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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is advising all religious institutions to increase security after a recent rise in arson cases targeting houses of worship. The ATF’s Boston Field Division said there are no specific threats, but referred to an increase in incidents in the past six months, including in the Massachusetts communities of Franklin and Kingston,...

A large fire destroyed a nearly 221,000 square foot mill near the Massachusetts border in Woonsocket, R.I., Monday morning. 

A 16-year-old girl from Northbridge, Massachusetts, who went missing earlier this month could be with a 23-year-old man in Rhode Island, according to authorities. Aubrey Pollinger left her home on Feb. 6 with no cell phone or credit card or debt card, Northbridge police said. Pollinger is believed to be with the 23-year-old man in the Woonsocket area, according to…

A man who allegedly robbed a convenience store at gunpoint in Bellingham, Massachusetts, and then escaped after a police car and foot chase that ended near Woonsocket, Rhode Island, has been taken into custody over a week later. A SWAT team arrested Agapito Davila, a 41-year-old from Woonsocket, in Lowell, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning, according to the Bellingham Police Department,…

Agapito Davila, who is considered armed and dangerous, is wanted in connection with an armed robbery at a convenience store in Bellingham last week.

Police say they’ve identified the man believed to have robbed a convenience store in Bellingham, Massachusetts, at gunpoint last week, then escaped after a police car and foot chase in nearby Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Agapito Davila, a 41-year-old from Woonsocket, is wanted in the stick-up, Bellingham police said Saturday, noting he “should be considered armed and dangerous” and that...

A man was charged with child abuse and assault for allegedly shooting a child with a BB gun in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in May, prosecutors said Friday. Paul Marcheterre, 37, also faces a charge of disorderly conduct over the May 21 incident, according to the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office. Ann Doyon, 28, was charged with child endangerment. Marcheterre shot…

A man shot his wife, then fatally shot himself, at their home in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, early Monday morning, police said. The woman, who was shot in the leg, was in serious condition at Rhode Island Hospital Monday morning, Woonsocket police told NBC affiliate WJAR. Police said the incident was being investigated as a case of domestic violence. The shooting…