Mike Beaudet

4 weeks ago | wcvb.com | Mike Beaudet

Returning to the Somerville street, where he and his mother called home for 42 years, was painful for Chris Pitts. He hadn't been back since August, the summer when Pitts and his mother became homeless and had to resort to sleeping in a Somerville park, right under the slide. "Put a blanket down. Put our suitcases like a wall, so you couldn't see us. And we slept under there," he said. Chris blames himself for their problems. He struggled with addiction, which led to run-ins with the police.

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Mike Beaudet

CARDS, AND HE WAS ALSO ARMED WITH A KNIFE. WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF SPORTS BETTING HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS IS FIVE INVESTIGATES MIKE BEAUDET AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW FOR US TODAY ON THIS. LET’S JUST SAY THAT MARCH MADNESS LIVED UP TO ITS NAME. IT’S BEEN JUST OVER TWO YEARS SINCE SPORTS BETTING CAME TO MASSACHUSETTS, AND IT HAS TAKEN OFF. WE TOLD YOU LAST MONTH THAT GAMBLERS HERE HAD SPENT A WHOPPING 14 BILLION. THAT’S BILLION WITH A B DOLLARS ON SPORTS BETTING.

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Mike Beaudet

The battle lines are well worn, but that didn't stop a group of about a dozen protesters from gathering in front of The Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton Wednesday as they try and force an end to the practice of delivering painful electric shocks to students with disabilities. "There's people in this school that can't even speak at all getting electric shocks by remote control," said protester Colbe Mazzarella. Another protester, Krista Cormier, was a student at JRC as a teenager.

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Mike Beaudet

TRUMP’S TERM. MIKE MARIA, PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN MOVES INTO MASSACHUSETTS. THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IS PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE AS THE ONLY FACILITY IN THE STATE THAT HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH ICE TO HOLD DETAINEES THERE. INSIDE THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. THIS IS WHERE ICE, U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT HOLDS PEOPLE IN CUSTODY IN MASSACHUSETTS. WE DON’T MIX THE DESIGNATION OF ICE. GUYS ARE MOVING. IMMIGRATION GUYS ARE MOVING THERE BY THEMSELVES.

2 months ago | wcvb.com | Mike Beaudet

March Madness is playing out across the Bay State even though there isn't a Massachusetts team anywhere near the Final Four men's and women's brackets. But it appears a lot of Massachusetts money will be betting on the big games. Revenue figures from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission reveal just how much money has been spent in the last two years. Gamblers here forked over a whopping $13.7 billion on sports betting, the vast majority — 98 percent — of that spent online.