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Authorities have confirmed the deaths of 42-year-old Weymouth Police Officer Michael Chesna and an unidentified woman. Chesna was brought to South Shore Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities say an on duty officer in Weymouth was shot Sunday morning and describe the officer's injuries as "life-threatening. The unidentified officer is being treated at South Shore Hospital.

Sen. Michael Brady of Brockton was arrested in Weymouth over the weekend for drunk driving while on his way home.

WAREHAM — Wareham Police have arrested 27-year-old Matthew McGonnigal of Weymouth, after he falsely claimed to stop a kidnapping in the parking lot of Water Wizz last weekend. A Facebook post went viral last weekend in which McGonnigle's fiancee claimed he fought off would-be kidnappers in the parking lot of the water park, and saved a young girl from being abducted...

A Weymouth man charged with fatally stabbing his estranged wife in her Norton apartment has been held without bail and ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation. Martin McDonald pleaded not guilty to murder at his arraignment Thursday in Attleboro District Court...

For Harold Shaw, starting a job as the new special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston office is a bit of a homecoming. Shaw grew up in Weymouth and Hingham. He returned to Boston last month after spending much of his 17-year FBI career in the New York office...

Eastern Massachusetts authorities have identified a man killed by police officers and a woman found fatally stabbed in front of a home in an apparent domestic dispute.

Weymouth police are seeking charges against a 45-year old woman who ran into the ocean naked. The woman allegedly disrobed at a crowded beach and ran into the waves yelling, "This is going to be the best day of my life!" When she emerged, she tried to jog away from police...

Can you imagine trying to help a baby seal, that was bitten by a shark, and told you could face up to a $5,000 for just touching the injured seal?