Find Your Daily Voice
36°
Man Indicted For Fatal Shooting In Central Mass Last Year
A Worcester man was indicted last week with fatally shooting a 29-year-old on a Worcester street in November 2023, authorities said.
Jose Ortiz Maldonado, 25, is charged with murder, as well as kidnapping, strangulation, two counts of armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a family or household member, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without an FID card, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, the Worcester County District Attorney said.
Mald…
Duo Nabbed After Shooting In Region
Two men were arrested following an alleged assault and shooting in Western Massachusetts.
Hampden County residents Mario Santiago, age 31, of Chicopee, and Josiah Finlay, age 27, of Springfield, were arrested around 1:45 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 12, after police responded to a report of shots fired in Springfield.
According to Ryan Walsh, spokesman for the Springfield Police, when officers arrived in the 400 block of Albany Street, they located two victims.
One victim was punched. The second victim told officers that three men reportedly pointed firearms at him, Walsh said.
An inves…
