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Worcester Crime Statistics

Year Population Violent Crime Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Crime Burglary Theft Car Theft Arson
2008 177,151 1,718 6 42 373 1,297 6,356 1,701 3,983 672 10
2006 N/A 680 0 64 174 442 2,639 569 1,590 480 7
2005 175,479 1,390 6 143 389 852 6,078 1,248 3,673 1,157 11
 

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West Nile mosquitoes are detected again
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:06:09 -0700
BOSTON Boston public health officials say mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus have been found in north Dorchester and in Hyde Park. Infected mosquitoes had been found earlier this year in north Dorchester and West Roxbury. The number of positive mosquito tests suggests that West Nile is “likely to be present throughout the city,’’ the Boston Public Health Commission ... West Nile virus ...

New CORI law praised
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:48:59 -0700
WORCESTER - Steve Denson said his heart ached every time he took out his 5-year-old daughter and couldnand#8217;t buy her an ice cream because he was unemployed and had no money.

Worcester woman shot in neck dies
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:50:44 -0700
Police say a 21-year-old college student shot in the neck while sitting in a car in Worcester last week has died. Worcester Massachusetts - Worcester - Worcestershire - England - United States

Ex-jail official questions Foley qualifications
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:03:38 -0700
A retired deputy superintendent of the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction has questioned the qualifications of one of the candidates for the Democratic nomination for Worcester County sheriff.

Huntington returns to varsity boys soccer today
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:47:51 -0700
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER _ Class D boys soccer beware: Jim Huntington is back. More than four years after losing his job in Edmeston, the two-time Daily Star Coach of the Year will resume his career as a varsity boys soccer coach at 4 p.m. today. That's when Huntington will lead Schenevus into its season opener against Laurens in the first round of the Stamford Mayor's Cup at Archibald Field.

Hopkinton suspect in sex assault case faced earlier accusation
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:29:08 -0700
A Hopkinton man recently charged with sexually assaulting a Worcester teen was barred from his work as a traveling minister in the 1970s after an earlier allegation of child abuse, current and former members of his religious group said.

Laying down the law
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:51:08 -0700
Catherine Bradwell's son first threatened to kill himself when he was 9 years old. The Worcester student, diagnosed with ADHD, had been the target of bullying at his elementary school. But it wasn't until her son threatened to kill the classmate who had been bullying him that action was taken.

County jail costs target of Bove's campaign
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:48:28 -0700
Scot J. Bove said this week that if elected, he would reduce the budget of the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction while expanding community and inmate education programs.

Some Mass. towns giving up on marijuana enforcement
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:43:30 -0700
Monday August 23, 2010 BOSTON (AP) -- Some Massachusetts towns have given up enforcing a law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, saying the law is written with too many loopholes to be effective. The law established a civil fine of $100 for those caught with an ounce or less of marijuana.

Ghanaian arrested on fraud charges involving Massachusetts properties
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:12:15 -0700
A citizen of Ghana has been charged in federal court with wire fraud involving millions of dollars for selling at least 16 condominium units to straw buyers who he recruited for the purpose of obtaining mortgage loans based on false loan applications.

Business Digest
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:18:36 -0700
Tatara renews Acton lease; Eastern Bank gives $6,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs; Hudson's 2 Cabot Road sells for $3.8 million; Digital Reef publishes software benchmark; Credit union donates $10K for fireworks display; National Grid gas rate hike request challenged by officials; Wal-Mart asks court to dump gender discrimination suit

Family marks anniversary of Sen. Kennedy's death
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:36:14 -0700
Police: At least 1 person being held hostage by gunman in Discovery TV building in Md. More>>

FBI back in Worcester
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:51:28 -0700
BOSTON - The FBI will return a regional office to Worcester after an absence of 17 years. The office, called a resident agency, left Worcester with its six special agents in 1993, and moved to 131 Coolidge St., Hudson. The government has signed a lease to relocate the office to 120 Front St., Worcester.

Hopkinton man charged with molesting teen
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:20:49 -0700
A 66-year-old Hopkinton man has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old Worcester boy and then trying to set up subsequent meetings for sex. Hopkinton Massachusetts - Relationships - Holliston Massachusetts - Franklin Massachusetts - Ashland Massachusetts

Activist says teen is lying
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:03:44 -0700
WORCESTER - Issuing a prepared statement in which he called the allegations against him "100 percent false, vulgar and a complete affront to everything that I stand for," gay activist Albert M. Toney III entered not guilty pleas yesterday to charges of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old male June 15 in the locker room of the YMCA.

Some Massachusetts towns give up on enforcing relaxed marijuana laws, while others struggle to
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:43:35 -0700
Some Massachusetts towns have given up enforcing a law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, saying the law is written with too many loopholes to be effective. ...

Some Mass. towns give up on marijuana enforcement
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:28:19 -0700
Some Massachusetts towns have given up enforcing a law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, saying the law is written with too many loopholes to be effective. Cannabis - Massachusetts - Law - United States - Drug possession

Foley has strong family values, integrity and experience
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:30:28 -0700
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Reading residents welcome AG Martha Coakley
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:24:28 -0700
When Attorney General Martha Coakley lost to Sen. Scott Brown in January in her bid to win a seat in the U.S. Senate, she was harshly criticized for failing to reach out to voters. Coakley does not want to make the same mistake twice.

Payne & Domke: Controversial Endorsement Is Latest Turn In 10th GOP Race
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:30:04 -0700
With Primary Day in Massachusetts less than two weeks away, WBUR's political analysts look down the ballot to size up races for auditor, treasurer and the 10th Congressional seat.

 



 


Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2008

City Total Law Enforcement Total Officers Total Civilians
Abington 30 28 2
Acton 42 33 9
Acushnet 19 17 2
Adams 20 16 4
Agawam 56 48 8
Amesbury 37 31 6
Amherst 65 48 17
Andover 71 52 19
Aquinnah 4 4 0
Arlington 77 61 16
Ashburnham 15 10 5
Ashby 6 6 0
Ashfield 2 2 0
Ashland 31 27 4
Athol 24 17 7
Attleboro 95 82 13
Avon 20 15 5
Ayer 22 17 5
Barnstable 134 114 20
Barre 12 8 4
Becket 2 2 0
Bedford 36 28 8
Belchertown 29 24 5
Bellingham 37 30 7
Belmont 61 47 14
Berkley 6 6 0
Berlin 11 7 4
Bernardston 3 3 0
Beverly 74 69 5
Billerica 84 63 21
Blackstone 19 16 3
Bolton 15 10 5
Boston 2862 2213 649
Bourne 39 36 3
Boxford 13 13 0
Boylston 13 10 3
Braintree 81 74 7
Brewster 23 19 4
Bridgewater 35 34 1
Brockton 213 184 29
Brookfield 4 4 0
Brookline 155 132 23
Buckland 2 2 0
Burlington 71 63 8
Cambridge 305 275 30
Canton 42 41 1
Carlisle 15 10 5
Carver 21 17 4
Charlton 23 19 4
Chatham 24 18 6
Chelmsford 63 50 13
Chelsea 97 91 6
Chicopee 139 135 4
Chilmark 4 4 0
Clinton 32 27 5
Concord 42 35 7
Dalton 12 11 1
Danvers 60 47 13
Dartmouth 79 65 14
Dedham 72 60 12
Deerfield 9 8 1
Dennis 48 40 8
Dighton 13 10 3
Douglas 20 15 5
Dover 16 16 0
Dracut 48 43 5
Dudley 15 11 4
Dunstable 7 7 0
East Bridgewater 26 23 3
East Brookfield 3 3 0
East Longmeadow 25 24 1
Eastham 21 15 6
Easthampton 33 27 6
Easton 34 33 1
Edgartown 16 15 1
Egremont 3 3 0
Erving 3 3 0
Essex 12 7 5
Everett 106 99 7
Fairhaven 39 32 7
Fall River 304 240 64
Falmouth 67 61 6
Fitchburg 88 80 8
Foxborough 40 31 9
Framingham 128 118 10
Franklin 57 46 11
Freetown 17 17 0
Gardner 40 31 9
Georgetown 14 12 2
Gill 3 3 0
Gloucester 66 61 5
Goshen 2 2 0
Grafton 23 18 5
Granby 12 10 2
Granville 1 1 0
Great Barrington 15 14 1
Greenfield 50 34 16
Groton 21 16 5
Groveland 13 9 4
Hadley 15 11 4
Halifax 11 10 1
Hamilton 15 15 0
Hampden 15 10 5
Hanover 32 29 3
Hanson 27 22 5
Hardwick 3 3 0
Harwich 40 33 7
Hatfield 2 2 0
Haverhill 102 93 9
Hingham 57 48 9
Hinsdale 2 2 0
Holbrook 22 21 1
Holden 26 24 2
Holliston 23 22 1
Holyoke 145 126 19
Hopedale 16 12 4
Hopkinton 31 20 11
Hubbardston 9 5 4
Hudson 37 31 6
Hull 37 24 13
Ipswich 29 25 4
Kingston 30 23 7
Lakeville 21 17 4
Lancaster 12 11 1
Lawrence 180 151 29
Lee 12 11 1
Leicester 23 18 5
Lenox 10 9 1
Leominster 93 74 19
Leverett 2 2 0
Lexington 61 47 14
Lincoln 19 13 6
Littleton 21 16 5
Longmeadow 32 26 6
Lowell 319 239 80
Ludlow 40 34 6
Lunenburg 13 13 0
Lynn 197 178 19
Lynnfield 23 18 5
Malden 117 107 10
Manchester-by-the-Sea 18 14 4
Mansfield 48 36 12
Marblehead 39 32 7
Marion 14 14 0
Marlborough 76 64 12
Marshfield 48 45 3
Mashpee 45 37 8
Mattapoisett 18 18 0
Medfield 20 15 5
Medford 115 111 4
Medway 23 19 4
Mendon 17 13 4
Merrimac 11 7 4
Methuen 102 88 14
Middleboro 44 40 4
Middleton 14 13 1
Milford 56 45 11
Millbury 25 20 5
Millis 19 15 4
Millville 7 4 3
Milton 65 52 13
Monson 17 11 6
Montague 19 15 4
Monterey 1 1 0
Nahant 13 12 1
Nantucket 38 34 4
Natick 64 54 10
Needham 54 46 8
New Bedford 339 288 51
New Braintree 1 1 0
Newbury 13 12 1
Newburyport 25 24 1
Newton 181 139 42
Norfolk 19 17 2
North Adams 30 25 5
North Andover 51 39 12
North Attleboro 60 47 13
North Brookfield 6 6 0
North Reading 30 29 1
Northampton 70 58 12
Northborough 26 20 6
Northbridge 23 18 5
Northfield 2 2 0
Norton 27 26 1
Norwell 30 23 7
Norwood 70 59 11
Oak Bluffs 18 15 3
Oakham 3 3 0
Orange 14 13 1
Orleans 28 22 6
Oxford 24 20 4
Palmer 26 20 6
Paxton 13 9 4
Peabody 113 97 16
Pelham 2 2 0
Pembroke 28 26 2
Pepperell 19 18 1
Petersham 2 2 0
Phillipston 2 2 0
Pittsfield 111 88 23
Plainville 19 15 4
Plymouth 119 101 18
Plympton 7 7 0
Princeton 8 5 3
Provincetown 21 17 4
Quincy 228 198 30
Raynham 35 26 9
Reading 49 37 12
Rehoboth 28 23 5
Revere 100 92 8
Rochester 10 10 0
Rockland 40 32 8
Rockport 17 16 1
Rowley 16 13 3
Royalston 1 1 0
Rutland 9 8 1
Salem 85 79 6
Salisbury 21 20 1
Sandwich 35 34 1
Saugus 70 54 16
Scituate 35 30 5
Seekonk 35 33 2
Sharon 34 30 4
Sheffield 6 6 0
Shelburne 2 2 0
Shirley 15 10 5
Shrewsbury 58 45 13
Somerset 38 32 6
Somerville 153 128 25
South Hadley 33 28 5
Southampton 8 8 0
Southborough 21 16 5
Southbridge 39 36 3
Southwick 21 16 5
Spencer 21 17 4
Springfield 568 467 101
Sterling 17 13 4
Stockbridge 6 6 0
Stoneham 41 32 9
Stoughton 59 52 7
Stow 15 10 5
Sturbridge 22 18 4
Sudbury 35 29 6
Sunderland 5 5 0
Sutton 20 15 5
Swampscott 34 33 1
Swansea 37 31 6
Taunton 118 113 5
Templeton 15 10 5
Tewksbury 67 54 13
Tisbury 13 13 0
Topsfield 12 10 2
Townsend 17 15 2
Truro 15 10 5
Tyngsboro 28 22 6
Upton 13 12 1
Uxbridge 23 18 5
Wakefield 42 41 1
Walpole 43 38 5
Waltham 176 146 30
Ware 18 18 0
Wareham 58 50 8
Watertown 83 70 13
Wayland 29 22 7
Webster 32 28 4
Wellesley 52 39 13
Wellfleet 18 13 5
Wenham 11 10 1
West Boylston 18 13 5
West Bridgewater 21 20 1
West Brookfield 7 6 1
West Newbury 11 7 4
West Springfield 93 82 11
West Tisbury 10 9 1
Westborough 36 29 7
Westfield 89 79 10
Westford 51 40 11
Westminster 18 13 5
Weston 33 27 6
Westport 33 29 4
Westwood 37 28 9
Weymouth 108 93 15
Whately 2 2 0
Whitman 27 26 1
Wilbraham 29 28 1
Williamsburg 1 1 0
Williamstown 16 12 4
Wilmington 50 48 2
Winchendon 17 12 5
Winchester 46 38 8
Winthrop 35 33 2
Worcester 502 449 53
Wrentham 17 15 2
Yarmouth 64 54 10
   
 

Active Amber Alerts

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Amber Alerts for Massachusetts
 

Missing Persons for
Worcester, MA


Missing: SARAH OLIVEIRA (MA)
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:58:44 EDT


Endangered Missing: GIOVANNI GONZALEZ-COLON (MA)
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:31:58 EDT


Endangered Runaway: AMBER JESSIE (MA)
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:38:19 EDT


Endangered Runaway: HEATHER DAVIS (MA)
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:17:07 EDT


Endangered Runaway: KAYLA TORRES (MA)
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:13:18 EDT


Endangered Runaway: ASHLEY LEITE (MA)
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:22:39 EDT


Endangered Runaway: ANNA LUONG (MA)
Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:08:44 EDT


Endangered Runaway: CHRISTINA SILVA (MA)
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:45:13 EDT


Endangered Runaway: BRITTANY ROMANO (MA)
Thu, 27 May 2010 03:03:29 EDT


Endangered Runaway: SHEREE TORO (MA)
Fri, 21 May 2010 10:48:44 EDT


NonFamily Abduction: JENNIFER FAY (MA)
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:34:20 EDT


NonFamily Abduction: JUDITH CHARTIER (MA)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:42:42 EST


Endangered Runaway: TANISHA LOPEZ (MA)
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:21:18 EST


Endangered Runaway: APRIL MORALES (MA)
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:08:49 EST


Endangered Runaway: NYTASHA JETTE (MA)
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:00:21 EST


Missing: BEVERLY SILVA (MA)
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:48:47 EST


Missing: KALI ATHUKORALA (MA)
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:56:41 EST


Endangered Runaway: ADALBERTO PIMENTAL JR (MA)
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:56:42 EST


Endangered Missing: REBECCA HICKS (MA)
Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:31:37 EDT


Missing: SOOMAIIAH QURAIISHI (MA)
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:32:21 EDT

     
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