FOX UNDERCOVER - After a frantic firefight with police that ended with the death of his brother, terror suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev spent his last hours of freedom hiding just two-tenths of a mile from where he ditched his stolen getaway car.More>>
New allegations of bid-rigging are raising questions about how two Boston Water and Sewer Commission employees made a $600,000 windfall by flipping a West Roxbury plot of land they bought privately from the MBTA's realty company at the same time that their employer was working on their own land deal with the T.More>>
The largest state agency is a nest of nepotism where relatives of higher-ups are routinely hired over more qualified applicants, a state HR insider tells FOX Undercover, a claim that's backed up by hiring and payroll records at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.More>>
FOX UNDERCOVER -The suspended sentence given to a twice-convicted embezzler who stole a combined $910,000 has a top state retirement official angry at the judge who handed down the light punishment.More>>
A widow's 14-year fight for death benefits after her police officer husband died from Hepatitis C continued Tuesday on Beacon Hill with emotional testimony asking a legislative committee to support a law granting the benefit normally given to survivors of public safety officials who die from work-related causes.More>>
FOX UNDERCOVER -The state's top veterinarian has resigned after a FOX Undercover investigation revealed a judge raised serious questions about his ethics over a case where he was accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from an alcoholic senior citizen suffering from dementia.More>>
The Patrick administration's controversial decision to allow some illegal immigrants to pay the same lower rates at public colleges and universities as citizens who live in Massachusetts is now bringing the threat of a lawsuit from a legal watchdog group and criticism from some Republican lawmakers who say the move violates federal law.More>>
Applause from victims rained on disgraced Cape charity founder Gina Clark as she made her way out of the courthouse Monday and into a waiting prison van after being sentenced to four to five years
Applause from victims rained on disgraced Cape charity founder Gina Clark as she made her way out of the courthouse Monday and into a waiting prison van after being sentenced to four to five years in prison for stealing from traumatized families her charity was supposed to help.
A Marston Mills woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from Touched by Angels was convicted on more than 50 counts of embezzlement Thursday afternoon.
A Marston Mills woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from Touched by Angels was convicted on more than 50 counts of embezzlement Thursday afternoon.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Prosecutors say the founder of a Cape Cod charity accused of stealing from families would say anything to sign up a grieving relative as a client.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Prosecutors say the founder of a Cape Cod charity accused of stealing from families in their darkest hour would say anything to sign up a grieving relative as a client.
A woman who says her dog was taken from her six months ago for no good reason by Salisbury Animal Control officers was reunited with her pet Wednesday after local officials decided the removal was improperly done.
A woman who says her dog was taken from her six months ago for no good reason by Salisbury Animal Control officers was reunited with her pet Wednesday after local officials decided the removal was improperly done.
A top lawmaker says a bill he filed earlier this year would prevent sex offenders from slipping under the radar and living at the same addresses as child care providers.
A top lawmaker says a bill he filed earlier this year would prevent sex offenders from slipping under the radar and living at the same addresses as child care providers.
The state Auditor's office checked to see if publicly identified sex offenders are living at the same addresses as registered day cares, but the review didn't check to see if day cares were home to "secret"
The state Auditor's office checked to see if publicly identified sex offenders are living at the same addresses as registered day cares, but the review didn't check to see if day cares were home to "secret" sex offenders, two-thirds of whom have been convicted of sex crimes against children.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A top-ranking U.S. Senator is leveling harsh criticism against the Boston office of the FBI for its handling of local mob informant Mark Rossetti, saying the office needs a major shakeup.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A top-ranking U.S. Senator is leveling harsh criticism against the Boston office of the FBI for its handling of local mob informant Mark Rossetti, saying the office needs a major shakeup.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A Lynn elementary school gym teacher is out of a job for now after a parent reporting seeing him doing drugs in a convenient store parking lot during school hours.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A gym teacher at a Lynn elementary school is off the job at least for now after a parent told police and school officials she saw him snorting drugs in a convenience store parking lot during the school day.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Any one of the 385,000 veterans in Massachusetts should be able to walk into their city or town hall and find a veterans' officer whose job it is to help vets get state benefits.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Any one of the 385,000 veterans in Massachusetts should be able to walk into their city or town hall and find a veterans' officer whose job it is to help vets get state benefits.
Unanswered questions about a teenager found dead in a small Massachusetts town at the home of the police chief's sister are prompting the youth's anguished parents to question the integrity of the investigation.
Unanswered questions about a teenager found dead in a small Massachusetts town at the home of the police chief's sister are prompting the youth's anguished parents to question the integrity of the investigation.
Hungry after a recession-forced diet, lawmakers are piling on the pork with a vengeance now, larding the latest transportation spending bill with 217 earmarks that would cost
Hungry after a recession-forced diet, lawmakers are piling on the pork with a vengeance now, larding the latest transportation spending bill with 217 earmarks that would cost taxpayers $277 million if financed.
The Blizzard of 2013 buried the Bay State under an avalanche of red ink, helping push the state's snow removal spending $15 million over budget, according to figures obtained by FOX Undercover.
The Blizzard of 2013 buried the Bay State under an avalanche of red ink, helping push the state's snow removal spending $15 million over budget, according to figures obtained by FOX Undercover.
Four administrators at Worcester Airport are making more than $100,000 a year, even though the airport terminal is virtually empty, according to the Boston Herald.
Four administrators at Worcester Airport are making more than $100,000 a year, even though the airport terminal is virtually empty, according to the Boston Herald.
The meth scourge is making inroads into New England thanks to a new, highly dangerous method of making the addictive stimulant
The meth scourge is making inroads into New England thanks to a new, highly dangerous method of making the addictive stimulant that is so easy the drugs can be cooked inside a plastic water bottle tucked into someone's pocket.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A landlord who appears to be living well in one of Boston's wealthiest suburbs while his tenant lived without heat or hot water for months saw a criminal charge dropped in court.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A landlord who appears to be living well in one of Boston's wealthiest suburbs while his tenant lived without heat or hot water for months saw a criminal charge dropped in court.
FOX UNDERCOVER - An unheated metal container and some chain link fencing, all sit in a junk yard surrounded by decaying cars and other debris, is home for the stray and loose dogs in Salisbury for most of the year.
FOX UNDERCOVER - An unheated metal container and some chain link fencing, all sit in a junk yard surrounded by decaying cars and other debris, is home for the stray and loose dogs in Salisbury for most of the year.
A billion dollar contract to run the commuter rail for the MBTA is up for grabs, but a company that wants the job has come under fire across the country for its role in the Holocaust.
A billion dollar contract to run the commuter rail for the MBTA is up for grabs, but a company that wants the job has come under fire across the country for its role in the Holocaust.
FOX UNDERCOVER - With the savings of pension reform years away, the number of six-figure state pensions continues to grow, including the highest state pension ever.
FOX UNDERCOVER - With the savings of pension reform years away, the number of six-figure state pensions continues to grow, including the highest state pension ever.
FOX UNDERCOVER - After a FOX 25 investigation that raised questions about wasteful state spending, Gov. Deval Patrick is releasing few specifics about his "unparalleled record of squeezing out" waste and nonsense.
FOX UNDERCOVER -After a FOX 25 investigation that raised questions about wasteful state spending, Gov. Deval Patrick is releasing few specifics about his "unparalleled record of squeezing out" waste and nonsense.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Tucked away unused in a conference room on the sixth floor of 2 Boylston Street in Boston sit more than 30 chairs, gathering dust since last June.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Tucked away unused in a conference room on the sixth floor of 2 Boylston Street in Boston sit more than 30 chairs, gathering dust since last June.
FOX UNDERCOVER - FOX 25 viewers are sounding off on FOX Undercover's revelations that two-thirds of all Level 1 sex offenders have been convicted of crimes against children.
FOX UNDERCOVER- FOX 25 viewers are sounding off on FOX Undercover's revelations that two-thirds of all Level 1 sex offenders have been convicted of crimes against children.
FOX UNDERCOVER - The public had no warning about John Burbine, the supposedly low-risk Level 1 sex offender from Wakefield now accused of sexually abusing 13 infants and children.
FOX UNDERCOVER - The public had no warning about John Burbine, the supposedly low-risk Level 1 sex offender from Wakefield now accused of sexually abusing 13 infants and children.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A pricey police detail in Newton that didn't stop a robbery right under their noses is raising a lot of questions tonight, the latest in a string of bad news for the department.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A pricey police detail in Newton that didn't stop a robbery right under their noses is raising a lot of questions tonight, the latest in a string of bad news for the department.
Lawyers delivered powerful closing arguments Monday, their last attempt to try and sway a jury that now has to decide whether the Westwood Lodge psychiatric hospital is to blame in the death of a 14-year-old
Lawyers delivered powerful closing arguments Monday, their last attempt to try and sway a jury that now has to decide whether the Westwood Lodge psychiatric hospital is to blame in the death of a 14-year-old patient who succumbed to a treatable side effect of her brain tumor.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Many Boston universities are far more generous than Ivy League powerhouse Harvard University when it comes to financial aid and ROTC, a FOX Undercover investigation shows.
FOX UNDERCOVER -Many Boston universities are far more generous than Ivy League powerhouse Harvard University when it comes to financial aid and ROTC, a FOX Undercover investigation shows.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Profits over patients was the message for the jury from lawyers for Theresa Payne, whose 14-year-old daughter died from complications from an untreated brain tumor at the Westwood Lodge.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Profits over patients was the message for the jury from lawyers for Theresa Payne, whose 14-year-old daughter died from complications from an untreated brain tumor at the Westwood Lodge.
A teenage girl who died in a psychiatric hospital because of complications from an untreated brain tumor is heading to trial Tuesday in a case that's expected to spotlight what the girl's mother
A teenage girl who died in a psychiatric hospital because of complications from an untreated brain tumor is heading to trial Tuesday in a case that's expected to spotlight what the girl's mother says is understaffing at the for-profit care center.
The devices used by a controversial Canton school to administers painful electric shocks to its disabled students for treatment was the subject of a meeting today held by US FDA
The devices used by a controversial Canton school to administers painful electric shocks to its disabled students for treatment was the subject of a meeting today held by US Food and Drug Administration regulators who say the Judge Rotenberg Center is using unapproved and illegal machines.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A looming trans fat ban in Chelsea is leaving one local baker wondering how his turnovers are responsible for the obesity epidemic and wishing the government would keep its hands off his dough
FOX UNDERCOVER - A looming trans fat ban in Chelsea is leaving one local baker wondering how his turnovers are responsible for the obesity epidemic and wishing the government would keep its hands off his dough
FOX UNDERCOVER - Sixteen of the 17 so-called secret sex offenders in alleged child predator John Burbine's hometown of Wakefield committed their crimes against children, the town's police chief tells FOX Undercover.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Sixteen of the 17 so-called secret sex offenders in alleged child predator John Burbine's hometown of Wakefield committed their crimes against children, the town's police chief tells FOX Undercover.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A rapist who wanted visitation rights with the child he had with his victim is back on the streets, after spending nearly three months in jail.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A rapist who wanted visitation rights with the child he had with his victim is back on the streets, after spending nearly three months in jail.
A former Ameridose employee is blowing the whistle on what she calls potentially deadly safety hazards at the now-shuttered drug manufacturer and supplier, hazards she says
A former Ameridose employee is blowing the whistle on what she calls potentially deadly safety hazards at the now-shuttered drug manufacturer and supplier, hazards she says management tried to cover up when investigators came knocking.
Another sex offender in Massachusetts whose past is not revealed on the state's web site is apparently living where there's another day care corporation registered, a FOX Undercover investigation has found.
Another sex offender in Massachusetts whose past is not revealed on the state's web site is apparently living where there's another day care corporation registered, a FOX Undercover investigation has found.
Federal child porn investigators are offering to help examine John Burbine's computer files to see if he shared with other pedophiles around the world what prosecutors describe as a sick stash of homemade child porn.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Federal child porn investigators are offering to help examine John Burbine's computer files to see if he shared with other pedophiles around the world what prosecutors describe as a sick stash of homemade child porn.
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Six months after Secure Communities was activated in Mass., an exclusive investigation finds that half of immigrants identified and deported because of the controversial federal program weren't convicted of crimes.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Six months after Secure Communities was activated in Mass., an exclusive investigation finds that half of immigrants identified and deported because of the controversial federal program weren't convicted of crimes.
FOX UNDERCOVER - The arrest of John Burbine on dozens of child sex abuse charges is raising troubling questions about the way the state classifies sex offenders.
FOX UNDERCOVER - The arrest of John Burbine on dozens of child sex abuse charges is raising troubling questions about the way the state classifies sex offenders.
FOX UNDERCOVER - An overwhelmed public pension system that lets workers boost their payout by changing job titles and other sleights of hand was the subject of a hearing Wednesday on Beacon Hill.
FOX UNDERCOVER - An overwhelmed public pension system that lets workers boost their payout by changing job titles and other sleights of hand was the subject of a hearing Wednesday on Beacon Hill.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A convicted rapist who was the subject of a FOX Undercover investigation into his bid to gain visitation rights to the child he fathered from his crime could be facing hard time in a state pen.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A convicted rapist who was the subject of a FOX Undercover investigation into his bid to gain visitation rights to the child he fathered from his crime could be facing hard time in a state pen.
In a carefully scripted sit-down with reporters, the man Gov. Deval Patrick tasked with unraveling the state drug lab mess says the administration is set to begin a case-by-case review of thousands of files.
FOX UNDERCOVER - In a carefully scripted sit-down with reporters, the man Gov. Deval Patrick tasked with unraveling the state drug lab mess says the administration is set to begin a case-by-case review of thousands of files at the now-closed lab.
(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - It's been a busy month for FOX Undercover and our investigative reporter Mike Beaudet. He gives thanks for the people who provide no
(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - It's been a busy month for FOX Undercover and our investigative reporter Mike Beaudet. He gives thanks for the people who provide no shortage of fodder for his investigative reports, which fittingly enough, always seems to include a turkey or two. Watch the video for more.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Banned by the DEA and dubbed a dangerous substitute for the real thing, synthetic marijuana was easily found on Boston store shelves by a FOX Undercover hidden camera investigation.
FOX UNDERCOVER- Banned by the DEA and dubbed a dangerous substitute for the real thing, synthetic marijuana was easily found on Boston store shelves by a FOX Undercover hidden camera investigation.
FOX UNDERCOVER – Federal agents and state police have arrested a Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles employee they say scammed illegal immigrants out of money by promising to sell them driver's licenses.
FOX UNDERCOVER – Federal agents and state police have arrested a Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles employee they say scammed illegal immigrants out of money by promising to sell them driver's licenses.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Joshua Messier had a good life growing up in Charlton that was turned upside down by the onset of schizophrenia, then ended at the age of 23 at the
FOX UNDERCOVER - Joshua Messier had a good life growing up in Charlton that was turned upside down by the onset of schizophrenia, then ended at the age of 23 at the hands of correction officers at Bridgewater State Hospital.
FOX UNDERCOVER - His fall from grace was shocking, and now there are new accusations of bizarre behavior against former Arlington state Sen. James Marzilli.
FOX UNDERCOVER - His fall from grace was shocking, and now there are new accusations of bizarre behavior against former Arlington state Sen. James Marzilli.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Harvard University is feeling the heat this Veteran's Day, under fire for what the father of one student says is an unpatriotic and anti-military policy over ROTC membership and financial aid.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Harvard University is feeling the heat this Veteran's Day, under fire for what the father of one student says is an unpatriotic and anti-military policy over ROTC membership and financial aid.
FOX UNDERCOVER - James "Whitey" Bulger's dramatic capture last year in his Santa Monica apartment full of guns and cash brought an end to 15 years on the run.
FOX UNDERCOVER - James "Whitey" Bulger's dramatic capture last year in his Santa Monica apartment full of guns and cash brought an end to 15 years on the run.
FOX UNDERCOVER - Former members of the 'Church of the End Times' in Uxbridge say they gave up their possessions to be a part of what they describe as a 'cult.'
FOX UNDERCOVER - Former members of the 'Church of the End Times' in Uxbridge say they gave up their possessions to be a part of what they describe as a 'cult.'
The down-to-the-wire election is again raising the possibility that the presidential candidate who gets the most votes nationwide may still not get enough electoral votes to win the presidency.
FOX UNDERCOVER - The down-to-the-wire election is again raising the possibility that the presidential candidate who gets the most votes nationwide may still not get enough electoral votes to win the presidency, raising interest in reforming the Electoral College.
(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – When police arrested Joel Santiago-Vazquez last year, they found a stash of powder and crack cocaine hidden in a false bottom of a Pringles potato chip can.Police also found,
(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – When police arrested Joel Santiago-Vazquez last year, they found a stash of powder and crack cocaine hidden in a false bottom of a Pringles potato chip can.Police also found,
A former prominent defense attorney was sentenced today to 3 1/2 years in federal prison on money laundering charges in a case that the sentencing judge said brought "sadness" to the legal profession. Bob
A former prominent defense attorney was sentenced today to 3 1/2 years in federal prison on money laundering charges in a case that the sentencing judge said brought "sadness" to the legal profession. Bob
FOX UNDERCOVER - A teen victim's bid to keep her rapist from seeking visitation rights with their child landed in front of a single justice of the state's highest court Friday.
FOX UNDERCOVER - A teen victim's bid to keep her rapist from seeking visitation rights with their child landed in front of a single justice of the state's highest court Friday.
Despite evidence of numerous dangerous intersections, lawmakers slipped an earmark into a state transportation bond bill that would have spent $500,000 or more to install a traffic light outside a rep's condo complex.
(FOX UNDERCOVER) - Despite evidence of numerous dangerous intersections in Stoughton, lawmakers slipped an earmark into a state transportation bond bill that would have spent $500,000 or more to install a traffic light outside the town's state representative's condominium complex.
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