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Man Found Laying In Road Attacks Officers Trying To Help, Busted On Gun, Drug Charges: DA Man Found Laying In Road Attacks Officers Trying To Help, Busted On Gun, Drug Charges: DA
Man Found Laying In Road Attacks Officers Trying To Help, Busted On Gun, Drug Charges: DA A man found lying on a Berkshire County road having what rescuers believed was a medical episode didn't appreciate being bothered and attacked the officers who tried to help him, authorities said. He even tried to grab one of their pistols during the scuffle.  Charles Crosby, 37, is facing multiple charges from the Friday, Jan. 26, incident in Pittsfield, the Berkshire District Attorney said.  Two off-duty officers found Crosby on Bradford Street. They offered him aid and called paramedics to take him to a hospital for treatment. But as they approached him, they saw a baggy of whi…
Guns, Ammo Arsenal Found In Drunk Driver's Crashed Car In Western Mass: Police Guns, Ammo Arsenal Found In Drunk Driver's Crashed Car In Western Mass: Police
Guns, Ammo Arsenal Found In Drunk Driver's Crashed Car In Western Mass: Police Drunk, high, and armed to the teeth. That's how Massachusetts State Police described a Connecticut woman they arrested Thursday, Oct. 19, after she crashed her car into another vehicle in Hampden County while intoxicated.  Catherine Hansen, 45, of Enfield, Connecticut, faces a slew of charges after police said they found a pistol and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in her wrecked car in Agawam, authorities said.  Hansen is accused of speeding when she crashed into a car just before 1 p.m. at the Agawam Rotary on Route 57, State police said. Several people in the car she hit were injured. …
CT Woman Attacks Police, Threatens To Beat Up Bus Driver, Cops Say CT Woman Attacks Police, Threatens To Beat Up Bus Driver, Cops Say
CT Woman Attacks Police, Threatens To Beat Up Bus Driver, Cops Say A Connecticut woman has been charged with assault on a police officer after threatening to beat up a state transit bus driver. New Haven County resident Alaja Dixon, age 21, of New Haven, was arrested on Sunday, June 4 in Milford. According to Milford Police, officers were dispatched to 1588 Boston Post Road for a disturbance on a CT Transit bus.  The bus driver told officers that Dixon came onto the bus and immediately became disruptive and threatened to beat up the driver, police said. Police said when officers approached Dixon, she became belligerent and refused to leave…
Holyoke Officer Beaten Bloody During Fight After Suspect Grabbed For His Gun Holyoke Officer Beaten Bloody During Fight After Suspect Grabbed For His Gun
Holyoke Officer Beaten Bloody During Fight After Suspect Grabbed For His Gun A Holyoke officer was seriously injured after he was attacked during what started out as a routine interaction and ended in a violent fight for his life.  The officer and his partner were called to an apartment building at 72 Essex St. Thursday night around 9 p.m. because someone reported three men were smoking "illegal narcotics" in the hallway, authorities said. Officials didn't specify what drugs the men were alleged to have been enjoying.  The officers asked for the men's information, but one of the suspects gave them a fake name, authorities said.  He was later identifi…
Woman Stabs Central Mass Police Officer During Wellness Check: Report Woman Stabs Central Mass Police Officer During Wellness Check: Report
Woman Stabs Central Mass Police Officer During Wellness Check: Report A Leominster police officer is recovering after he was stabbed during a wellness check, reports said. Police responded to a call from a private medical company about an employee who was assaulted by a woman at an apartment building on Water Street around 10 a.m. on Monday. Oct. 17, Boston 25 reports.  While on scene, a 30-year-old woman, stabbed officer Mathew Chagnon in the thigh with a weapon being described as a "dagger,"  WHDH reports said citing Leominster Police. Leominster Police Officer Matthew Chagnon is recovering after being stabbed in the thigh today after responding to a w…
Duo Arrested After Large Fight Breaks Out In Western Mass Duo Arrested After Large Fight Breaks Out In Western Mass
Duo Arrested After Large Fight Breaks Out In Western Mass Two people were arrested after a large fight broke out on a western Massachusetts street and police officers were assaulted.  Police in Franklin County received reports of a large fight in Greenfield, on Main Street near the intersection of Miles Street, with people being assaulted and items broken at about 10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 6,  When officers arrived at the scene, they were surrounded by about 30 to 50 people involved in the fight, according to the Greenfield Police Department. Officers called for assistance, and troopers and police from the area responded. Authoritie…
Man, Woman Nabbed In Western Mass In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say Man, Woman Nabbed In Western Mass In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say
Man, Woman Nabbed In Western Mass In Stolen Vehicle, Police Say  Two people were arrested in Western Massachusetts in connection with an alleged stolen vehicle. Herbert Smith, age 46, of Worcester, and Rachel Keating, age 34, of Springfield, were arrested on Friday, July 16, after police received a GPS location on a vehicle in Ludlow that had been reported stolen earlier in the day. When officers arrived on the scene of where the vehicle was located a the Big Y Plaza, Smith and Keating were inside the vehicle, the Ludlow Police said. Following an investigation, both were arrested for theft of the vehicle, police said. During the arrest, Smith all…