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Two Teenagers Injured From Separate Shootings In Central Mass, Police Say Two Teenagers Injured From Separate Shootings In Central Mass, Police Say
Two Teenagers Injured From Separate Shootings In Central Mass, Police Say Two teenagers were hospitalized in two separate shootings that happened over the weekend in Worcester, authorities said. First, a 15-year-old boy was shot on Vernon Street around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, Worcester Police said. He was taken to a local hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening. Then, 17-year-old boy was shot in the area of Orne Street after police responded to a ShotSpotter activation just before 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, police added. He was also taken to the local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.  Both investigations are ongoing. An…

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by David Cifarelli
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Joint Investigation Leads To Arrest Of 'High-Impact' Trafficker Of Drugs, Firearms From CT Joint Investigation Leads To Arrest Of 'High-Impact' Trafficker Of Drugs, Firearms From CT
Joint Investigation Leads To Arrest Of 'High-Impact' Trafficker Of Drugs, Firearms From CT Police have arrested a 24-year-old man who investigators believe is a high-impact trafficker of drugs and firearms. Luis Ortiz, from Worcester, Massachusetts and Putnam, Connecticut, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 17, at a home in Worcester following an investigation. Police said Ortiz was charged with gun and narcotics offenses, including the illegal sale of firearms, ammunition, and fentanyl.  The investigation into Ortiz's activities began in January after troopers received information that he was illegally in possession of firearms, authorities said. Police said in…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Officer Dies Trying To Rescue 14-Year-Old Who Also Drowned In Massachusetts Pond Officer Dies Trying To Rescue 14-Year-Old Who Also Drowned In Massachusetts Pond
Officer Dies Trying To Rescue 14-Year-Old Who Also Drowned In Massachusetts Pond A police officer drowned after going into a pond in Massachusetts to try to rescue a teenage boy who also died. The incident happened around 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 4 in the pond at Green Hill Park in Worcester. The officer who died has been identified as five-year department member Enmanuel "Manny" Familia, age 38, Worcester Police said at a news conference Friday. He was located by divers at 2:28 p.m. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Four other officers also entered the water along with three other divers. Two other teenage boys were saved. The identity of the 14-year-old who…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Cop Making Fentanyl Bust Bitten By Suspect On Dirt Bike In Massachusetts, Police Say Cop Making Fentanyl Bust Bitten By Suspect On Dirt Bike In Massachusetts, Police Say
Cop Making Fentanyl Bust Bitten By Suspect On Dirt Bike In Massachusetts, Police Say A Massachusetts police officer was bitten several times while attempting to take down a suspect in a fentanyl trafficking case.   The incident took place around 2:40 p.m., Thursday, April 8, when Worcester Police officers assigned to the Neighborhood Response Team spotted two dirt bikes being illegally operated on the public way of Beacon St., said the Worcester Police. The officers followed in their unmarked vehicles until one of the bikes had stalled out, at which point officers approached the two riders.  One of the riders, identified as Paulino Crisostomo, 22, of Worcest…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Worcester Home Invasion Suspect Caught Hiding In Rolled Up Rug, State Police Say Worcester Home Invasion Suspect Caught Hiding In Rolled Up Rug, State Police Say
Worcester Home Invasion Suspect Caught Hiding In Rolled Up Rug, State Police Say Police discovered a man wanted in connection to an armed home invasion hiding in a rolled-up rug Wednesday, March 10.  On that day, the Northborough Police Department and Massachusetts State Police were searching for a Worcester suspect wanted for an armed home invasion that occurred earlier that morning. Worcester Police were looped in and converged on a Cutler Street residence seeking suspect Tyler Rawson, 26, police said. Rawson could not be found inside the home. A Trooper noticed some odd-looking debris on the building's roof - some trash bags and a rolled-up rug. When the offic…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
UPDATE: 18-Year-Old Boy Charged With Murdering 17-Year-Old UPDATE: 18-Year-Old Boy Charged With Murdering 17-Year-Old
Update: 18-Year-Old Boy Charged With Murdering 17-Year-Old Police are charging an 18-year-old boy with murder for the killing of a 17-year-old boy earlier this year. On Friday, Nov. 20, police arrested Messiah Amankwah, 18, of Worcester and charged with murder in the shooting death of a boy in October, police said. *A second man has been charged in connection to the killing. On Saturday, Nov. 21, police arrested Lopez Carrasco, 23, of Spencer, and charged him with accessory after the fact to murder, police said. The shooting happened on Oct. 24 around 8:30 p.m. Police were called to the Wendy’s on Park Avenue and found a boy who had been shot. The…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Man Deported From U.S. 4 Times Is Arrested In Worcester Man Deported From U.S. 4 Times Is Arrested In Worcester
Man Deported From U.S. 4 Times Is Arrested In Worcester A Honduran man who has been deported from the U.S. four times is facing new charges after being arrested in Worcester. On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Milton Javier Cardona-Guevara, 34, was charged with one count of illegal re-entry into the United States after deportation, according to the U .S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts. Cardona-Guevara’s deportations go back all the way to August 2006 when he first entered the U.S. illegally, according to court documents. Cardona-Guevara was deported less than a month after entering the country. In 2008 and 2011, Cardona-Guevara was caught illegally enter…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Police ID Hotspots For Car Break-Ins, Thefts Police ID Hotspots For Car Break-Ins, Thefts
Police ID Hotspots For Car Break-Ins, Thefts Car break-ins have gone up 50 percent in Worcester compared to this same time last year, according to police. Last September, 217 vehicles were reportedly broken into in Worcester, police said. In the previous year, September 2019, there had been 73 fewer car break-ins, police said, with 144 thefts reported. Thefts have been concentrated in a few areas, creating hotspots in the city, Worcester Police said. The city's car-crime hotspots include the Highland Street area and around St. Vincent’s Hospital. An emerging hotspot is developing in the Main South neighborhood, police said…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Dog Used To Lure 11-Year-Old Girl In Kidnap Attempt; Accomplice Still At-Large Dog Used To Lure 11-Year-Old Girl In Kidnap Attempt; Accomplice Still At-Large
Dog Used To Lure 11-Year-Old Girl In Kidnap Attempt; Accomplice Still At-Large Police have arrested a suspect in the attempted kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl. On Sunday, Oct. 18, Worcester Police received a report around 8 p.m. that a man had attempted to abduct a girl, who was able to escape and run to a nearby business for help, police said. Andrew Merriam, 51, of Hudson, was arrested and charged with enticing a child, attempt to commit a crime, and assault and battery, police said. In the area of Endicott Street and Vernon Street, Merriam allegedly tried to lure the girl closer to him by offering to show her his dog, police said. He then allegedly grabbed the …

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by Kristin Palpini