Cohasset

Brian Walshe, the Massachusetts man accused of killing his wife Ana and dismembering her body in 2023, returned to court for a hearing on Monday where the tentative date for the trial was set. Walshe entered in a suit, in handcuffs, for the motion hearing in Norfolk Superior Court, where Judge Diane Freniere, newly assigned to oversee the proceedings, offered…

A landlord has filed a lawsuit against the family of a Massachusetts man accused of killing his wife last January. Brian Walshe is awaiting trial in the murder of his wife, Ana Walshe, at their Cohasset home. Off Route 3A, behind the trees, the secluded home now sits vacant and dark. The property owner is suing his own insurance company…

The landlord of the Cohasset home where Brian Walshe is accused of killing his wife, Ana Walshe, has taken legal action against the defendant’s family.

A man has been arrested for allegedly spray-painting a swastika on a political sign supporting former President Donald Trump at the home of a Republican official in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Frederic Laidlaw was identified as the man who painted the Nazi symbol on the sign posted on Route 3 through a video shared with investigators from the social media site Nextdoor,…

A Republican official in Cohasset, Massachusetts, says a swastika was painted on his sign supporting former President Donald Trump. Kevin O’Donnell, chair of the Cohasset Republican Town Committee, denounced the use of the hate symbol. He said it must have happened sometime after 9 a.m. Wednesday, in the daylight. “I just thought we were above that. I just thought...

Incidents of theft and vandalism of political signs have been increasing as the election approaches.

Firefighters battled a fire in several structures at a town recycling facility in Cohasset, Massachusetts, after receiving a report of an explosion early Monday, police said. First responders were called to the Recycling Transfer Facility about 5:47 a.m. and found a garage and adjacent sheds burning, according to police. It took more than two hours, and firefighters from Scituate and…

Two neighboring Massachusetts towns with a shared harbor are feuding over shellfish. Scituate wants oyster farming, while Cohasset does not want the farms in the nearly 270 acres of Cohasset Harbor. The towns will be heading to court over their disagreement. The harbor is split with three acres of oyster farming remaining on the Scituate side, officials in that town…

The towns of Scituate and Cohasset have been bickering over oysters.

A person was beaten with a baton in a road rage attack on a highway in Cohasset, Massachusetts, Friday, police said. The alleged assailant, Gregory D. Knowles, of Hingham, was arrested Friday night and the expandable police-style baton was found in his vehicle, Cohasset police said Monday. The incident was reported by the alleged victim, a 34-year-old man from South…

Key questions in the Ana Walshe murder case could be answered in the coming weeks, with the state DNA lab expected to finish testing on about a dozen items in the case at the month’s end. Brian Walshe, Ana’s husband who is accused of dismembering and discarding her body in early 2023, had his appearance waived for a short...

A 28-year-old man was arrested last week for cocaine trafficking after he crashed his pick-up truck into another vehicle in the drive-thru of a Dunkin’ in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Cohasset police say they responded to the Dunkin’ on King Street (Route 3A) on Tuesday for a report of a crash; 911 callers reported that the driver of the pick-up truck was…

Experts say that investigator Michael Proctor’s vulgar text messages about Karen Read could spell trouble for Proctor’s credibility while testifying in other cases as well, including the pending Brian Walshe murder trial, for which he is also the designated case officer.

There were no injuries reported.

In the conclusion to the first season of our podcast, “The Searches for Ana Walshe,” we dive into the life of Ana — her passion for her career, being a mom and possible signs of trouble.

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Who was Ana Walshe? Her name has become a recognizable one for many following her disappearance and presumed death, allegedly at the hands of her husband, Brian Walshe, early last year. But who was Ana the person — not the tragic news story? That’s what we’re diving into with the latest episode of “The Searches for Ana Walshe” podcast....

Pulling from our extensive archive and new reporting, we’re answering exploring that and more in our new podcast, “The Searches for Ana Walshe,” hosted by NBC10 Boston anchor Colton Bradford, and Matt Fortin. Subscribe and listen to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts for a comprehensive look back at the search, new insights on what happened and...

In this episode of our true crime podcast on the killing of Ana Walshe, allegedly by her husband, we dig into what people, including Ana, have said about Brian Walshe.

Brian Walshe was active Monday in both the major criminal cases he’s involved in — he had his first hearing in months in the murder case over the alleged killing of his wife, Ana, while his lawyer in federal court appealed a sentence recently handed down over art fraud. At the status conference at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts,…

Brian Walshe has become best known for his now infamous alleged Google searches made on the day his wife, Ana, was last seen — New Year’s Day 2023. But, the murder charge that would follow in Ana Walshe’s disappearance was not Brian’s first run in with law. In episode 2 of “The Searches for Ana Walshe” podcast, we are diving…