Everett, Chelsea, Lynn Men Killed In String Of Fatal Crashes: Police
Several people are dead and others were injured in a string of crashes over the weekend that Massachusetts State Police are investigating.
Oscar J. Portillo, 53, of Chelsea, died on Saturday, Aug. 28, as he crossed the street on Revere Beach Parkway at Vine Street in Everett when a 2001 Toyota Camry crashed into him, State Police said. Responders rushed him to an area hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
The 46-year-old Lynn driver remained on the scene, and authorities have not charged him with anything, police said. Officers are still investigating the incident. …
IDs Released For 4 Family Members Killed In Apparent Murder/Suicide In Lynn
Authorities have released the identities of the four family members who died in an apparent murder/suicide in Lynn earlier this week.
Investigators determined that Kahosay Sharifi, age 31, shot and killed her 66-year-old father, Mohamad Sharifi, and 34-year-old brother-in-law, Sanjar Halin, at 98 Rockaway Street on Tuesday, Aug. 23, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said.
Kahosay then proceeded to shoot and kill her brother-in-law's father, 56-year-old Abdul Halin, in his vehicle outside of 44 Laighton Street. Kahosay then took her own life in her own vehicle in the nearby park…
3 Arrested in Revere After Police See Through Ruse To Hide Drugs As Cookies
State troopers said a large duffle bag they found in the trunk of a car labeled "cookies" this week had less to do with baking and everything to do with getting baked.
Bryan DaRosa, 18, Rick Pierre, 23, and Halland Pierre, 18, all of Lynn, were pulled over on Revere Beach Monday, Aug 8, after a state police trooper spotted DaRosa's BMW had no front license plate and an expired inspection sticker, the Massachusetts State Police Office said. The registration also had lapsed a month prior.
Because of that, police had to impound the car, which meant troopers would need to searc…
Shots Fired Outside Lynn Middle School During Basketball Tourney: Police
Organizers of the Shoe City Basketball Tournament decided to cancel the event after a 25-year-old man fired several shots in the parking lot of a middle school where they were holding it on Friday, Aug. 5, authorities said.
Canseco Morillo, 25, is accused of firing multiple times as he ran away from Thurgood Marshall Middle School just after 10:30 p.m., Lynn police said. The parking lot was full of people and cars, but, luckily, no one was shot, police said. Two cars were hit by bullets, and a woman was injured by flying glass when a bullet crashed through the windshield of her car and int…
