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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Video shows chaos on I-190 amid series of Worcester shootings that left 2 dead
Shocking video shows a man in a shootout in police on a highway in Worcester, Massachusetts. Police say 41-year-old Felix Rivera of Worcester shot and killed another man, 40-year-old Yubar Perez of Worcester, at a home on Heroult Road Wednesday afternoon. A short time later, Rivera was found running with a gun in traffic on Interstate 190. Police and witnesses…
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Businesses relying on ports hope for deal with striking dockworkers
Striking dockworkers and the ports they are picketing could not come to an agreement Wednesday. The International Longshoremen’s Association went on strike just after midnight Tuesday after the expiration of the union’s contract with the ports. The workers are calling for higher wages and protections from automation. With uncertainty over when the strike will end and the economic impacts...
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Dockworkers' strike underway: How port shutdowns could impact you
Dockworkers have gone on strike and were walking the picket line in South Boston Tuesday, mirroring shut downs happening at ports along the East Cost and Gulf Coast. The workers are asking for a raise and to not be replaced by automation in the strike that kicked off at midnight on Tuesday. The International Longshoremen’s Association represents 85,000 dockworkers in…
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Travelers rush home before Hurricane Helene hits Florida
Boston’s Logan airport was full of people Wednesday either trying to escape Hurricane Helene or get back down south before the storm makes landfall on Thursday. One Florida couple in Terminal A told NBC10 Boston they had to cut their vacation on Cape Cod short by several days to get back to their house, which is facing wind and...
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Boston police ID victim of Monday's deadly shooting in Jamaica Plain
The teen arrested in connection with a deadly shooting Monday night in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood appeared in court Tuesday. The incident unfolded at the Mildred Hailey Boston Housing Authority Apartments on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain around 9:30 p.m. Monday, police have said. Officers could be heard shouting “Shots fired” and “Man down!” in police radio audio. Officers...
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Local pizza shop pushing back on soon-to-open Boston Papa John's
Some Dorchester business owners are pushing back against a location of a national pizza chain opening up across the street from a local shop. Brian Chavez, who owns Antonio’s Hi-Fi Pizzeria on Dorchester Avenue, has been trying to block the Papa John’s establishment from getting its final approvals from the City of Boston. “There’s already an abundance of fast-food...
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Toddler, mother shot in Dorchester; police searching for shooter
A woman and her toddler were shot late Monday night in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, and the search is on for the shooter, who’s still at large. The child had life-threatening injuries while his mother was expected to survive, police said. The mother’s own mother, Fatima de Pina, told NBC10 Boston that the 2-year-old should also, miraculously, survive, despite being...
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Deadly Dorchester shooting sparks calls for more police surveillance cameras
There is now a public call for more police cameras in Boston, especially in an area of Dorchester that had seen two deadly shootings in just the last two weeks. The most recent shooting was on Monday, when two people were shot, one fatally, at a barbershop at the intersection of Washington Street and Erie Street. The manager of a…
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To help prevent shark bites, Wellfleet brings strong Wi-Fi to beaches
In a push for more people to be able to get shark alerts on their phones, the Town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, is making its beaches better connected to the internet. Nearly six years after the death of 26-year-old Arthur Medici, the town is using state funding to offer Wi-Fi at some of its four Atlantic coastline beaches, so beachgoers can…
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Neighbors annoyed as NH 7-Eleven blasts opera music all day and all night
Residents of Manchester, New Hampshire, say the opera music coming from the speakers outside a 7-Eleven is meant to deter loitering, but it’s keeping them awake at night.
