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MASSACHUSETTS It s Friday, May 7. Here s what you should know this afternoon:
The Rockingham County Sheriff s Office said Friday that it was investigating the death of a Massachusetts man in custody at the county jail on April 30.
Marblehead was hit with a rash of hateful and vulgar graffiti involving racist and anti-Semitic language last week, according to Police Chief Robert Picariello.
A Milton woman admitted in federal court Tuesday to running a black market marijuana business out of Foxborough, Milton, Hyde Park, and Canton under the guise of a medical marijuana delivery service.
Crowds are expected to gather in the heart of Hopkinton Thursday afternoon in memory of 16-year-old Mikayla Miller.
But while Thursday’s gathering, organized by Violence In Boston, seeks to honor Mikayla’s life, attendees will also be pushing for more information from authorities about Mikayla’s final moments and what led to her death.
What Mikayla’s mother, authorities, and activists say
Calvina Strothers, Mikayla’s mother, told
The Boston Globe authorities initially informed her that her daughter’s death was a suicide. She also has alleged Hopkinton police have been hostile toward her and have withheld information from her.
55-year-old man dies at construction site in Newton after wall collapsed on him, authorities say
Updated May 06, 2021;
A 55-year-old man died Thursday while working at a construction site at Winchester Street in Newton, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office.
Authorities said the man had been working in the foundation of a residence when a wall collapsed and pinned him to the ground.
The man was pronounced dead on the scene, authorities said.
Newton police notified the Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office about the fatal incident at 8 a.m. on Thursday, officials said.
Updated: 7:05 PM EDT May 4, 2021 District Attorney Marian Ryan on Tuesday shared new details on the investigation into the death of a Hopkinton teenager and pushed back against rumors swirling around the case. There is no truth to the allegation that we have reached a final conclusion, she said. Ryan s update about the death of 16-year-old Mikayla Miller came a few hours before the town s select board was set to hold an emergency meeting to prepare for a vigil and rally expected on Thursday. Miller was found dead around 7:45 a.m. on April 18. Ryan said the investigation is still ongoing. What we can do and what we really owe her is an accurate and fulsome accounting of what happened and led to her death, the DA said. You have my word as both the DA and as a mother who cannot imagine the tragedy of losing a child that we will deliver these answers. Ryan said her office is waiting for a ruling on the cause and manner of Miller s death from the Office of the Chief Medical
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HOPKINTON, MA Advocates for the family of a 16-year-old Hopkinton girl found dead April 18 want the Middlesex District Attorney s Office removed from the investigation, saying DA Marian Ryan and state police have so far mishandled a sensitive case that touches on race and sexual orientation.
The demand for an independent investigation came Tuesday night on the GBH show Greater Boston, where Ryan and Violence in Boston s Monica Cannon-Grant met for the first time to talk about the circumstances of Mikayla Miller s death. The interview was taped shortly after Ryan released new details about the case, including that the girl was assaulted by two other teens hours before she was found dead in a wooded area in Hopkinton.