Darren Botelho joined NBC10 Boston as weekend evening anchor in July of 2022.
Prior to NBC10 Boston, he was the weekend evening anchor at ABC6 in Providence, Rhode Island.
He's a native New Englander who received his journalism degree from the University of Maryland and his MBA from Clemson University.
He has also worked at stations in Lafayette, Louisiana, Asheville, North Carolina, and Tampa, Florida.
During his time as a television journalist, he has covered several major national stories, including the Charleston church shooting, the arrest of serial killer Todd Kohlhepp and the South Carolina 1,000-year flood of 2015.
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Uber driver shot at while picking up passengers in Salem, Mass.
An Uber driver was shot at while picking up passengers in Salem, Massachusetts, on Monday morning. Salem police said three men were getting into an Uber around 7 a.m. Monday on Albion Street when three other men came up on foot and started shooting. At least one bullet hit the Uber. No one was injured, and the three shooters fled…
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How tariff turmoil is affecting housing and construction in Mass.
President Donald Trump’s pause on most of the sweeping tariffs he announced sent the stock market soaring after days of losses, but Massachusetts’ construction and real estate sectors are feeling the effects of the turbulence
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Is there fluoride in water where you live in Massachusetts?
The federal government will soon stop recommending that municipalities add fluoride to public drinking water. Many communities in Massachusetts already don’t do so.
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Nearly 100,000 took part in Boston's ‘Hands Off' rally, organizers say
The massive “Hands Off” rally in Boston this weekend saw nearly 100,000 people in the streets, organizers said Monday.
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New video shows truck crash in Boston's Chinatown that sent 4 people to the hospital
Dramatic surveillance video shows an apparently out-of-control truck crashing into a person on a sidewalk in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood on Tuesday.
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Healey says Trump is hurting the economy: ‘Tariffs are not a good thing for us'
Days before President Donald Trump’s promised “Liberation Day” of tariffs, as he’s dubbed this Wednesday, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey criticized the nation’s chief executive for taking steps she says are harming the country and the commonwealth.
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Wu explains why posts serving as bike lane barriers have been removed in Boston
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is responding to complaints from bicyclists about missing protective barriers on roads in the city. There are visible holes on roadways, like on Massachusetts Avenue. Until very recently, barriers were in place in an effort to keep bicyclists safe from passing vehicles. “We haven’t removed bike lanes,” Wu said. “There have been some places where...
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Trump administration warns 60 colleges — 6 in Mass. — of ‘potential enforcement'
Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent letters to schools regarding possible Title VI violations for allegations of antisemitic discrimination and harassment
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‘This shouldn't happen': Worcester cop charged in fight with kids' soccer coach
An off-duty Worcester police officer from West Boylston, Massachusetts, is charged in a fight with an opposing coach at a youth soccer game in Northborough
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Three youths arrested after crashing stolen SUV while fleeing police in Salem
Three youths are facing charges after they crashed a stolen SUV while fleeing from police in Salem, Massachusetts, on Monday night. Salem police said they broadcast a be-on-the-lookout around 7:43 p.m. Monday for a 2018 white Kia Soul being driven erratically, with no lights, in the area of Salem Street. The vehicle had been reported stolen from Broad Street on…
