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3,100 Bags Of Heroin In Cereal Box Found After Massachusetts Troopers Stop Subaru, Police Say 3,100 Bags Of Heroin In Cereal Box Found After Massachusetts Troopers Stop Subaru, Police Say
3,100 Bags Of Heroin In Cereal Box Found After Massachusetts Troopers Stop Subaru, Police Say There was no prize inside a box of cereal found in a vehicle during a motor-vehicle stop in Western Massachusetts, but instead, police say they uncovered thousands of bags of heroin. Trooper Scott Boutell was working in Franklin County out of the Massachusetts State Police-Shelburne Falls Barracks just before 12:30 a.m. on Friday, July 16, when he observed a black Subaru Forrester with improper auxiliary lights illuminated and an illegible handwritten temporary license plate, according to state police. Boutell then activated his blue lights and initiated a motor vehicle stop. Boutell m…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
Speculation Swirls That Bill Cosby Will Return To Home In New England Speculation Swirls That Bill Cosby Will Return To Home In New England
Speculation Swirls That Bill Cosby Will Return To Home In New England Since the release of Bill Cosby from prison members of the press have been camped out at his Western Massachusetts home where speculation swirled that he may reunite there with his wife Camille. But by late Thursday, July 1, there was no sign of the disgraced comedian at his Franklin County compound hours after he left his suburban Philadelphia home. Cosby was released from prison on Wednesday, June 30, after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction of aggravated indecent assault, on the grounds that his due process rights had been violated. He spent his first night of free…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Suspect Who Told 'Deer Story' Pleads Not Guilty In Death Of Massachusetts Pedestrian, DA Says Suspect Who Told 'Deer Story' Pleads Not Guilty In Death Of Massachusetts Pedestrian, DA Says
Suspect Who Told 'Deer Story' Pleads Not Guilty In Death Of Massachusetts Pedestrian, DA Says A Western Mass man who was arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian entered a plea in the case.  Peter Toomey, age 51, of Northampton, pleaded not guilty in Greenfield District Court on Wednesday, June 9 to charges of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death; negligent motor vehicle homicide; and failure to stay in marked lanes, said Laurie Loisel, of the Northwestern District Attorney's Office. Toomey was charged in connection with the death of 45-year-old Rhonda Thompson, of Shelburne Falls, who was taking her morning wa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Suspect Arrested In Death Of Western Mass Pedestrian, DA's Office Says Suspect Arrested In Death Of Western Mass Pedestrian, DA's Office Says
Suspect Arrested In Death Of Western Mass Pedestrian, DA's Office Says Police have arrested a Western Mass man in connection with a crash that killed a pedestrian. The Franklin County crash, which killed a 45-year-old Shelburne Falls resident, took place around 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 8, along Route 2 in Shelburne, said Laurie Loisel, with the Northwestern District Attorney's Office. According to Loisel, the pedestrian, who was walking along Route 2 with a companion was pronounced dead at the scene. Police arrested a 51-year-old Northampton man in connection with the crash.  The victim and the suspect will be identified pending arraignment.&n…

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by Kathy Reakes