BOSTON / HARRISONBURG, Va. — October 17, 2025 — A 13-year-old Brazilian boy arrested by ICE in Everett, Massachusetts, remains in federal custody in Virginia, where a judge has ordered that he be brought before an immigration judge for a bond hearing no later than October 22. The case, De Almeida Silva Berto v. Hyde
BREAKING — Modera’s $112 M Hand-Off Quietly Recorded
What Happened On 19 Aug 2025 the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds stamped a $112 million quit-claim deed transferring the 350-unit Modera Framingham complex (266 Waverly St. + courtyard parcels) from Waverly Apartments LLC (an affiliate of PGIM Real Estate) to a freshly-minted buyer, TREA Framingham Apts Owner LLC. The deed was logged at 3:14
FRAMINGHAM’S OWN: A SELF PROCLAIMED SERIAL KILLER & ANTI-SEMITE SENTENCED TO 26 MONTHS FOR THREATS TO SYNAGOGUES, ISRAELI CONSULATE
Editor’s note: We’ve covered this case from day one and have the most in-depth public record of it. Although court paperwork at times listed John Reardon as a Milford resident, records and interviews show he had most recently spent years living in Framingham as a long-term SMOC resident. U.S. District Judge Julia E. Kobick on
From ‘Serial-Killer’ Boasts in Framingham to Federal Hate-Crime Conviction: John Reardon’s Decade-Long Trail of Threats, Evictions, Bomb Scares, and the August 14 Sentencing Showdown
1| A LONG TRAIL OF LOCAL ALARMS — FROM ‘SERIAL-KILLER’ TALK TO HOUSING DISPUTES John Reardon’s name has surfaced in Framingham police logs for nearly a decade. ● 2016 “serial-killer” remarks (DCU branch, Marlborough) – Bank staff told officers Reardon joked that he already had “two kills” and needed “a third” to complete his Halloween
Update on the “Framingham Three” Treasury‑check caper
A FRAMINGHAM UNFILTERED EXCLUSIVE FRAMINGHAM, JULY 29, 2025 — Federal prosecutors have quietly escalated the case against Amarpreet Singh: late yesterday they filed a three‑count felony information (not an indictment) in U.S. District Court, Boston.The new filing adds: Because the government chose an information instead of waiting for a grand‑jury indictment, seasoned court‑watchers read this as a sign that Singh
🚨FRIDAY NIGHT INCIDENT – RED ROOF INN, FRAMINGHAM – JULY 11, 2025 ~10:30PM🚨
PARENTAL ADVISORY – GRAPHIC IMAGES BELOW. The man seen in these photos is well-known around Framingham, especially downtown — and not for good reasons. For years, he’s caused chaos for residents and businesses alike: breaking into cars and homes, stealing anything not nailed down, openly using drugs, and leaving a wake of damage and fear
Framingham-Linked Contractor Held on $2 Million Home-Repair Fraud Allegations
By Frank Wood | Framingham Unfiltered | July 3 2025 “I heard some hammering into the foundation… a pile of nails stuck through cardboard, which appeared consistent with using them as a chisel to break away the concrete.” – HSI affidavit, quoting Victim 1 The Accusations Federal prosecutors say John Paul O’Brien, 28, an Irish
FU EXCLUSIVE: Three locals out of jail charged in $8.8 million Treasury‑check heist
Framingham Unfiltered — Update filed June 10, 2025 @ 6 p.m. Federal court dockets flipped faster than a washed refund check this week: every one of the “Framingham Three” is now out on bond, ankle monitors optional, while prosecutors quietly prep a grand‑jury indictment. The new scoreboard Defendant Alleged Haul Release Status (as of 6/10) Top Bond Terms Gurprit Singh (34) $2.55 M
Land Deal in Limbo: Zani Family Owns Far Less Than Expected in Tri-City Open Space Project
A long-anticipated regional land conservation deal involving the City of Framingham, the Towns of Ashland and Sherborn, and private landowners is now stalled due to a fundamental problem: the seller doesn’t actually own all the land that’s been promised. The proposed $475,000 acquisition, which was marketed as nearly 40 acres of floodplain and wooded land
MEAT TEMPERATURES IN THE DANGER ZONE, FREEZER REGISTERED AT 50 DEGREES.
🔴 NO ONE WASHED THEIR HANDS. AT ALL. “No hand washing was observed during the entirety of the inspection.” (Violation 2-301.14) 🔴 NO HOT WATER AT THE START OF THE INSPECTION. “No hot water in establishment at the beginning of inspection.” (Violation 5-202.12) 🔴 RAW MEAT STORED WITH COOKED FOOD. “Raw meats and cooked meats
Drury Children Struck Down in Storm
📜 Framingham News – March 6, 1738 (Reported April 29, 1738)🕯️ As told in The Daily Gazetteer, London A most astonishing thunderstorm struck the town of Framingham earlier this March—startling residents by its force and fury, especially so early in the season. ⚡️Lightning struck near the home of Mr. Uriah Drury, blasting through the ground
CRISPUS WHO?
On April 5, 1770, the Maryland Gazette reported on the Boston Massacre and mentioned one of the victims only in passing: “A Mulatto man named Johnſton, who was born in Framingham, but lately belonging to New-Providence, and was here in order to go for North-Carolina, killed on the Spot, Two Balls entering his Breaſt.” No
“I Suppose I’ll Have to Go to the Electric Chair”
The 1933 Framingham Child Murders That Shocked a Nation Framingham, Massachusetts – May 26, 1933 The fire was meant to look like an accident. But the truth it tried to hide was even more horrifying. Inside a six-family tenement on Waverly Street, first responders found two children dead and a third clinging to life. Initial
The Life and Death of a Framingham Murderer: Frederick Hinman Knowlton, Jr.
On March 30, 1928, the battered body of 27-year-old Marguerite Isabelle Stewart was found lying beside the Cambridge Turnpike in Concord, Massachusetts. A respected supervisor at the Beverly School for the Deaf and daughter of a Worcester family, Miss Stewart had suffered a massive, fatal blow to the skull. The right side of her head
FRAMINGHAM’S FIRST AND ONLY POLICE MURDER — STILL NO CONVICTION.
3:30 a.m., February 3, 1923 – McGrath Square, Saxonville Patrolman William H. Welch, a 15-year Framingham Police veteran, was walking his beat on a rainy, sleet-slick morning when he noticed a man acting suspiciously near the mills. Just hours earlier, a store in South Sudbury had been burglarized—postage stamps stolen. Welch was on alert. He stopped