Crime

Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois said yesterday that his office is pursuing a total of 29 charges against those 12 defendants.

In a push to investigate alleged perpetrators and help survivors of trafficking, the district attorney is allocating state grant money to organizations doing that work.

In remarks during back-to-back swearing-in ceremonies at Cape Cod Community College, they touched on themes of compassionate justice.

State Sen. Julian Cyr says he is looking into the events leading up to the death of murder suspect Adam Howe at the Ash Street Jail in New Bedford.

The 20-year-old suspect in an alleged rape Monday on the Steamship Authority ferry from Martha’s Vineyard to Woods Hole is set to return to court June 29 for a probable cause hearing.

Mara Salvatrucha, best known as MS-13, is a transnational gang based in El Salvador. It has about 10,000 members in the United States. In recent years,…