Dan Glaun

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun

Massachusetts State Trooper Chris O’Neil did not speak about what he saw at work, his wife, Molly, said. He kept those burdens to himself. But in February 2016, they started to show, she said. He was anxious that he’d be hurt or killed on duty. Later that month, the 44-year-old trooper skipped his annual physical, afraid he’d lose his job if the agency learned he was struggling psychologically, Molly O’Neil said. That same day, he took his life.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun

The detention of a Saugus man in the middle of his criminal trial last week by agents with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement was a highly unusual disruption of the local criminal justice process, legal analysts told the Globe. Jack Lu, a retired Superior Court judge, said immigration authorities have been known to detain defendants outside courthouses before or after pretrial hearings. But he had never heard of agents disrupting a trial that already started.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun

Prosecutors with the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office are expected to take the witness stand in an extraordinary hearing Monday morning, as a Boston Municipal Court judge continues an inquiry into Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention of a man in the middle of his criminal trial last week. Wilson Martell-Lebron appeared Thursday in the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse for the first day of his jury trial on charges that he provided false information on a license application.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun

A Boston Municipal Court judge has launched an inquiry after Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents detained a man in the middle of his trial — allegedly with the advance knowledge of the case’s prosecutors. Wilson Martell-Lebron had appeared Thursday in the Edward Brooke Courthouse for the first day of his trial on charges that he provided false information in a license application.

4 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun

Over the last two decades, a swell of newcomers from Brazil and Latin America have settled in the former industrial town of Marlborough, bringing new levels of diversity to the MetroWest community located just outside Worcester. But if you look at the city’s police force, you’d never know it. The department of 70 sworn officers has just six officers of color.