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Police & Fire
‘Golden Mess’: Mass State Troopers Took Bribes For Commercial Drivers Licenses, Feds Say
Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers are among six people charged in a 74-count indictment related to an alleged conspiracy to falsify records and give passing scores to Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) applicants in exchange for bribes, officials said. Those applicants include people who failed or did not take the CDL skills test, according to Acting US Attorney Joshua Levy for the District of Massachusetts. Related: Man Turned Massachusetts College Jobs Into An Illegal Fortune, Now He's Going To Prison: Feds The following people were charged on three coun…
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$1.74M Lottery Win: Mass Man Claims Massive Payday To Begin New Year
For one Massachusetts man, 2024 is shaping up to be one of the record-keeping books, and it was all thanks to a set of lucky numbers. Fredric Norian, of Bridgewater, won $1.74 million in the Massachusetts Lottery Megabucks drawing on Dec. 18. He collected his check on Wednesday, Jan. 3. He said he won by playing the same numbers he and his wife have played for 40 years. Persistence pays off — apparently. Norian elected to take the lump sum of $1,228,365 (before taxes) rather than the annuity. He bought the ticket at Roche Bros. supermarket at Ca…
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NH Man Gets Life In Prison For 'Gruesome' Murder Of NJ Woman In Massachusetts
A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the gruesome death of a New Jersey native in Massachusetts, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said. Julian Squires, 48, from Manchester, was found guilty on charges of murder and kidnapping for his role in the Nov. 3, 2015 killing of Ashley Bortner, 29, of Paulsboro, Cruz said in a release. "The murder of Miss Bortner was particularly gruesome and cruel," DA Cruz said. "I am pleased that the jury saw the facts of this case and found Julian Squires guilty for his role in this heinous crime." New Hamps…
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40-Year-Old Killed In Single-Vehicle I-95 Crash
An investigation is underway after a 40-year-old man died from injuries he sustained in a single-vehicle crash on a stretch of I-95. Troopers in Massachusetts responded to the crash on the southbound side in the Norfolk County town of Westwood at about 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18. After arriving at the scene, troopers located a 2014 Jeep Wrangler that had gone over the guardrail on the right side of the road and rolled over, according to Massachusetts State Police. The driver, a Bridgewater man, suffered life-threatening injuries during the crash, police said. He was taken to a hospit…
Police & Fire
Covid-
19: Massachusetts Cop-Killer Is Getting Early Release From Prison
A man who shot and killed a local police officer in 1975 is being released early from prison. Edgar Bowser, 62, has been granted medical parole, 46 years after he murdered Shrewsbury Police Officer James Lonchiadis, a married 28-years-old man with children at the time of his death, according to MassLive. Though he’s being released early, Bowser is unlikely to be able to enjoy freedom. He is currently unresponsive after being diagnosed with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, throat cancer, and catching COVID-19. Bowser had been on a ventilator for weeks and was unresponsive when it was dec…
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