Two Brockton men have been charged in the stabbing death of a man this summer — and one of them allegedly attacked a service dog and a nearby woman with a baseball bat during the incident.
The Plymouth County DA says a Brockton police officer was responding to an emergency with the cruiser's sirens on when he struck Tavares at around 8:20 p.m.
A Brockton man was arrested on gun and drug charges by Massachusetts State Police and Brockton Police units Tuesday night after attempting to flee on foot.
Authorities say officers found a 31-year-old Fall River man dead behind a building in Brockton after receiving multiple reports of gunfire early Saturday morning.