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Man Wanted For Raping Ex-Girlfriend, Kidnapping Another Nabbed In Western Mass Man Wanted For Raping Ex-Girlfriend, Kidnapping Another Nabbed In Western Mass
Man Wanted For Raping Ex-Girlfriend, Kidnapping Another Nabbed In Western Mass A wanted fugitive accused of heinous crimes against two of his former girlfriends has finally been arrested in Hampden County. Neftali Marcial, age 24, was arrested at a home in Springfield Tuesday, April 26, after nearly three months on the run, Massachusetts State Police said. He’s accused of assaulting and raping an ex-girlfriend in February of this year, and locking another former girlfriend in his basement and abusing her for nearly two weeks, police said. Since then, state and local police had been on the hunt for Marcial, checking several different addresses of interest with no…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Western Mass Man Awaiting Murder Trial Plotted To Kill Prosecutor, Witness, DA Says Western Mass Man Awaiting Murder Trial Plotted To Kill Prosecutor, Witness, DA Says
Western Mass Man Awaiting Murder Trial Plotted To Kill Prosecutor, Witness, DA Says A Western Mass man being held at the Hampshire Jail while awaiting trial in connection with the 2019 slaying of his girlfriend, has been charged with allegedly plotting to kill the prosecutor and a witness in the case. Blake Scanlon, age 26, of Westfield, pleaded not guilty to two counts of solicitation to commit murder and one count of solicitation to intimidate a witness before Hampshire Superior Court Judge John Agostini Thursday, May 20, said the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. Scanlon had been in jail awaiting trial on a charge of murder in connection with the slaying of …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Former Western Mass Cop Convicted In Child Sex Abuse Case Former Western Mass Cop Convicted In Child Sex Abuse Case
Former Western Mass Cop Convicted In Child Sex Abuse Case A former Western Mass cop has been sentenced to two to three years in prison after being found guilty of several counts in connection with a child sex abuse case, Hampden County resident Daniel Cintron, age 31, of Monson, a former Springfield police officer, had been found guilty in a jury-waived trial in Hampden Superior Court on charges of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and intimidation of a witness. Following the court’s verdict, he was sentenced to two to three years in state prison. His conviction was the second trial on the charges after a jury in September of 2019…

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by Kathy Reakes