BOSTON — Boston police say a 23-year-old woman last seen by her family leaving a bar near Faneuil Hall over the weekend has been found alive.
A police spokeswoman says Olivia Ambrose was found Tuesday in the city’s Charlestown neighborhood. She was taken to the hospital. No other details were immediately disclosed.
Ambrose was last seen in the area of Hennessy’s at about 11 p.m. Saturday, where she had been with her twin sister and friends.
Her sister, Franny Ambrose, says she was seen leaving the bar with a man, but police later said that man had nothing to do with her disappearance. Police then released surveillance images of another man she had been spotted with on the streets.
Olivia Ambrose grew up in Wenham but recently moved to Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood.
WAKEFIELD — A State Police trooper and a tow truck driver have been struck and injured by a passing vehicle while assisting the driver of a disabled vehicle on Interstate 95.
A state police spokesman says the trooper and tow truck driver were both outside their vehicles when they were struck just after 6 a.m. Tuesday on I-95 north in Wakefield. The vehicle that struck them also struck the tow truck.
The trooper called in the accident and both were taken to Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington with injuries not considered life threatening.
No names were released.
The crash, including whether road or weather conditions were factors, remains under investigation. No charges have been filed.
RANDOLPH — Police say an argument over a car sale escalated to the point that one man took out a gun and fired two shots at another man.
Randolph police say the victim was not hit but suffered some scrapes when he fell down trying to run away from the gunman. The Patriot Ledger reports 25-year-old Erlow Pope-Foster is expected to be arraigned Tuesday on charges of armed assault to murder and other charges.
Police say Pope-Foster met with the other man after communicating online on a potential car sale. Police say the men argued about the price, which ultimately resulted in Pope-Foster pulling out a gun and shooting two missed shots at the victim.
It was not clear if he has a lawyer.
METHUEN — A Massachusetts city is facing the prospect of laying off 50 police officers amid debates over pay raises for superior officers.
Methuen Mayor James Jajuga will ask the City Council on Tuesday to restore the $1.8 million it cut from the police budget last summer. The Eagle Tribune reports the city will run out of money to pay the department in March if the council refuses.
In order to prevent the city from deficit spending — which is illegal in Massachusetts for anything other than snow removal — officials said dozens of patrolmen will need to be laid off to keep the books balanced.
The funding resolution requires a majority of six of the nine councilors, and two councilors are unable to vote due to conflicts of interest.
HARTFORD, Conn. — State officials say they are raising their estimates for slot machine revenue from Connecticut’s two casinos.
In a report issued last week, the General Assembly’s Office of Fiscal Analysis projects that the state’s 25-percent share of the casinos’ slots revenue in the 2019 fiscal year, which extends to June 30, will total $248.6 million.
The Day reports the current estimate is up about $20 million from last November’s estimate.
The office estimates the payments the state receives from the casino-owning Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes will total $223.7 million in the 2020 fiscal year.
Spokesman Chris McClure says the numbers were revised because the recently-opened MGM Springfield casino in Massachusetts did not affect Connecticut revenue as much as officials anticipated.
Starbucks is expanding its delivery service and aims to offer it at nearly one-fourth of its U.S. company-operated coffee shops.
The company said it is launching the service Tuesday in San Francisco and will expand to some stores in New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles in coming weeks. It tested the idea in 200 Miami stores last fall.
Starbucks says 95 percent of its core menu will be available for order using the Uber Eats mobile app. There will be a $2.49 booking fee.
In December, company executives laid out plans to expand deliveries in the U.S. and China this year.
Executives say delivery works best in dense urban areas where Uber Eats’ delivery fees are lower because of high demand, and customers spend more than they do in stores.
From Associated Press