State Region

More time needed to indict Tsarnaev

Friday, May 17, 2013

BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev won’t be indicted within the 30-day period prescribed under the Federal Speedy Trial Act but prosecutors said Friday they would ask for more time. Sunday marks 30 days since Tsarnaev was arrested following the April 15 twin bombing that killed three people and injured more than 260. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s office did not specify the exception under which they would seek more time but those available to prosecutors include delays related to the defendant’s physical capacity. Tsarnaev remains in a prison hospital after being badly wounded in a gun battle with police before his arrest. Earlier … 0

Soldier from Dalton killed in Afghanistan

Friday, May 17, 2013

DALTON (AP) — The grief-stricken father of a Massachusetts soldier killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan described his son Friday as a man proud of his military service. Officials at Fort Bliss, Texas, said 24-year-old Army Spc. Mitchell Kirk Daehling was among four soldiers killed in the Tuesday attack. Daehling’s father, Kirk, remembered his son as someone who “just loved life … 0

Man freed in drug lab scandal faces murder charge

Friday, May 17, 2013

BROCKTON (AP) — Authorities say a man freed from prison last year because of alleged mishandling of evidence in a state drug lab scandal has been charged with a fatal shooting in Brockton. Twenty-two-year-old Donta Hood was arraigned Friday on murder and gun-related charges in the fatal shooting Tuesday of 45-year-old Charles Evans. Hood pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail. … 0