PLYMOUTH — A man prosecutors say followed, then stabbed, shot and ran over his estranged wife, has been sent to a psychiatric hospital for a 20-day evaluation.
Allen Warner was also held without bail after a not guilty plea to a murder charge was entered on his behalf at his arraignment Wednesday.
Prosecutors say 48-year-old Shana Warner, who had filed for divorce three times, was found next to her vehicle by the side of a Marshfield road Monday. She had previously called police to say her husband was following her.
After the shooting, Allen Warner evaded a police manhunt until he was arrested in Whitman on Tuesday afternoon.
The 47-year-old Warner’s attorney questioned the evidence in the case, including witness identification and noted that no weapons had been recovered.
BOSTON — A computer built in the 1970s that helped launch the personal computer age as well as a trillion-dollar company has sold for $375,000.
The fully functioning Apple-1 auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction was sold at a live sale Tuesday.
RR says the winning bid came from a U.S.-based businessman who wishes to remain anonymous.
The computer is one of 60 or so remaining of the original 200 designed and built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 and 1977, and one of 16 that still works.
It sold back then for less than $700. The original owner offered to sell it to Wozniak in 1982 for $10,000, an offer that went unanswered.
Cupertino, California-based Apple recently became the world’s first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion.
BOSTON — Boston’s population is growing faster than expected, so its mayor is stepping up efforts to build more housing.
Democratic Mayor Marty Walsh on Wednesday released a plan for the city to build nearly 70,000 units of new housing by 2030. His administration is on track to meet a previous target of 53,000 units but new data suggests the city is growing faster than anticipated.
The administration projects Boston could have almost 760,000 people by 2030, up from a previous estimate of about 710,000 residents. The city is undergoing its largest building boom in generations but construction isn’t keeping up with demand.
Walsh says his administration will make sure a significant portion of new housing is affordable. He aims to have nearly 70,000 of all housing units be income-restricted by 2030.
BOSTON — Massachusetts regulators are calling for an outside review of the state’s natural gas distribution system in the wake of gas explosions and fires that affected three communities earlier this month.
The Department of Public Utilities said Wednesday it would name an “independent evaluator” to conduct a statewide assessment of both the physical integrity of the system and the policies and practices of companies that distribute natural gas.
The agency says the companies themselves will be required to pay for the study under an emergency declaration issued by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker after the Sept. 13 disaster. The blasts in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover killed one person, injured some 25 others and damaged or destroyed dozens of homes and businesses.
FRAMINGHAM — A judge has sentenced a man who shot at police and held a standoff with officers at a pizza shop to prison.
The MetroWest Daily News reports that 32-year-old Justin Breakspear was sentenced Tuesday to 16 to 20 years in prison.
A jury found Breakspear guilty of multiple charges including assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of a high capacity magazine and possession of a large capacity gun.
Authorities say Breakspear fired a single shot at police at his home in Framingham in July 2017. No one was hit, and officers did not return fire.
From Associated Press