Missing Children in Massachusetts

Saturday is Missing Children's Day. Take time to look at the photos of children still missing in our state.

According to the Department of Justice, every year hundreds of thousands of kids are reported missing across the country. Some run away, some are abducted. And many have never been found. Saturday is Missing Children's Day. Here is a partial list of children in Massachusetts who have gone missing in recent years. Check the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children for full lists by state as well as age progression photos.

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Boat Permit Deadline Approaching

The following was submitted by the North Andover Police Department.

The 2013 North Andover Boat Permit deadline for boats stored at either of the two town owned locations (Great Pond Raod and Pleasant Street) is June 15th 2013. Boats stored in these locations without current 2013 permits affixed to them by this date will be impounded. Permits are available at the Division of Public Works, Monday-Friday at 384 Osgood St. Questions can be forwarded to Officer Steve Diminico at (978) 683-3168 or sdiminico@napd.us.

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FBI: Man Killed in Florida in Connection with Marathon Bombings

During a confrontation with the FBI and the Mass. State Police, a Florida man was shot and killed and an officer was injured.

One man is dead and an agent is injured after a confrontation between the FBI and Mass. State Police in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing in the Orlando area on Wednesday morning.  The FBI on Wednesday morning said an agent, two Massachusetts State Police troopers and other law enforcement personnel were interviewing an individual in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing when he attacked the agent.  The FBI identified the person shot and killed as Ibragim Todashev, age 27. During the confrontation, Todaschev was shot and killed and the agent sustained non-life threatening injuries.   "As this incident is under review, we have no further details at this time," the FBI said. 

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Cyclist Medflighted after Crashing in Harold Parker

North Andover and Andover Fire helped remove an injured mountain biker from a remote location in Harold Parker Forest earlier Sunday morning.

Andover Fire received a call Sunday morning regarding a mountain biker that took hard spill on a steep trail in Harold Parker Forest. With the biker found to be in North Andover, both town's Fire staff worked to locate the injured man, who was more than a mile from the trail entrance on Middleton Road.  According to North Andover Fire Lt. Graham Rowe, emergency staff first got the call around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday and Andover Police were first to arrive.  "He sustained a pretty good knock on the head," Rowe.  After North Andover Fire came shortly, staff from both had to prepare the victim to be treated by paramedics. Despite the fact that he had wore a helmet, the fall victim complained of both head and back pain from the fall, which …

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Police Log

Another Rash of Car Breaks

The following information was supplied by the North Andover Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

It seems there was another string of car break-ins Wednesday night. About a dozen residents awoke Thursday to find that their vehicles had been broken into and rummaged through (and in some cases, items were stolen) overnight, according to police reports. There were four vehicles broken into on Chadwick Street. And also on Chadwick Street, there was a report of a car stolen overnight as well. The other vehicle break-ins were on Barker Street; Moody Street (two vehicles); Hickory Hill Road (three vehicles); Surrey Drive; and French Farm Road. Residents are urged to keep vehicle doors locked, keep valuables out of their vehicles and watch for suspicious activity in their neighborhoods. Also in other local police news... The following are …

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Fire Warning Issued for Thursday

Winds are expected to pick up to at least 30 mph in the afternoon.

The National Weather Service is warning of the potential for brush fires in the area Thursday afternoon and night. Counties across Eastern and Central Massachusetts and Rhode Island are under the fire warning. Winds are expected to pick up to at least 30 miles per hour in the afternoon. The wind coupled with “low relative humidities” will cause the risk of fire, according to the NWS.

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Police Log

Weekend Break Suspects Were Teens

The following information was supplied by the North Andover Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Remember that weekend break-in that spurred a manhunt? It turns out the suspects were teens. At just after 6 p.m., police received a call by a concerned resident on Bixby Avenue  about people in her neighbor's home. Police said the homeowner then spotted the suspects as they were fleeing, and they struck him with a car. Luckily, he was not injured. By the time police arrived, the suspects fled the area. And shortly afterward police reportedly passed the suspect's vehicle on Route 125. Police persued the suspect's vehicle, and the vehicle went into Andover, where police were able to stop him just over the town line, an Andover Police spokesman said. Makenzie Schwartz, 17, of 1 Carriage Hill Road, Haverhill, has been charged with assault …

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Worker Injured at Merrimack College

The accident happened Monday afternoon.

A worker at Merrimack College was injured after falling about 20 feet on Monday afternoon. Campus police confirmed that the worker -- whose name has not been released -- fell and suffered from back pain afterward. He was taken to Lawrence General Hospital. OSHA was also reportedly notified.

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Breaking and Entering Spurs Manhunt

A concerned neighbor tipped off police.

Police were on the hunt for someone they said broke into a home on Bixby Street Friday night. At just after 6 p.m., police received a call by a concerned resident about people in her neighbor's home. By the time police arrived, the suspects fled the area. And shortly afterward police reportedly passed the suspect's vehicle on Route 125. Police persued the suspect's vehicle, and the vehicle went into Andover, where North Andover Police were able to stop him just over the town line, an Andover Police spokesman said. Stay with Patch for further updates.  

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