Overcast 29°
Tag:

Hampden County Sheriff’s Department

Obituaries
'A Rose In A World Of Thorns': Loved Ones Remember Mass Stabbing Victim As Kind, Funny, Caring 'A Rose In A World Of Thorns': Loved Ones Remember Mass Stabbing Victim As Kind, Funny, Caring
'A Rose In A World Of Thorns': Loved Ones Remember Mass Stabbing Victim As Kind, Funny, Caring Eileen Monaghan was a woman who loved deeply, her family and friends in Western Massachusetts said.  Unfortunately, it was someone she cared for who is accused of killing the mother of two.  The 48-year-old from Chicopee was found stabbed to death on Sunday, April 14, around 1:30 a.m. in a home on South Water Street in Holyoke after police were called for suspicious activity, officials said.  Police charged her Chicopee firefighter boyfriend Jason Chapdelaine with her murder.  Original Report: Sheriff's Assistant ID'd As Victim Of Domestic Violence Killing Memorials for Eileen have pou…

SHARE

by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
COVID-19: Hospitalized Springfield Police Officer Battling For His Life After Contracting Virus COVID-19: Hospitalized Springfield Police Officer Battling For His Life After Contracting Virus
Covid-19: Hospitalized Springfield Police Officer Battling For His Life After Contracting Virus A longtime Western Massachusetts police officer is fighting for his life in a hospital after contracting COVID-19. Officer Jamie Kelly of Springfield, a member of the Springfield Police Department since 2008 and the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department before that, has been on a ventilator for more than two weeks after contracting the virus, a GoFundMe effort said. Although Kelly has shown slight improvement in the past few days, the GoFundMe said, there is still a long way to go. “Jamie is a 2nd generation Springfield Police Officer and a lifelong Springfield resident. He is a hard-workin…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Assault, Battery Of Police In Hampden County Man Charged With Assault, Battery Of Police In Hampden County
Man Charged With Assault, Battery Of Police In Hampden County A Western Massachusetts man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting several police officers as they attempted to arrest him. Hampden County resident Norman Lafond, age 44, of Springfield, was arrested around 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14 after Ludlow Police received calls of a suspicious male. According to Ludlow Police, callers told officers that Lafond was allegedly falling all over the road and into snowbanks. When police arrived in the area they found Lafond drunk and deemed him a safety risk to himself. Officers attempted to place Lafond into protective custody when Lafond became viol…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes