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Route 91, MA
Police & Fire
Springfield Man With Invalid Temporary Plate Nabbed For Illegal Firearm Possession, Police Say
A man is facing charges after police said a traffic stop led to the discovery of a firearm and ammunition in Western Massachusetts. Troopers were patrolling Route 91 in Springfield at about midnight on Thursday, Dec. 23, when they saw a black BMW sedan near Exit 8 with a Vermont paper temporary license plate that wasn't valid, according to Massachusetts State Police. The troopers pulled the BMW over after exiting Route 91 and turning onto Noble Street, police said. The driver, identified as 32-year-old Fatiah Garland, of Springfield, exited the BMW because it was going to be towed fro…
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Stop Of Speeding SUV Results In Gun Arrest In Region
Police apprehended a Western Massachusetts man for illegal possession of a handgun during a traffic stop in which he was allegedly traveling over 95 miles per hour. Hampden County resident Carlos Garcia, age 21, of Springfield, was arrested on Saturday, Dec. 11, after state police troopers pulled him over on Route 91 in a Honda SUV traveling more than 95 miles per hour, Massachusetts State Police said. Once stopped, Garcia could not produce his driver's license and showed "an unusual amount of nervousness," state police said. Troopers noticed that Garcia kept positioning himself as if to h…
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Duo Nabbed Trafficking Heroin In Region, Police Say
Two people were arrested after a traffic stop in Western Massachusetts led to the discovery of heroin and drug paraphernalia. Troopers were patrolling Route 91 in Franklin County in the town of Greenfield at about 2 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12, when they saw a blue Toyota sedan going about 70 miles per hour in a construction zone with a speed limit of 55, Massachusetts State Police reported. The troopers pulled the Toyota over in the area of Exit 50, police said. The troopers approached the Toyota and identified the driver as 28-year-old Victoria Thompson, of Cavendish, Vermont. Th…
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Broken Brake Light In Western Mass Results In Arrests For Trafficking Cocaine, Fentanyl
A man and a woman were busted for alleged trafficking in cocaine and fentanyl after being stopped in Western Mass for having a broken brake light and for speeding in a construction zone. The incident unfolded around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June on Route 91 when Massachusetts State Trooper Anthony Lavigne Trooper pulled over a blue Ford Fusion in Greenfield. While speaking with the driver, Sara Moses, age 40, of Vernon, Vermont, who said she didn't have her driver's license, Lavigne saw a glass pipe with burnt residue at the end and other drug paraphernalia in the door pocket. He also no…
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ID Released For Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Western Mass Crash
The identity has been released for a woman killed in a fatal, wrong-way crash in Western Massachusetts. It happed around noontime on Saturday, April 3, in Holyoke on Route 91. A preliminary investigation indicates that a 2005 Mercedes-Benz operated by a 69-year-old Holyoke woman, now identified as Debra Palata, was traveling southbound on the northbound side of Route 91 in Holyoke, Massachusetts State Police said. The Mercedes struck a 2013 Honda Civic head-on in the left lane of Route 91 northbound, police said. Original report: Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Western Mass Cra…
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