10 Jan, 2025

In Boston court, man pleads guilty to arranging hundreds of sham marriages for non-citizens

Crime Prosecutors said Marcialito “Mars” Biol Benitez arranged marriages and submitted fraudulent green card applications for at least 600 clients. A California man pleaded guilty in Boston federal court Wednesday to arranging hundreds of sham marriages as part of a scheme to circumvent immigration laws. Marcialito “Mars” Biol Benitez, 49, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to […]

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Watch: Karen Read back in court for hearing on several new motions

Crime Read is accused of striking her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her car and leaving him to die in the snow last year. Livestream of the hearing via NBC10 Boston. The case against Karen Read, the Mansfield woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, is due back in court Friday […]

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Brothers of drowned teen facing charges after alleged assault outside Dedham court

Crime Witnesses said they heard one of the men say, “This isn’t over. We’re coming after you,” according to prosecutors. Retired state police detective captain James Coughlin and his wife, Leslie, appear in court in 2021. Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe Staff, File Two men are accused of attacking a retired Massachusetts State Police captain after […]

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Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court

National News There were 578,680 people enrolled in DACA at the end of March, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. People rally outside the Supreme Court over President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), at the Supreme Court in Washington, Nov. 12, 2019. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File By […]

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