--A 19-year-old is accused of killing his social worker, 53-year-old Diruhi S. Mattian, in North Andover last night. The accused is now in the hospital recovering from stab wounds he gave himself. [Boston Globe]

--A woman was found murdered in her Medfield home last night. The victim, 47-year-old Margaret Ninos, was a nurse at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She died of head injuries. Police are investigating, and she leaves behind a 7-year-old daughter. The father of her child, who didn't live with the family, called police, but no one has indicated he is a suspect. [Boston Globe, Boston Herald]

--Carl Stanley McGee, assistant secretary for policy and planning in the Deval Patrick administration, is on unpaid leave for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in a steam room at a Florida resort. He was arrested on December 28, and we are just now hearing about it. The Globe saw fit to mention that McGee had been one of the 25 most stylish Bostonians. [Boston Globe]

--Anna Tang, the Wellesley student accused of stabbing her ex-boyfriend while he was sleeping in his MIT dorm room, is asking a judge for some changes to her house arrest. She wants to go to "attend church on Saturdays and use a gym in her apartment complex." The requests have been approved, though the church request needs to be approved by the probation officer. Meanwhile, the ex-boyfriend, Wolfe Styke, is recovering from his wounds and might have sustained permanent nerve damage. [Wellesley Townsman]

--A tow-truck driver was pushed by a Tufts student when the tow guy was booting the student's Mercedes for overdue tickets. The student also got in the car and drove it toward the tow-truck driver. He drove off, but drivers found the Mercedes at Planet Fitness in Medford--with changed plates. Paying the tickets would have been so much easier. [Somerville Journal]