was speaking, canvassing the area for any video footage or witnesses who could aid in the investigation. He said anyone with any information should call homicide detectives at 617-343-4470 or to submit information anonymously through the CrimeStoppers Tip Line by calling 1-800-494-TIPS (8477) or texting the word “TIP” to CRIME (27463).

“What if anything the daytime means here we don’t know yet. I’m always concerned when we see violence incidents happening in broad daylight,” Hayden said, adding that the investigation was in its earliest stages.

There had been three homicides in the district of this shooting, C-11, so far this year through Sunday, lower than both at the same point last year, which had eight, and the five-year average of six, according to the most recent police data. There had been 22 fatal shootings citywide through the same period, one fewer at the same point last year and fewer than the 25.2 five-year-average.

This is a developing story.

“At this time, we are aware of no specific or credible threats in Massachusetts related to the attack on Israel or the call for jihad by terrorists, but as ever, we remain vigilant and will advise our citizens if that changes,” the Massachusetts State Police reported in a statement.

Other departments around the state, including the Boston and Newton police departments, have issued similar statements.

The threat appears to have been issued by Khaled Mashaal, a former leader of Hamas now heading its diaspora in Qatar, in a Thursday YouTube video that has since been removed, according to multiple news outlets.

Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union.

The direct quote “global day of jihad” does not appear in any direct quotes from his statement, though multiple outlets quote him as calling for protests in support of Palestinians throughout the Muslim world.

“To all scholars who teach jihad… to all who teach and learn, this is a moment for the application (of theories),” Meshaal said in a statement sent to the news agency Reuters.

The Boston Regional Intelligence Center, or BRIC, “is not aware of any specific credible threats to the metro-Boston Homeland Security Region,” BPD spokesman Sgt. Det. John Boyle said in a statement.

“Since the start of the conflict, the Boston Police Department has been working closely with religious and cultural institutions in the region and has increased the uniformed presence of law enforcement surrounding them,” he continued. “Individuals are advised to remain vigilant and report any observed suspicious activity to law enforcement.”

Newton Police issued a similar statement, adding that Hamas leaders had called for a “a day of general mobilization,” a quotation that has appeared in coverage from legitimate sources.

“Newton Police have been taking added precautions since Saturday morning. NPD is in close touch with Jewish and Israeli affiliated institutions and the Newton Public Schools and will be providing extra security measures,” according to the department’s statement.

Military leaders and federal law enforcement have also said there is no discernible threat to our shores.

The FBI stated the day after the Hamas attack on Israel that while it “does not have specific and credible intelligence indicating a threat to the United States … we are closely monitoring unfolding events and will share relevant information with our state, local, federal and international law enforcement, intelligence and homeland security partners to ensure they are prepared for any impacts to public safety. We will not hesitate to adjust our security posture, as appropriate, to protect the American people.”

Admiral John Kirby of the National Security Council said during a White House briefing Thursday that 27 Americans had been confirmed killed in the bloodshed, with another 14 Americans missing.

“We are constantly in touch with local law enforcement, state and federal officials across the country to make sure that we are as vigilant as we can be to be able to identify and disrupt any threats to the American people,” he said when asked about the call for a “day of jihad.” “We’re absolutely going to stay focused on that.”

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“Protecting the people of Massachusetts is my highest priority, and the best way to accomplish that goal is to forge close working relationships with our state and local partners. Federal resources like this are invaluable in the support they provide for comprehensive public safety solutions and resources specific to the unique needs of Massachusetts communities,” said Acting U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Joshua Levy. “By investing in state and local programs, we aim to empower victims, enhance officer safety, strengthen public trust in law enforcement, and ultimately create safer communities across Massachusetts.”

There were a total of 3,700 grants distributed by the DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) this fiscal year that Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement would be an investment to “support the victims of crime, support officer safety and wellness, build the public trust in law enforcement essential to public safety, and help make all of our communities safer.”

The grants were awarded in five major categories, listed here in order of total funds: $1.7 billion to “expand access to victim services … that provide trauma-informed and culturally responsive services to victims”; $1 billion toward programs that help “communities tackle the proliferation of gun violence in America”; more than $437 million to “expand access to services among historically underserved and marginalized communities”; more than $418 million to “support research and data collection on a wide range of public safety issues, help maintain timely and accurate criminal history records, and improve the capacity of crime labs and forensic analysts”; and more than $192 million to “improve the fairness and effectiveness of the juvenile justice system.”

Massachusetts’ share of this money comes to $118,366,566, including a new $60 million in grants that the U.S. Attorney’s office says “provides leadership and assistance to local criminal justice programs that improve and reinforce the nation’s criminal justice system” and $34 million “to support crime victim compensation and assistance.”

Dale Mooney, 53, of Newmarket, N.H., died following what appeared to be some sort of physical altercation in the 300-tier of the stadium a little before 11 p.m. on Sept. 17. Mooney was transported to Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro that night where he was pronounced dead.

Foxboro Police are seeking criminal complaints alleging assault and battery and disorderly conduct, according to a Thursday morning statement in which they did not name the suspects. A probable-cause hearing or hearings will be held in Wrentham District Court “in the coming weeks,” according to police.

Preliminary findings from Mooney’s autopsy did not suggest traumatic injury, “but did identify a medical issue” a spokesman for the Norfolk District Attorney’s office said a couple days after the incident. The police statement offers no further information on those results.

“Although that investigation remains open and ongoing, Foxborough Police — in consultation with the District Attorney’s Office — determined that the currently available evidence supported submitting applications for criminal complaint to Wrentham District Court at this time,” Foxboro Police Chief Michael Grace wrote in the statement.

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Kearney, of Holden, appeared in the dock wearing a “Free Karen Read” hoodie, a design that matched signs displayed by followers of his blog that staunchly supports her innocence and floats conspiracy theories in the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.

Several of those Turtleboy readers, who call themselves “Turtle riders,” picketed on the sidewalk outside Stoughton District Court ahead of his arraignment Wednesday.

Prosecutors filed nine complaints against Kearney, each with lengthy but similar narratives. In total, he faces eight counts of witness intimidation, four counts of picketing a court officer or juror and one count of conspiracy. While a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf, outside of court he vehemently denied the charges and even the idea that he should be charged for what he believes to be within his First Amendment rights.

“I’m here right now because I’m exposing corruption. I’m exposing what really happened to John O’Keefe and the powerful and well-connected people who murdered him and covered up his murder. And this is what the state does to you when you do that,” Kearney told members of the media from the courthouse steps.

Judge Daniel W. O’Malley released Kearney on personal recognizance and did not impose GPS, but did allow the prosecution’s request that Kearney have no contact, either direct or indirect, with all the named alleged victims. The judge said the order was “broad on purpose” and that should Kearney violate it in any way then he would be subject to being held without bail.

Special prosecutor Kenneth Mello, who is not actually a prosecutor by trade but a private attorney from Fall River, read out two of the complaints in court and requested another hour to read the additional complaints, but O’Malley stopped him early as he had enough for the initial appearance.

The complaints begin with the same scene: John O’Keefe’s body discovered on the lawn of 34 Fairview Road in Canton the morning of Jan. 29, 2022, which, according to past Herald coverage followed a night out at two bars in Canton with O’Keefe, Read, and a few of the witnesses in the prosecution’s case against Read and who Mello says are among the number of people who Kearney has either directly harassed or welcomed his followers to harass.

Chief among these is Massachusetts State Police Detective Michael Proctor, who has been a consistent focus of Kearney’s ire in blog posts, YouTube videos and social media postings and whose phone number, Mello said, was shared by Kearney leading to so much harassment from Turtle riders that Proctor had to get a new phone number.

The first complaint focused on Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth, who Mello said was the focus of her own harassment campaign directed by Kearney that forced her employer to shut down some of its internet presence.

Kearney’s supporters and his detractors alike packed the courtroom, but many of those deeply interested in the case also tuned in via videoconferencing service Zoom, several of whom didn’t remain quiet.

Mello’s readings were punctuated by quotations from Kearney’s postings, like this one from the Turtleboy YouTube channel’s “Episode 598: *Breaking* Karen Read Defense Files Motion to Recuse” in which Kearney tells one of the alleged victims in this case: “You can’t leave the (expletive) country. Turtle riders, we’re gonna find you, they’re gonna find you. You can’t hid anymore, your private life is officially over, over. You can’t leave your house, you’re gonna have your picture taken.”

The criminal charges followed an extraordinarily rare public statement on an ongoing case by Norfolk DA Michael Morrissey in August, which he said was the “first statement of its kind in my dozen years” on the job: “The harassment of witnesses in the murder prosecution of Karen Read is absolutely baseless. It should be an outrage to any decent person — and it needs to stop.”

Morrissey did not name Kearney in his statement, but went on to refute a number of points of evidence raised by Kearney in his “Turtleboy blog.”