Steve Cooper
Reporter at WHDH-TV (Boston, MA)
Reporter for 7NEWS in Boston grew up in the Boston area... at WHDH since 1999 love storm force coverage avid runner..18 time consecutive boston marathon runner
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1 week ago |
whdh.com | Steve Cooper |Lisa Gresci
WOBURN, MASS. (WHDH) - Video obtained by 7News shows the moment a masked man ran into a Woburn courthouse and pepper-sprayed a court officer Monday. Nicholas Akerberg, 28, of Yarmouth Port, deployed pepper spray in the lobby of Woburn District Court before he was tackled to the ground by law enforcement, police said. The building was evacuated following the attack. Court security cameras recorded a man, later identified as Akerberg, entering the courthouse and using the spray.
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2 weeks ago |
whdh.com | Steve Cooper
DORCHESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - Two students at King Elementary School in Dorchester walked off of school grounds unsupervised Wednesday afternoon. The students were found safe half a mile away outside of a liquor store on Columbia Street. It all went down around noon. School officials say the two students left the school campus as their class was transitioning to outdoor recess. The news bewildered parents at the school.
Lawrence residents concerned, say family members were in Dominican Republic nightclub that collapsed
2 weeks ago |
whdh.com | Steve Cooper
LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - Lawrence radio host Santiago Matias is worried about his 67-year-old sister Florinda Rojas, who he says was in the nightclub in the Dominican Republic when the roof collapsed overnight. Over 50 people were reported dead and over 160 were reported injured in the incident. “I pray [that] she’s alive,” said Matias. “She lives in Punta Cana, almost every Monday they go there.”The owner of Lawrence’s Terra Luna restaurant on Essex Street was also inside the club.
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2 weeks ago |
whdh.com | Steve Cooper
LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - A 32-year-old Lowell man was arrested after police say he hit a dog over the head with a machete last week. Sticks is a 1-year-old old Olde English Bulldogge. He was rushed to a nearby animal hospital to receive several stitches. “You can see, his tongue hangs out the side,” said a Lowell Humane Society employee. “We’re not sure if that’s neurological.”Lowell police say the attack happened inside a public housing authority apartment building.
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2 weeks ago |
whdh.com | Steve Cooper
BOSTON (WHDH) - A Fall River police officer, accused of trying to meet a teenager for sex, pleaded not guilty to human trafficking and drug charges Monday. Fall River Police Officer Mitchell Walsh was arrested late Friday as part of a sex sting operation by the Boston Police Department, officials said. Walsh appeared in handcuffs in Charlestown District Court Monday morning.
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Not sure if this is some sort of a delayed April Fools joke #7News https://t.co/GqJuwtE1cK
Update:Victim in the Lynn murder overnight has been identified as Eric Hines…shot 3 times before being pronounced dead at Salem Hospital…the 2 suspects charged in connection with Hines’ murder are both due back in court next month #7News https://t.co/z5OyzaR39p
Accused killer Brian Rivera gets an A for effort trying to hide his face from the camera in court Friday after pleading not guilty to murdering another man in Lynn overnight…Prosecutors say the whole thing was caught on camera…Rivera is being held without bail #7News https://t.co/e18nbd0ndV