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SJC Justices Call For Changes In Wiretap Laws

Two justices for the highest court in Massachusetts have asked state lawmakers to change a tough wiretap law to enable police to investigate and prosecute the hundreds of shootings and killings committed by street gangs. Supreme Judicial Court Justices Ralph Gants and Judith Cowin made the call Friday in an opinion supporting a ruling barring secretly-recorded evidence from being used against a man who admitted to a 2007 drive-by killing in Brockton.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030–2011/04/09

BPD Commissioner: More Snow Means Less Crime

Crime in Boston is down in recent months and Mother Nature may be the reason.

2011/03/22

MA governor hopefuls debate anti-crime agenda

The four candidates for Massachusetts governor are proposing different strategies to help stem gun violence and street crime.

2010/10/15

'Career criminal' wanted for break-ins in 4 towns

Police think a career criminal may be responsible for a series of recent break-ins in several towns.

2010/10/01

Boston crimes

WBZ’s Art Cohen talks with Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis about a report about increased crime.

2010/09/25

NH man charged with stabbing sailors

A Stratham, N.H., man on probation for assault has been charged with stabbing two U.S. Navy sailors in a Portsmouth parking lot.

2010/09/07

MA crime law overhauls criminal records system

Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation Friday to overhaul the state’s Criminal Offender Record Information system, which the governor and prisoner advocates say will help thousands of former prisoners in their often difficult quests to obtain […]

2010/08/06

New charges for alleged JP shooter

A Massachusetts parolee who has pleaded not guilty to killing a convenience store clerk from Nepal was ordered held on $4 million cash bail for allegedly plotting the murders of his wife and two other […]

2010/07/20