Investigations – NBC Boston (2024)

Former Mass. marijuana company fined for safety violations after death of employee

A former Massachusetts marijuana company was hit with a hefty fine in the wake of the death of a woman who worked at one of its facilities. Lorna McMurrey, 27, worked at Trulieve’s Holyoke facility. T...

Exit rates at emergency shelters show slight improvement amid capacity challenges

It was a first for one of the Massachusetts emergency shelters housing migrant families: a family from Haiti moved out of the shelter and into their new home. But thousands still fill the shelters and...

Family still awaits answers after late-night crash involving off-duty Brockton police sergeant

More than a year after an off-duty police sergeant smashed into a Brockton couple’s car when they were stopped at a traffic light with their baby boy sitting in the back seat, the family is still wait...

Feds want to question Mass. contractor, wife about financial records

The branch of the U.S. Department of Justice that polices bankruptcy cases is demanding a slew of financial records and also wants to depose a home improvement contractor and his wife, according to a ...

American avoids prison in Turks and Caicos ammo case

Another American is free to leave Turks and Caicos after spending over a month detained on the islands. Tyler Wenrich of Virginia was one of five Americans recently charged with possession of ammunition. All of them say they mistakenly brought the ammo along on vacation in their luggage. It was a story first reported by NBC10 Boston’s consumer inv...

American avoids prison in Turks and Caicos ammo case

A Pennsylvania man arrested in Turks and Caicos Islands underunder the Caribbean territory’s strict guns and ammunition law was sentenced on Friday, but won’t have to spend 12 years in prison, the law’s minimum sentence. Bryan Hagerich received a 52-week sentence that was suspended for 12 months, which essentially erases the...

Justice on hold for grieving mom who says Steward Health put profit before patient care

A grieving mother is looking for justice for her 4-year-old daughter who died after being rushed to a Steward Health Care hospital, but justice is on hold in the wake of the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Tabatha Toy’s heart is forever broken. She says she’ll never get over the loss of her daughter, Tina, who died in March...

Plight of Americans detained Turks and Caicos sets off heated exchange in DC

Sparks flew during the House Committee on Appropriations Wednesday when Pennsylvania Congressman Guy Reschenthaler challenged Secretary of State Anthony Blinken about the State Department’s handling of American tourists detained on the islands of Turks and Caicos. “Chairman, I appreciate Mr. Secretary. Thanks for being here. Mr. Secretary. It&#8217...

A bipartisan Congressional delegation traveled to Turks and Caicos this week to try to come to a resolution that brings five U.S. tourists arrested on the island for ammunition possession home, but said they made little progress. The American tourists have been arrested and charged with possession of ammunition after vacationing on the islands of T...

‘Turned my whole life upside down': Fla. woman speaks after arrest in Turks and Caicos

A Florida grandmother has become the fifth U.S. tourist arrested in Turks and Caicos for possession of ammunition in recent months. She sat down with NBC10 Boston’s Leslie Gaydos for her first interview since her arrest last Monday. “This is a nightmare I never would imagine in a million. Trillion years. Me? Not me,” Sharitta Shinese Grier told NBC...

Budgets, staffing, and social media can all impact violence in schools, administrators say

School violence has been in the spotlight during the past few months with stabbings, fights and threats in many Massachusetts schools. This comes in the wake of the pandemic and a shift in the way students are disciplined. Many kids are struggling with their social-emotional health, peer pressure and the influence of social media. In some cas...

‘Traumatized': How to address the violence scarring students in Mass. schools?

“She had grabbed my hair and threw me onto the ground.” That’s how a Boston eighth grade student remembers her beating, by a fellow student down the street from their school, this March. The 13-year-old Condon School student suffered a broken rib, cuts and bruises, and says she’s now scarred physically and emotionally. &#822...

Mother's Day trip turned nightmare after Fla. woman arrested in Turks and Caicos

A Florida woman is now the fifth American tourist arrested and charged with possession of ammunition in the popular vacation destination of the islands of Turks and Caicos. Sharitta Shinise Grier, a mother in her 40s, was in court today for the first time since her arrest on Monday. She is facing a possible 12-year prison sentence under TCI’s......

Beware of sophisticated traveling contractor scam, Mass. State Police warn

With the spring weather arriving, you might be thinking about some improvements to make around the house. However, Massachusetts State Police are warning people to keep an eye out for a sophisticated group of traveling contractors, often with ties to Ireland and the United Kingdom. The transnational scheme is something the NBC10 Investigators have ...

$3M Mass. Lottery extortion case: Worker wanted after skipping court hearing

A Massachusetts man accused of trying to extort his coworker for a share of a $3 million lottery prize had an arrest warrant issued just days before his trial was slated to begin. Joseph Reddem of Raynham was nowhere to be found for his final pretrial conference hearing on Monday inside Plymouth County Superior Court. When his attorney did not&#823...

Another visitor has been arrested in Turks and Caicos for ammunition possession

Another visitor to Turks and Caicos was arrested at Howard Hamilton International Airport Monday after ammunition was allegedly found during a routine security check, The Royal Turks and CaicosIslands police force confirmed Tuesday. The island’s police force confirmed the most recent arrest. Two island media outlets are reporting it was an Am...

May 9

‘It's definitely a nightmare': US tourist speaks for first time since arrest in Turks and Caicos islands

The 31-year-old has been on Grand Turk Island since his arrest over two weeks ago.