Two Bridgewater women face a string of criminal charges after they allegedly stole a prescription pad from a doctor’s office and attempted to get drugs at several pharmacies.
Police arrested the pair on June 4, one day after the pad went missing from a Bridgewater physician’s office.
A 46-year-old woman, whose identity has not been released because [...]

Two years after she avoided jail time for smothering her 2-month-old baby during a drug-induced haze, Melanie Hayward, 25, stabbed a Wal-Mart security guard with a pen when he tried to stop her from using stolen credit cards, according to deputies.
Hayward, who is listed as a prostitute in police records, is charged with aggravated battery, [...]