Dave Puglisi

1 month ago | whdh.com | Dave Puglisi

BOSTON (WHDH) - Charles Santos came to the U.S. legally, hoping for a better life. He was an electrician in Brazil and wanted to start his own business here. “After five years coming to America, I tried to do this,” said Charles. Charles needed to get a license. Friends recommended Isabel and David Gontijo who ran a company called “Institute Brazil, USA international.”He says the couple made the process look easy. “Send us the original documents,” is what Charles says he was told.

1 month ago | whdh.com | Dave Puglisi

BOSTON (WHDH) - An empty frame hangs on the wall of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — part of a new restoration project. The painting once held in that frame was stolen in a now-infamous heist. Thirty-five years ago this week, 13 pieces of art were taken in the dead of night and never recovered. 7 Investigates is digging into the robbery. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s Dutch Room is one of the most famous art galleries in the world.

1 month ago | whdh.com | Dave Puglisi

LYNN, MASS. (WHDH) - People living at a Lynn, Massachusetts sober home are calling for help. Some tenants say they moved in to improve their lives but the living conditions are making matters worse. “The first day, they unfolded my bed, and I saw cockroaches running out of the bed,” said a tenant who wanted to stay anonymous. Cockroaches, bed bugs, torn up floors, and no heat. Tenants say that’s just a glimpse of life inside this sober home in Lynn.

2 months ago | whdh.com | Dave Puglisi

The confusion started with a Facebook post supposedly made by Jennifer Bruce. “It is my account but it’s not me,” she told 7NEWS of learning her page had been hacked by someone trying to exploit her father and his cancer diagnosis. “My parents are very old school and they’re very private, especially about medical stuff,” she said.

2 months ago | whdh.com | Dave Puglisi

Teachers on the North Shore put down their lesson plans and picked up picket signs. Last November, teachers in Marblehead, Gloucester and Beverly all went on strike, fighting for better pay, benefits and improved working conditions. Now, 7 Investigates has uncovered the hidden costs of those strikes. 7 Investigates found that the three school districts combined spent a staggering $732,000 in taxpayer money on legal fees, police details, and public relations firms during the strikes.