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Springfield Police Commissioner Resigns After Officers Raid Her Home, Arrest Fugitive Son: Cops Springfield Police Commissioner Resigns After Officers Raid Her Home, Arrest Fugitive Son: Cops
Springfield Police Commissioner Resigns After Officers Raid Her Home, Arrest Fugitive Son: Cops The Springfield Police Commissioner Christy Torres stepped down on Tuesday, Jan. 16, soon after police raided her home and arrested a wanted fugitive — her son — on gun and drug charges, authorities said. Another son was arrested last year after firing an illegal pistol at an oncoming car in the parking lot of a dentist's office, police have said.  Josiah Cheeseboro, 24, was arrested on Tuesday on a drug felony warrant out of Franklin County, Springfield police said. Police found Cheeseboro hiding in the basement of their family home on Seymour Avenue, reports and police said. …

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by Josh Lanier
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Suspect Shot, Cop Hospitalized In Officer-Involved Shooting In Region Suspect Shot, Cop Hospitalized In Officer-Involved Shooting In Region
Suspect Shot, Cop Hospitalized In Officer-Involved Shooting In Region Police in Western Massachusetts are investigating following an officer-involved shooting that left one shot and a police officer injured. The incident took place in Hampden County just after midnight on Thursday, Jan. 27, when a Springfield officer assigned to the Gaming Enforcement Unit was responding to investigate an incident when he located a suspect on Court Square Avenue, said Ryan Walsh, spokesman for the Springfield Police Department. The suspect, an adult male, assaulted the officer with a dangerous weapon and fled on foot before entering a parking garage on the 0-100 block of…

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by Kathy Reakes
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18-Year-Old From Region Nabbed With Two Ghost Guns, Police Say 18-Year-Old From Region Nabbed With Two Ghost Guns, Police Say
18-Year-Old From Region Nabbed With Two Ghost Guns, Police Say A Western Mass man has been arrested for allegedly having two "ghost" guns, including one loaded with a 29-caliber round magazine. The incident took place in Hampden County around 10:15 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 14, when members of the Springfield Police Department's Firearms Investigation Unit seized two ghost guns and arrested 18-year-old Kenney Menendez. Detectives in the unit had been conducting an illegal firearms investigation for the past several weeks with Menendez as the suspect, police said. On Tuesday while detectives were conducting surveillance of his Springfield home on Westford Ci…

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by Kathy Reakes