Today's Top Headlines

Sunday, November 16

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Following our "Small Town Secrets" investigation last week, protesters are calling for transparency in Hopkinton about a convicted sex offender who was operating a pizza shop there. Other top stories include a stabbing in Mattapan, and a pedestrian crash that killed an elderly man headed to play cards with his friends. I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker, and these are our headlines.

A quick-moving system cleared out early this morning and now we are shifting into a windy, cooler stretch through the start of the week.

Skies brighten quickly today as dry air moves in, but noticeably blustery with wind gusts up to 30 to 40 miles per hour this afternoon.

Tonight stays breezy and turns noticeably colder with lows dropping into the twenties, feeling like the teens in spots Monday morning.

A group made their voices heard Saturday, demanding transparency from town leaders and the police chief in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, where a convicted sex offender operated a pizza shop and continued to get a business license in town for years, despite a number of red flags.

Saturday’s protest comes after the NBC10 Boston Investigators reviewed years of court and town records, uncovering a troubling pattern of behavior in Hopkinton.

Residents had reacted strongly last week to our NBC10 “Small Town Secrets” investigation, and on Saturday protesters held signs reading, “We want accountability” and “Demand the truth.” All of this is in reference to Petros “Peter” Sismanis, who was the operator of “Hillers” — a popular pizza shop in town. He was convicted last summer of assaulting a young female employee back in 2023 and served some time in jail.

A person was rushed to the hospital Saturday night after being stabbed in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.

Boston police say officers responded to a reported stabbing around 7:19 p.m. in the area of 30 Fremont Street and arrived to find one victim with life-threatening injuries. There was no update on the victim’s condition.

No arrests have been made, police added.

An elderly man is dead after being struck by a vehicle while crossing the road in Cranston, Rhode Island, Friday night.

Police identified the victim who was killed in the 760 Atwood Avenue pedestrian crash as 80-year-old Richard Viti, of Cranston.

Viti was on his way to meet friends at the San Bernardo Society when the collision occurred, according to NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR.

A man from Fall River, Massachusetts, was fatally struck by a car while in a cross walk in New York on Thursday, police said.

Suffolk County police say Jim Jones, 55, was attempting to cross Veterans Memorial Highway when he was struck by a Honda Civic around 7:11 p.m., according to NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR.

Jones was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital where he died from his injuries, police tell WJAR.

Police arrested a man who allegedly exposed himself to customers and staff inside a Walmart store in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, on Friday morning.

Jason J. Ruggs, 32, of Lawrence, was charged with open and gross lewdness, disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct, police said.

Chelmsford police said they were called to the Walmart store at 66 Parkhurst Road around 9:49 a.m. Friday for a report of a man who was exposing himself. Officers arrived and were informed that a person later identified as Ruggs had exposed himself multiple times to customers and staff inside the business.