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Dirt Bike Rider Tries To Grab Cop's Gun During Arrest In Western Mass, Police Say Dirt Bike Rider Tries To Grab Cop's Gun During Arrest In Western Mass, Police Say
Dirt Bike Rider Tries To Grab Cop's Gun During Arrest In Western Mass, Police Say A Western Massachusetts man is behind bars after allegedly trying to grab a police officer’s gun during an arrest. Springfield Police were called just before 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 4, with reports of a crash involving a dirt bike near Bay Street and Girard Avenue. When officers arrived, the driver of the dirt bike took off running and was arrested after a short foot pursuit, according to Springfield Police. The suspect was identified as 48-year-old Vicente Solano. As officers attempted to arrest him, Solano pushed an officer in the chest and fell on top of the officer, police said. He th…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
High-Capacity AR-Style Rifle Recovered In Region High-Capacity AR-Style Rifle Recovered In Region
High-Capacity Ar-style Rifle Recovered In Region Police busted a man with an illegal AR-style assault rifle following an investigation into the illegal storage of firearms at a home in Western Massachusetts. In Hampden County, detectives from the Springfield Police Department's Firearms Investigation Unit, Holyoke police officers, and members of the FBI Gang Task Force arrested 42-year-old Emmanuel Garcia following the execution of a search warrant at a home on the 600 block of Bay Street. According to police, the investigation was launched when a Springfield Police Department detective and a Franklin County deputy sheriff assigned to the…

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by Zak Failla