Articles labeled: Boston

Shame on this woman for leaving a newborn baby, merely a few days old, covered in blod in some random hotel room as if she were some piece of garbage to be discarded without a thought…

BOSTON — Police are searching for the woman who gave birth to a baby girl in a West Springfield motel over the weekend, then abandoned it there in a room littered with beer cans.

Now, the state Department of Children and Families is reportedly seeking custody of the newborn in court so that she can be placed in foster care as soon as possible.

NewsCenter 5’s Shiba Russell reported that investigators said the Holyoke mother is still missing three days after the birth.

MT headquarters is along a river, and we routinely see fox around town, even in our yard. We always thought they were so cute, but now we’re going to stay even farther away from the critters.

Three residents of the Berkshires, including a 10-year-old girl, received medical treatment after an encounter with a rabid fox.

The fox was smothered and killed shortly after Sunday’s incident by the girl’s father and a visiting friend. The fox’s body was transported to the state Department of Public Health laboratory in Boston, where testing confirmed it had rabies.

A Boston infant is in critical condition after she was shot when bullets ripped through her family’s home.

Six-month-old Alianna Peguero underwent surgery last night after a bullet tore through her father’s hand and struck her in the stomach, authorities said.

Her father, Alinson Peguero, is also undergoing surgery this afternoon on his left hand. The bullet ripped through tendon and bone before hitting Alianna’s abdomen.

Alianna is in critical condition at Boston Medical Center and her liver was damaged in the shooting, said Indira Castillo, Alinson Peguero’s stepfather.

A baby reported missing early this morning has been found, in the trunk of a car of all places.

The child’s mother, Asia C. Sterrett, 20, told police that she had about five friends at the apartment when she noticed that her son was missing at about 1:40 a.m. After searching the apartment, Sterrett called 911 at 2:14 a.m.

“There were a number of individuals partying at the apartment. I believe there was some alcohol, maybe some marijuana had been mentioned also,” Gardner Police Chief Neil Erickson said.

Using bloodhounds, local and state police scoured the apartment complex looking for the baby and interviewed Sterrett’s friends.

“As a result of those interviews, a suspect was identified as Jason Bisceglia, 19, of 44 Linwood St. in Gardner,” Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. said.

A 7-year-old boy in Massachusetts had to sit out his Little League game because his mother failed to show up to work the concession stand. Apparently they have a “No Super Ropes, No Play” policy.

Jodi Hooper of Freetown said she was unable to fulfill her obligation at the concession stand because she couldn’t get time off from work, according to MyFOXBoston.

Dave Brouillette, head of the Freetown Youth Athletic Association, told MyFOXBoston that the concession revenues are necessary to fund the league’s programs and that he has to enforce the rules, which require parents show up for their assigned concession stand shifts or risk suspensions for their children.

Brouillette told the station that he wasn’t able to see his own son play because he had to cover the concession stand shift for Hooper, according to MyFOXBoston.

This kid is lucky to be alive. Take this opportunity to tell your children about the danger of getting close to low hanging power lines, folks!

A 7-year-old boy was recovering Monday after he touched a live wire while playing outside Sunday.

Neighbors said the boy, Robert Johnston, was walking with his mother, another woman and a friend through a wooded area near his home when he somehow touched a power line. Power officials said the line sent 19,900 volts of electricity through his body.

“I don’t think any of us really slept last night because we really didn’t know if this child was going to survive or not,” neighbor Sara Smith said.

The boy was in stable condition at Shriner’s Hospital in Boston.

A birthday party turned into a “birthday melee” (sweet) when a mom decided to put the beat down on another mom whose kid wouldn’t share a video game. Hilarity ensued.

A child’s birthday party at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Massachusetts was cut short when a fight broke out between two mothers.

The mother of the 9-year-old birthday boy apparently became enraged because the other woman’s son was “hogging” an arcade game, Natick, Mass., police said.

Catherine Aliaga, 38, and Tarsha Williams, 33, both of Boston, will be summoned into court to answer charges of simple assault and battery stemming from the scuffle, Sgt. Paul Thompson said.

Thompson told the MetroWest Daily News that police received a number of 911 calls about the fight Saturday night.

A prank call to a residential, special needs school in MA, asking the school to give two teens electro-therapy, resulted in the teens being shocked with no valid order to do so.

It’s hard to believe that ANY child would be subjected to this, let alone a special needs child. This country is so messed up. We let Pedophiles out of jail after serving only a few months, yet allow a school to electrocute Autistic kids at the drop of a prank call.

BOSTON — State officials are investigating complaints that staff at a special needs residential school gave at least two teenagers unnecessary electric shock treatments after receiving a prank phone call from someone pretending to be from the office of the school’s founder.

Initial investigations showed that a former student at the Judge Rotenberg Education Center allegedly called in orders for electric shock treatments on Aug. 26 and officials at the school self-reported the prank call and unnecessary treatments the day after they occurred, Cindy Campbell, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Early Education and Care, said Monday.