Crime & Law - This Week in Worcester

A Scam Targeting over $43 Billion Sharply Increased in 2021

By Tom Marino

May 10, 2022

The FBI updates a scam warning that has exposed over $43 billion worldwide and attempted over 116,000 occurrences in the U.S.

By Tom Marino

May 6, 2022

A 29-year-old Worcester woman was the sole occupant of a 2020 Mini Cooper involved in a fatal crash during the early morning of Friday, May 6.

By Tom Marino

May 6, 2022

A search warrant for a Seymour Street address in Worcester led to the arrest of a local man on drug trafficking charges on Thursday, May 5.

By Tom Marino

May 5, 2022

A local man was arrested for two separate attacks on homes in Auburn using a homemade device with flammable liquid in June 2019.

By Tom Marino

May 4, 2022

A Worcester Superior Court judge sentenced a man to 38 to 40 years in prison on Tuesday, May 3, in connection with a fatal shooting in 2015.

By Tom Marino

May 3, 2022

A Spencer man alleges he was assaulted by police officers and a police K-9 after being handcuffed in a 2019 incident in Worcester.

By TWIW Staff

May 3, 2022

A $5,000 reward is available for anyone that comes forward with information identifying who is responsible for the fire at the Sutton Motor Drive-in.

By TWIW Staff

May 3, 2022

Judge Mark Hallal declared Allen Seymour a Common and Notorious Thief and ordered him to serve six to eight years in state prison.

By TWIW Staff

May 1, 2022

There are over 50 Neighborhood Watch Groups in Worcester. Meetings are held regularly — often once a month in various locations in the city.

By Tom Marino

April 30, 2022

Police responded to a report of a man being threatened by another man with a gun at 97 Water Street, at around 1:30 AM on Saturday, April 30,.