Crime: Top stories of 2021

Telegram & Gazette Staff
Crime scene investigators at the Leicester police station after a man drove his SUV into the building in May. The driver was shot and killed after getting out of the vehicle with a rifle, police said.
Crime scene investigators at the Leicester police station after a man drove his SUV into the building in May. The driver was shot and killed after getting out of the vehicle with a rifle, police said.

From the trial of a dominatrix to a Walmart shopper accidentally firing a gun, it was a year with its share of gripping crime headlines.

Here's a look at some of the top stories in 2021 that appeared on telegram.com.

Julia Enright, Ashburnham dominatrix, guilty of second-degree murder

Man shot and killed by Worcester police identified; he claimed to have bomb

Worcester lifeguard stabbed after group warned against smoking and drinking at Bell Pond Beach

Shopper at Walmart in Northborough inadvertantly fires gun while digging through purse

Driver fatally shot by police after ramming into Leicester police station identified

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This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Crime: Top stories of 2021 in Central Mass.