Mother Punched in Mouth, Change Stolen from Car, Woman Arrested for Threatening to Commit Murder

Editor's note: The following information is from police departments, courts and state agencies serving Patch towns. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

• No jail for Tisbury man who punched his mom.
• Milton resident rescues child during manhunt for bombing suspect.
• Spare change stolen from Hingham car.
• No arrests made after gunshots heard in Weymouth.
• Bomb threats force evacuation of Braintree High School.
• Plymouth man arrested on weapons charges.
• Former Cape Cod camp counselor charged with rape.
• Cape Cod woman charged with threatening to commit murder.
• Falmouth man charged with marijuana possession.

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