Dave Puglisi

2 weeks ago | whdh.com | Dave Puglisi

BOSTON (WHDH) - At the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, a crisis unfolds every single day. Homelessness, drug addiction, and sex trafficking collide here – spinning a tangled web that traps so many people. Emily Mackey was one of them. “I was going through a pretty rough spot with my addiction,” said Mackey. “It was difficult to break away from it.”Molly Johnston lived on Mass & Cass for a decade. She says she was used by people she trusted.

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.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.

Feb 10, 2025 | 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.