Police Roundup: Painkiller Distribution Bust in Braintree, Boston Strangler Update

Editor's note: The following information was provided by police departments in local Patch towns. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, they do not indicate a conviction.

Braintree police arrested a 29-year-old Brockton man allegedly possessing prescription pain killers with the intent to distribute them.

Officials this week cited a technological breakthrough allowing them to identify Albert DeSalvo as the killer of Mary Sullivan, the last murder in a string of 1960s killings by the "Boston Strangler." Sullivan was the aunt of Hyannis native and American crime author and journalist Casey Sherman, who helped lead a high-profile re-investigation of his aunt's murder, which he later wrote about in his book, "A Rose for Mary: The Hunt for the Real Boston Strangler".

Falmouth police this week identified a suspect allegedly involved in the stabbing of a local man on Homestead Lane on Wednesday. The suspect was identified as Gregory Harris, 17, of Falmouth, who police considered a danger to the public.

On Martha’s Vineyard, looters targeted a sailing yacht, abandoned at sea a month ago, which landed ashore in Edgartown.

Also on the Vineyard, four youths were arrested June 29 after Oak Bluffs police stopped their car and found close to a pound of marijuana and more than $5,000 in cash as well as a safe and a scale.

In Plymouth, police responded to a home on Paddington Way, where they discovered several explosives. The home belonged to a Boston police officer, who has since been suspended.

A 19-year-old was arrested and charged with texting while driving after he swerved into another vehicle while driving in Manomet early Tuesday.

A Weymouth woman was able to see her daughter for the first time since she went missing on June 25.

In Hingham, a 33-year-old man was arrested for operating under the influence of alcohol (third offense), driving with a suspended license for OUI, among other charges.

Having experienced significantly more residential and vehicle break-ins so far this year than last, Milton Police Chief Richard Wells said the issue has been made worse by residents not locking their doors.