Investigations

An author who researches homicides in Massachusetts says the Karen Read trial exposed something about the state police that she’s suspected for years. Despite Massachusetts State Police’s high homicide solve rate, she says, across the state, murder investigations are susceptible to conflicts of interest and a lack of oversight. We talk ...

An official with the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Department allegedly violated state conflict of interest laws when he had employees perform plumbing work at his home during work hours, for free, according to the State Ethics Commission, which is now calling for a hearing on the matter. Last year, the NBC10 Investigators looked into the ethical ...

The show cause hearings for more than two dozen people accused of paying for sex in a high-profile brothel bust should be made public, the highest court in Massachusetts has ruled, though the paperwork concerning the cases will remain out of the public eye before then.

Broken bones, muscle tears, concussions, even a gunshot wound — those are just some of the injuries sustained by Massachusetts State Police recruits during their training in recent years. After a recruit died following a training exercise in September, the NBC10 Investigators began asking how many other recruits have been injured during training. T...

Kristin Carboni spends her days keeping a pack of dogs on the move. The Brewster, Massachusetts, homeowner runs a boarding and training business called Peace Love Dogs at her wooded property on Cape Cod. Earlier this year, Carboni and her husband decided to install an agility course to get the canine customers the exercise they need. However, befor...

It’s now been nearly two months since Boston Public Schools unveiled new technology intended to improve the reliability and on-time performance of the buses that transport thousands of students. As NBC10 Boston reported in September, the bus-tracking mobile app, Zum, had a rocky rollout when the school year began. On the first day of class, t...

An Internal Affairs probe reviewed the circumstances of a crash involving an off-duty Brockton police officer after he left a bar at closing time. Even though the police chief imposed a three-day unpaid suspension for the incident that injured a family, Stanley David received a promotion to lieutenant.

A veteran police officer is taking legal action against the Bridgewater police chief, accusing him of discriminating against her in a promotion decision, then retaliating by stripping her of duties and giving her a demotion. In an interview with NBC10 Boston, Chief Christopher Delmonte defended the process he has overseen in more than a decade of l...

Jonah Feldman is relieved he is legally allowed to get behind the wheel again. The sophomore at Tufts University was on a family trip in New Jersey over the 4th of July. On the way back from getting ice cream with his girlfriend and his sister, a police officer pulled him over for speeding. Feldman said the officer told him…

The Stoneham Retirement Board voted to allow a former police detective convicted of a federal crime to keep his pension. At stake was Robert Kennedy’s taxpayer-funded benefit of roughly $5,000 per month. The key question: Was his wire fraud conviction directly related to his duties as a public servant? In January, Kennedy—whose career of more than ...

The Brockton police chief suspended a sergeant without pay for three days because of his role in a late-night crash after leaving a nearby bar at closing time. That’s according to an internal affairs investigation, which revealed Sgt. Stanley David was drinking on the night in May 2023 when he collided with a family’s vehicle as they sat at......

Though she’s no longer teaching, Kimberlee Maniscalco’s thoughts often find their way back to her students.  “I loved them and taught them as if they were family to me. We were. I called them our class family,” she said.  The fond memories of her kindergarten class in Winthrop live on in the mementos and keepsakes she still holds on......

A former Massachusetts State Police trainee is speaking out about the death of a fellow recruit, while also detailing bullying and racism allegations he told NBC10 Boston he experienced while at the agency’s academy. Enrique Delgado-Garcia was rushed to the hospital last Thursday, after authorities say he sustained serious injuries during a d...