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Former Western Mass Priest Dies From COVID-19 On Day He Was To Be Charged For Murder, DA Says Former Western Mass Priest Dies From COVID-19 On Day He Was To Be Charged For Murder, DA Says
Former Western Mass Priest Dies From Covid-19 On Day He Was To Be Charged For Murder, DA Says A former Western Mass Catholic priest who was about to be charged with the 1972 murder of a 13-year-old boy died from COVID-19 on the day he was to be charged. Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said that the case against Richard Lavigne in the murder of Danny Croteau, had officially been closed. Gulluni said during a news conference on Monday, May 23 that the former priest and child molester was the only person to ever be publicly named as a suspect, though he died before he could be charged. The seventh-grader’s body was found face down in the Chicopee River on April 15, 1972. An…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Springfield Pimp Gets 15 Years In Jail For Sex Trafficking In CT, MA Springfield Pimp Gets 15 Years In Jail For Sex Trafficking In CT, MA
Springfield Pimp Gets 15 Years In Jail For Sex Trafficking In CT, MA A pimp who ran a sex trafficking ring in Springfield and Hartford has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. William Coleman, 49, of Springfield, has been sentenced to 186 months in prison and five years of supervised police, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts, said. In February, Coleman pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges. From 2016-2018, Coleman ran a prostitution ring in the Springfield and Hartford areas as well as other parts of Connecticut, the Attorney’s Office said.  Coleman used violence and drug addictions - typically heroin - to coerce 8 female victims into enga…

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by Kristin Palpini