August 30, 2025 • 6 mins
A Salem State student could be facing criminal charges after a hoax bomb threat, a former Boston City Councilor is scheduled to be sentenced Friday, and Boston honors "New Edition". Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
News seventy five degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
and thanks for joining us, Simon Suzanne Salzville. Here's what's happening.
We're learning more about the Shrewsbury man accused of killing
a father who just dropped his son off at a school.
(00:26):
On Thursday. CBS News Boston's Tammy Moutasa has details.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Sneehall Substava is now charged in the death of a
Shrewsbury father on Thursday. The twenty six year old suspect
was allowed to hide his face in court, a day
after prosecutors say he shot and killed Kevin Doherty, who
had just dropped off his young son at Coolidge School.
He was always a smiling and waving high you know,
(00:52):
it's truly heartbreaking for this neighborhood. Before Shuvestava was taken
into police custody outside his graffiti covered home, charging documents
say Dougherty saw him spray painting graffiti on a path
over Jordan Pond and took a picture before he was
shot several times. Prosecutors say officers quickly recognized the defendant
because he has a long rap sheet dating back to
(01:15):
twenty fifteen. The suspect is being held without bail until
his next hearing on September twelfth.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
The suspect was charged in twenty twenty two for allegedly
trying to run over a man then attacking him with
a machete. That case was dismissed. Just last month, a
Salem State student could be facing criminal charges after a
hoax bomb threat at a dorm building. Wbz's Kyle Bray
(01:43):
got reaction from students it was certainly.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
A memorable first day. Alex was one of many Salem
State students who found themselves evacuating from Marsh Hall Friday
night after a student reported that someone sent them a
bomb thread over social media. This turned out to be
a hoax, but for a little while, students that had
just moved in were unsure if and when they could
return to their dorms. Lenn says he was one of
many students that decided to camp out with friends in
(02:07):
a different dorm.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
I need to call my votage friends and find a place,
and I luckily found one of my friends who had
like a room with one bed free, and I was like,
just found that two closest people to me was like, okay, guys,
come here. My roommate and then another friend was like,
let's go.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
In a letter to the community, Salem State President John
Keenan says the hoax threat was sent in by a
student that was off campus at the time. They've since
been barred from the school and could face criminal charges
from Salem. Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Former Boston City Councilor Tanya Fernandez Anderson is scheduled to
be sentenced Friday on federal corruption charges. The Globe says
prosecutors asked for a prison sentence of one year and
a day, while Fernandez Anderson's lawyer requested probation and community service.
If prison is part of the sentence, the defense asked
(02:56):
that she served no more than six months. Meanwhile, while
the Globe says more than ninety of her supporters wrote
letters to the judge asking for leniency, they include three
city councilors and other elected officials. The forecast mostly clear
skies overnight, will have a low of fifty seven, good
sleeping weather, mostly sunny. Tomorrow, high seventy two, a beautiful
(03:20):
Labor Day, sunny, with the high of seventy four. On Tuesday,
we'll have much of the same, mostly sunny with low
humidity and highs in the low to mid seventies. Right
now in Boston, it's partly sunny and seventy five degrees.
The City of Boston honors New Edition where the band
got their start.
Speaker 5 (03:41):
Eh It was a day to celebrate in the Orchard
Gardens neighborhood of Roxbury as what was Ambrose Street was
re christened with a new name.
Speaker 6 (03:52):
Congratulation, it's a new Edition, and now I have the
honor of officially declared today a New Edition Day in the
City of Boston. It is now New Edition way in
honor of the R and B group that grew up
here and came together around singer rapper Bobby Brown.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I'm just going to say thank you from the bottom
of my heart.
Speaker 6 (04:13):
I'm really into be seen.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
Everybody that's out there, thank you for coming out today.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
I said right there, just say you everyone.
Speaker 6 (04:24):
The group formed in nineteen seventy eight, reached the top
of the eighties, but nearly five decades later they still
perform and in the old neighborhood they remade as big
and as popular as ever. With a street named after
them in Roxbury. Mike Maclin WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
A former US Postal inspector, pleads not guilty to stealing
more than three hundred and thirty thousand dollars in cash
from packages mailed by elderly victims. Official say Scott Kelly
of Pembroke allegedly used his position to intercept the packages.
He then allegedly used them money to pay for a
(05:01):
pool patio and lighting a granite countertop, Caribbean cruise expenses
and escorts. Kelly is also accused of stealing cash from
an evidence locker than blaming another inspector, Hold on to
your phone. Boston police are out with a warning. WBC's
Emma Friedman explains.
Speaker 7 (05:21):
There's been an uptick of late night cell phone thefts
across the city. Boston Police say thieves are targeting people
leaving nightclubs and bars around the city between eleven thirty
at night and two o'clock in the morning. It's happening
around downtown, Back Bay, Fenway, and Seaport. In some cases,
phones were stolen after or during a ride share, or
by somebody offering a ride Please say Another tactic as
a person will ask you to borrow their phone, to
(05:42):
make a call, or to exchange contact info, or even
offer to take a photograph. Police are also warning that
in some cases the thieves have resorted to violence or
verbal threats. Officials say once they have your phone, they
can access sensitive information and can make payments through apps
like Apple pay, Venmo, cash app, PayPal, and sometimes sports
betting apps Draft Games. Boston. Please are asking residents to
(06:02):
stay vigilant, protect your phone, and do not give it
out to strangers under any circumstances. I'm a Freedman, WBZ
Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ news Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Suzanne Soasville, WBZ Boston's news Radio.
This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
News seventy five degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
and thanks for joining us, Simon Suzanne Salzville. Here's what's happening.
We're learning more about the Shrewsbury man accused of killing
a father who just dropped his son off at a school.
(00:26):
On Thursday. CBS News Boston's Tammy Moutasa has details.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Sneehall Substava is now charged in the death of a
Shrewsbury father on Thursday. The twenty six year old suspect
was allowed to hide his face in court, a day
after prosecutors say he shot and killed Kevin Doherty, who
had just dropped off his young son at Coolidge School.
He was always a smiling and waving high you know,
(00:52):
it's truly heartbreaking for this neighborhood. Before Shuvestava was taken
into police custody outside his graffiti covered home, charging documents
say Dougherty saw him spray painting graffiti on a path
over Jordan Pond and took a picture before he was
shot several times. Prosecutors say officers quickly recognized the defendant
because he has a long rap sheet dating back to
(01:15):
twenty fifteen. The suspect is being held without bail until
his next hearing on September twelfth.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
The suspect was charged in twenty twenty two for allegedly
trying to run over a man then attacking him with
a machete. That case was dismissed. Just last month, a
Salem State student could be facing criminal charges after a
hoax bomb threat at a dorm building. Wbz's Kyle Bray
(01:43):
got reaction from students it was certainly.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
A memorable first day. Alex was one of many Salem
State students who found themselves evacuating from Marsh Hall Friday
night after a student reported that someone sent them a
bomb thread over social media. This turned out to be
a hoax, but for a little while, students that had
just moved in were unsure if and when they could
return to their dorms. Lenn says he was one of
many students that decided to camp out with friends in
(02:07):
a different dorm.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
I need to call my votage friends and find a place,
and I luckily found one of my friends who had
like a room with one bed free, and I was like,
just found that two closest people to me was like, okay, guys,
come here. My roommate and then another friend was like,
let's go.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
In a letter to the community, Salem State President John
Keenan says the hoax threat was sent in by a
student that was off campus at the time. They've since
been barred from the school and could face criminal charges
from Salem. Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Former Boston City Councilor Tanya Fernandez Anderson is scheduled to
be sentenced Friday on federal corruption charges. The Globe says
prosecutors asked for a prison sentence of one year and
a day, while Fernandez Anderson's lawyer requested probation and community service.
If prison is part of the sentence, the defense asked
(02:56):
that she served no more than six months. Meanwhile, while
the Globe says more than ninety of her supporters wrote
letters to the judge asking for leniency, they include three
city councilors and other elected officials. The forecast mostly clear
skies overnight, will have a low of fifty seven, good
sleeping weather, mostly sunny. Tomorrow, high seventy two, a beautiful
(03:20):
Labor Day, sunny, with the high of seventy four. On Tuesday,
we'll have much of the same, mostly sunny with low
humidity and highs in the low to mid seventies. Right
now in Boston, it's partly sunny and seventy five degrees.
The City of Boston honors New Edition where the band
got their start.
Speaker 5 (03:41):
Eh It was a day to celebrate in the Orchard
Gardens neighborhood of Roxbury as what was Ambrose Street was
re christened with a new name.
Speaker 6 (03:52):
Congratulation, it's a new Edition, and now I have the
honor of officially declared today a New Edition Day in the
City of Boston. It is now New Edition way in
honor of the R and B group that grew up
here and came together around singer rapper Bobby Brown.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I'm just going to say thank you from the bottom
of my heart.
Speaker 6 (04:13):
I'm really into be seen.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
Everybody that's out there, thank you for coming out today.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
I said right there, just say you everyone.
Speaker 6 (04:24):
The group formed in nineteen seventy eight, reached the top
of the eighties, but nearly five decades later they still
perform and in the old neighborhood they remade as big
and as popular as ever. With a street named after
them in Roxbury. Mike Maclin WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
A former US Postal inspector, pleads not guilty to stealing
more than three hundred and thirty thousand dollars in cash
from packages mailed by elderly victims. Official say Scott Kelly
of Pembroke allegedly used his position to intercept the packages.
He then allegedly used them money to pay for a
(05:01):
pool patio and lighting a granite countertop, Caribbean cruise expenses
and escorts. Kelly is also accused of stealing cash from
an evidence locker than blaming another inspector, Hold on to
your phone. Boston police are out with a warning. WBC's
Emma Friedman explains.
Speaker 7 (05:21):
There's been an uptick of late night cell phone thefts
across the city. Boston Police say thieves are targeting people
leaving nightclubs and bars around the city between eleven thirty
at night and two o'clock in the morning. It's happening
around downtown, Back Bay, Fenway, and Seaport. In some cases,
phones were stolen after or during a ride share, or
by somebody offering a ride Please say Another tactic as
a person will ask you to borrow their phone, to
(05:42):
make a call, or to exchange contact info, or even
offer to take a photograph. Police are also warning that
in some cases the thieves have resorted to violence or
verbal threats. Officials say once they have your phone, they
can access sensitive information and can make payments through apps
like Apple pay, Venmo, cash app, PayPal, and sometimes sports
betting apps Draft Games. Boston. Please are asking residents to
(06:02):
stay vigilant, protect your phone, and do not give it
out to strangers under any circumstances. I'm a Freedman, WBZ
Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ news Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Suzanne Soasville, WBZ Boston's news Radio.
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