Crime


Arraignment Hearing For Pro-Palestine Harvard Graduate Students Postponed For The Third Time

One year later, the assault case involving Harvard graduate students Elom Tettey-Tamaklo and Ibrahim I. Bharmal remains stuck in legal no man’s land after their arraignment hearing was postponed on Tuesday for the third time.


$5,670 Worth of Valuables Stolen From Harvard Yard Freshman Dorm

Freshmen students living on the first floor of Thayer Hall were burglarized between the hours of 7 p.m. on Oct. 5 and 1 a.m. on Oct. 6, resulting in the theft of $5,670 worth of property, according to the Harvard University Police Department.


Cambridge Resident Arrested for Possession of Ghost Gun, 200 Grams of Cocaine

Cambridge Police arrested Michael Burke on Thursday for the possession of illegal drugs and a homemade firearm and accused him of being involved in “cocaine distribution over an extended period of time” in a press release.


Harvard Police Investigating Missing Mezuzah Incident as ‘Bias Crime’

The Harvard University Police Department is investigating a “bias crime” after a Jewish freshman’s mezuzah briefly went missing from her doorway in Thayer Hall last month, according to HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano.


Healey Admin Seizes St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, CEO Resigns

Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey ’92 announced in a press release Friday that the state had officially seized St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center by eminent domain, putting an end to the Brighton hospital’s tumultuous, decade-long stint under for-profit owner Steward Healthcare.


HUPD Detectives Respond to Surge in Thefts With Little Success

More than a dozen students whose belongings have been stolen said that HUPD’s efforts to investigate the thefts and identify a perpetrator proved fruitless.


Sweeping City Ordinance to Combat Wage Theft Is Unenforceable, City Manager Says

A sweeping ordinance to combat wage theft passed by the Cambridge City Council in 2022 is unenforceable and oversteps the city’s authority, City Manager Yi-An Huang ’05 wrote in a letter to the Council released on Thursday.


Alleged Ringleader of Cambridge Brothel Network to Plead Guilty, Court Filings Show

The alleged ringleader of a high-end Cambridge brothel network is set to plead guilty to felony charges later this month — the latest update in a case that has dominated local headlines since the network was busted in November 2023.


Arraignment Delayed Again for Pro-Palestine Harvard Graduate Students

Harvard graduate students Elom Tettey-Tamaklo and Ibrahim I. Bharmal arrived at Brighton District Court at 9 a.m. on Wednesday prepared to enter pleas to charges of assault and battery over their involvement in an altercation at a pro-Palestine protest last fall.


Second Individual Charged in Connection to Donnelly Field Shooting

The Cambridge Police Department have arrested a second individual in connection with a shooting at Donnelly Field that occurred last month, the department announced in a press release Thursday.


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