Crime & Safety

Local Sports Icon's Cancer Returns Again: Patch PM

Also: Retail chain files for bankruptcy; body washes up on Salisbury Beach; transgender principal provides teaching moment; more.

Welcome to Monday's Patch PM. Today's top story is Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy announcing his cancer has returned yet again.

A retail chain with 18 locations across Massachusetts has filed for bankruptcy.

The body of a man whose boat capsized washed up on the shore of Salisbury Beach.

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Brookline's transgender principal has provided a teaching moment for the nation.

The CEO of the biggest company in Massachusetts is retiring.

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It was a bad day all around for the MBTA. The Green Line had severe delays this morning, now the Red Line is crippled during the commute home.

Crime time

A shoplifting arrest turned nasty when the suspect allegedly made repeated threats on the life of a police officer and members of his family, saying he had "nothing to lose" by killing a police officer.

A man is being charged with trying to burn an Aston Martin.

A police lieutenant has been found guilty of defrauding the city of about $8,000 by working private details while on the clock for the city.

Billy Joel Lopez is facing drug charges. Yes, that's Billy Joel Lopez.

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