Arrest Warrant Issued for Double Shooting Suspect

(NEW BEDFORD, Mass.) -- Police in New Bedford have issued a warrant for the arrest of a suspect wanted in connection with a double shooting which occurred Tuesday.

Police say they believe 18-year-old Aaron Bookman was the gunman responsible for the shooting. They are now asking anyone with information about Bookman’s whereabouts to call 911 immediately.

Bookman is wanted in connection with a shooting near Holy Family Holy Name School on Summer Street on Tuesday night, in which two people were shot.

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RI Funeral Home Owner Charged with Embezzlement

(WOONSOCKET, R.I.) -- A Woonsocket funeral home owner faces embezzlement charges.

Todd Lauzon, 38, was arrested Thursday for embezzling over a reported $27,000. The Rhode Island State Police Financial Crimes Unit started investigating Lauzon in November after a complaint was filed.

Lauzon was arraigned in Providence District Court.

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Trial Begins for Mother Who Withheld Son's Cancer Treatment

(LAWRENCE, Mass.) -- A Lawrence, Mass., Superior Court jury heard opening statements Tuesday in the case of a mother charged with attempted murder in withholding chemotherapy medications from her son, who died of leukemia in 2009.

Assistant District Attorney Kate MacDougall alleged that Kristen LaBrie, 37, of Salem, Mass., knew how important it was for her son, Jeremy Fraser, to take the prescribed medications.

"Not to have done so would have been like pushing him in front of a car," MacDougall told jurors during her opening statement Tuesday. Still, MacDougall said, LaBrie allegedly told others that she did not give her son the necessary medications while falsely telling others she did.

LaBrie's attorney, Kevin James, said that LaBrie was a single mother with "severe financial problems" who bore the burden of taking care of her son. As a young child, Jeremy Fraser had been diagnosed with autism.

James said LaBrie's mental state led her to initially lie about giving Jeremy his medications. 

LaBrie faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted.

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Student Charged with Assaulting Coventry High School Teacher

(COVENTRY, R.I.) -- A student at Coventry High School is facing criminal charges after he allegedly attacked a teacher at the school on Wednesday.

Officials say police were called to the school around 9:30 a.m. to investigate a report that a teacher had fallen and was unresponsive. Police say the teacher was injured after she got into an altercation with a male student and the student pushed her, causing her to fall and hit her head. The teacher was taken to Rhode Island Hospital for treatment.

The student has been charged with assault and will be mentally evaluated.

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Two People Found Shot in New Bedford

(NEW BEDFORD, Mass.) -- Two people were found shot outside of a school on Summer Street Tuesday.

The shooting took place around 5:30 p.m. The victims were running away when they suffered non-life-threatening wounds to the leg and ankle, respectively.

The police are treating the incident as part of a gang war plaguing New Bedford's west end. It is unclear if they have a specific suspect for the incident.

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