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Brockton

Deaths called apparent murder-suicide

Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in a Brockton apartment, according to the Plymouth district attorney’s office. Antonio Cordoso, 61, and Rosa Goncalves, 53, were found dead in their apartment at 22 Mason St. on Wednesday, said Beth Stone, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz. Goncalves’ body was found in the bedroom. Stone could not comment on her injuries or how she was killed. Cordoso was found in the kitchen, where he hanged himself, Stone said. Cordoso and Goncalves were a couple but not married, according to Stone. Both had children, though none with each other, she said.

NEW YORK

Alleged Lakeville bank robber arrested

A Boston man who allegedly held a gun to a female employee’s head during a bank robbery in Lakeville was arrested in New York, officials said. Jameil Hodge, 23, was identified as the alleged suspect who robbed a Bridgewater Savings Bank on May 16. The FBI in New York and Boston Violent Crimes Task Force took Hodge into custody, Lakeville police said. He faces charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, armed robbery, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, kidnapping, four counts of assault to commit a felony, carrying a firearm without a license, and threat to commit a crime, police said.

BOSTON

Medford man arrested in assault

A Medford man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after he allegedly threatened MBTA employees and assaulted Transit police at Harvard Station, authorities said. Xavier Galatis, 23, was approached by an MBTA employee just after 2 p.m. because he failed to pay his fare, according to a statement from MBTA Transit police. Galatis then became violent and “threatened the employee with death,’’ according to the statement. Transit officers approached Galatis and told him to leave the station, but he refused and continued to threaten the employees, police said. The officers then tried to place Galatis into custody, but he “violently resisted’’ and allegedly struck an officer in the torso, Transit police said.

Coast Guard cutter seizes cocaine

A Boston-based US Coast Guard cutter seized 4.6 tons of cocaine from vessels in the Panama Canal bound for the United States, officials said. The Seneca intercepted five vessels carrying $154 million worth of cocaine, said Petty Officer Andrew Barresi, a spokesman for the Coast Guard in Boston. Barresi said 15 suspected narcotics traffickers were arrested during the 68 days Seneca was in the eastern Pacific.

LYNN

Man freed in Lynn killing sues police

A man who spent 21 years in prison for a killing he says he did not commit has sued the city of Lynn and several police officers. He was freed by a judge who cited flawed evidence. The federal suit filed Wednesday by Angel Echavarria alleges that State and city police who investigated the 1994 shooting death of Daniel Rodriguez in Lynn fabricated evidence, suppressed evidence, and framed Echavarria. Echavarria was convicted of murder in 1996 and sentenced to life. He was freed last year based largely on the investigative work of the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University. (AP)

PITTSFIELD

No bail in alleged kidnapping

A Pittsfield man charged with beating a woman and holding her against her will for days has been ruled dangerous and held without bail for four months. A judge on Tuesday ordered 54-year-old Richard Carnute held on charges including kidnapping, assault and battery, and violating a restraining order, The Berkshire Eagle reported. The woman told police that Carnute forced his way into her apartment on June 5, removed the battery from the landline phone, took her cellphone, mentally and physically abused her, and blocked her from leaving. (AP)