The "second suspect" in the Boston Marathon bombing is in police custody. He had been surrounded in a boat sitting in a Watertown backyard.
[Editor's note: For further updates on this story, please visit our updated story on the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the "second suspect" in the Marathon bombing.] Police have the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing in custody after a stand-off in a Watertown backyard. Elsewhere tonight, three people have been taken into custody in New Bedford as part of the terror investigation. Watertown residents, just after the day-long "shelter in place" order had been lifted, were again asked to stay indoors as shots were fired in the area. A resident reported a guy had crawled under a boat and police and SWAT officers moved in on the location. About a dozen shots were fired in the vicinity. Investigators spent much of Friday searching …
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Friends and family are urging residents to keep their eyes open for Brittany Geer, 17, who was last seen leaving Malden High School on Wednesday, Feb. 6 and whose mother lives in Marlborough.
Friends and family are keeping hopes high for the safe return of a Malden High School student now missing for nearly a week. Brittany Geer, 17, who lives with her father in Malden, was reportedly last seen leaving the school on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Geer's mother, Lois Cummisky of Marlborough, described her as an "outgoing kid" that would "talk to anybody." She acknowledged Geer had run away from home a few days before this disappearance, but notes she quickly returned under 24 hours. "She just suddenly disappeared," Cummisky said. "There was no big fight." Friends & family responds As Geer was previously reported as a teenage runaway, State Police will not issue an AMBER Alert for her disappearance - a source of much frustration …
Matthew
1:48 pm on Friday, April 19, 2013
How dare any of you criticize the brave men and women risking their lives out their while you cower behind your computer. To the Troopers, Police Officers, and Federal agents on the hunt: keep up the good work. more ›