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Charges reduced for alleged pill theft

BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) – Prosecutors have reduced a charge filed against a former Massachusetts pharmacy technician accused of stealing nearly 18,000 pills. The Salem News reports the Essex District Attorney’s office said Wednesday they were changing the charge filed against 50-year-old Lisa ...

At least 4,500 abuse complaints at migrant children shelters

WASHINGTON (AP) – Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years, including scores directed against adult staff members, according to federal data released Tuesday. The cases include allegations of ...

Stolen heating oil truck recovered

MANCHESTER (AP) – Police say a delivery truck taken from a New Hampshire heating oil company has been found. The truck was taken about two weeks after a service van was also stolen. Police said the truck was found in a parking lot Thursday, and its over 2,000 gallons of oil appeared to be ...

Local to plead in theft of $4,000 of leggings

NASHUA The Lawrence, Massachusetts woman charged in 2017 with the theft of thousands of dollars worth of women’s leggings from a Victoria’s Secret store in Nashua has agreed to plead guilty to one felony offense in exchange for a suspended prison sentence. Yesenia Torres, 44, entered a ...

Political operative arrested in N.C. scandal

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The political operative at the center of an election fraud scandal that has engulfed a North Carolina congressional race was arrested Wednesday on charges of illegal ballot handling and conspiracy. Four people working for him were also charged. Leslie McCrae Dowless ...

Coast Guard officer accused of drafting hit list is indicted

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) – A Coast Guard officer accused of being a white supremacist who compiled a hit list of prominent Democrats was indicted Wednesday on drug and firearms charges. A federal grand jury in Maryland indicted Christopher Paul Hasson, 49, on charges of illegal possession of ...