Doctor Whose Young Son Killed At Mass Gun Show Arrested After Oldest Son's Suicide: Police Doctor Whose Young Son Killed At Mass Gun Show Arrested After Oldest Son's Suicide: Police
Doctor Whose Young Son Killed At Mass Gun Show Arrested After Oldest Son's Suicide: Police A 70-year-old Connecticut doctor with a tragic family history is facing criminal charges after police said unsecured guns were found inside the home where his son died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It's the second son he's lost to gun violence. His 8-year-old son died following an accident at a Massachusetts gun show in 2008.  The Connecticut investigation began shortly after midnight on March 13, when troopers responded to a home on Hillside Road in Ashford for a reported shooting. Police found a 28-year-old man dead inside a first-floor bedroom, according to Connecticut State P…
Boston Firefighter Dies Battling 3-Alarm Blaze Boston Firefighter Dies Battling 3-Alarm Blaze
Boston Firefighter Dies Battling 3-Alarm Blaze A veteran Boston firefighter died while battling a three-alarm fire Saturday night, May 23, according to Boston Firefighters IAFF Local 718. Firefighter Robert “BK” Kilduff Jr. died in a fall from the third floor of a burning home at 18 Treadway Rd., in Dorchester, NBC Boston reports citing Boston Fire Commissioner Rodney Marshall. The firefighter died at Boston Medical Center. Kilduff was a Marine Corps veteran and third-generation Boston firefighter who served the city for 24 years, according to the union. “A Marine Corps Veteran and 3rd generation Boston Firefighter, Bobb…
Pedicure Turns Deadly: Mass Man Sentenced In Fatal Mall Shooting That Changed State Law Pedicure Turns Deadly: Mass Man Sentenced In Fatal Mall Shooting That Changed State Law
Pedicure Turns Deadly: Mass Man Sentenced In Fatal Mall Shooting That Changed State Law A Springfield man who admitted to fatally shooting a bystander during an argument inside a Western Massachusetts mall has been sentenced to state prison in a case that reshaped Massachusetts self-defense laws.  Kenneth Santana-Rodriguez, 27, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Hampden Superior Court on Thursday, May 21, according to Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni. He was sentenced to three to five years in state prison. The shooting happened on Jan. 28, 2023, inside the Touch of Beauty Hair & Nail Salon at Holyoke Mall. Police said Santana-Rodriguez wa…
Rockets Unearthed: A Nantucket Dune Was Keeping A Dangerous WWII Secret Rockets Unearthed: A Nantucket Dune Was Keeping A Dangerous WWII Secret
Rockets Unearthed: A Nantucket Dune Was Keeping A Dangerous WWII Secret What looked like another stick jutting out of an eroding Nantucket dune turned out to be a decades-old military explosive. The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad was called to the island after unexploded World War II-era rockets once used in training exercises were discovered sticking out of the sand. Despite their age, the ordnance still posed a serious threat after exposure from the eroding dune. The Massachusetts State Police, Nantucket Fire Department, and the U.S. Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12 responded to handle the hazard. Bomb technicians later carried out a…
Central Mass Man Accused Of Buying, Selling 7,000 Child Porn Files: Feds Central Mass Man Accused Of Buying, Selling 7,000 Child Porn Files: Feds
Central Mass Man Accused Of Buying, Selling 7,000 Child Porn Files: Feds Federal agents say a Massachusetts man had thousands of child sexual abuse files on his device and admitted to buying and selling the material online. Yojuande Blaize, 23, of Southbridge, was arrested and charged on Thursday, May 21, with possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.  Investigators said they found child sexual abuse material during a review of a folder on Blaize’s device that allegedly contained more than 7,000 videos and images. According to charging documents, Blaize also admitted he would “regularly seek…
From ‘I Hated His Guts’ To Saving His Life: NY Woman Gives Massachusetts Teacher Her Kidney From ‘I Hated His Guts’ To Saving His Life: NY Woman Gives Massachusetts Teacher Her Kidney
From ‘I Hated His Guts’ To Saving His Life: NY Woman Gives Massachusetts Teacher Her Kidney A Long Island woman donated a kidney to an unlikely beneficiary — her old middle school English teacher in Massachusetts, who she hated. Montana Miller, 55, of Port Washington, learned about the plight of Mitch Grosky, 74, through social media and decided to do something, the Boston Globe reported Tuesday, May 19. “When I was ten years old I hated his guts; now I'm giving him mine!?” Miller wrote on Facebook in April. The two first crossed paths at The Bromfield School in Harvard, MA in the 1980s, where Miller found Grosky’s fifth-grade English class boring and later told the Globe, “I abs…
Hundreds Rally To Help Special Needs Teacher Who Lost Nearly Everything In Plymouth Condo Fire Hundreds Rally To Help Special Needs Teacher Who Lost Nearly Everything In Plymouth Condo Fire
Hundreds Rally To Help Special Needs Teacher Who Lost Nearly Everything In Plymouth Condo Fire A Connecticut special education teacher and her boyfriend escaped a fast-moving fire with their two dogs earlier this week, but lost their cat, their home, and nearly everything else they owned. But now, the community is coming together to help rebuild their lives. Maddie Patch, a moderate special needs and math teacher at Plymouth North High School, lived in a second-floor condo with her boyfriend, Grant, at a multi-unit building on Court Street in Plymouth. A fire erupted in a first-floor bedroom around 5 a.m. on Tuesday, May 12, and burned through the building, displacing nine people, fir…
24-Year-Old Andover Woman Killed In Boston Harbor Boat Crash 24-Year-Old Andover Woman Killed In Boston Harbor Boat Crash
24-Year-Old Andover Woman Killed In Boston Harbor Boat Crash A late-night boat crash near Logan Airport left a 24-year-old woman dead, and three others hurt after passengers were thrown onto shoreline rocks in Boston Harbor. Elizabeth Dankert, 24, of Andover, died after the twin-engine recreational boat slammed into the runway 4R Pier at Boston Logan International Airport around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, according to Massachusetts State Police and the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office. Four people were on the boat, including one man and three women, police said. All four were rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital with injuries. Investigators…
Lockdown Lifted At Mass Air Base After Frantic Reports Of Shots Fired Lockdown Lifted At Mass Air Base After Frantic Reports Of Shots Fired
Lockdown Lifted At Mass Air Base After Frantic Reports Of Shots Fired Reports of a shooting at Barnes Air National Guard Base sparked a lockdown, but police say the gunfire was part of a training exercise.  The incident happened around 9:45 a.m. at the 104th Fighter Wing on Southampton Road in Westfield, when police responded to reports of gunfire.  Law enforcement rushed to the scene as the base went into lockdown during the ongoing exercise. Officials later confirmed there was no active threat. In a statement, the 104th Fighter Wing said the incident was tied to the exercise and that no real emergency had taken place. The lockdown was lifte…
$1M Lottery Jackpot: Falmouth Woman Plans To Give Winnings To Grandchildren $1M Lottery Jackpot: Falmouth Woman Plans To Give Winnings To Grandchildren
$1M Lottery Jackpot: Falmouth Woman Plans To Give Winnings To Grandchildren No one spoils you quite like grandma. A Massachusetts woman who recently landed a $1 million jackpot said she wants to give some of the winnings to her grandchildren. Diane Richards, of Falmouth, won the seven-figure payday in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “Extreme Green” game, a $5 scratch-off ticket. She chose to take the lump-sum payment of $650,000 before taxes rather than the annuity, which would have paid out the full amount — minus taxes — over 20 years. Richards said she wants to help her family with the money by passing some of it along to her grandchildren. She bought …
Western Mass Husband Convicted Of Wife’s Murder, Sentenced To Life Without Parole Western Mass Husband Convicted Of Wife’s Murder, Sentenced To Life Without Parole
Western Mass Husband Convicted Of Wife’s Murder, Sentenced To Life Without Parole A Massachusetts man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty of fatally stabbing his wife of five months and the mother of two, prosecutors announced.  Luis A. Rosado, 53, of North Adams, was convicted on Tuesday, May 12, in the killing of Jillian Tatro, who was 38 at the time of her death, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. A judge sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole.  Prosecutors said Rosado murdered Tatro inside her second-floor apartment at 46 Charles St. on May 28, 2022. The couple began dating in Sept…
Court Docs Reveal Chilling Threats Before Cambridge Rifle Rampage Left 2 Critically Hurt Court Docs Reveal Chilling Threats Before Cambridge Rifle Rampage Left 2 Critically Hurt
Court Docs Reveal Chilling Threats Before Cambridge Rifle Rampage Left 2 Critically Hurt Newly released court documents provide new details about a Massachusetts parolee who opened fire on vehicles in Cambridge before exchanging gunfire with state troopers and a retired US Marine. Two were severely wounded in the attack.  Tyler Brown now faces eight charges, including two counts of assault to murder with a firearm, firearm possession charges, and discharging a weapon within 600 feet of a building, after investigators said he opened fire along Memorial Drive Monday afternoon, May 11. According to the complaint, a Massachusetts parole officer contacted Boston police less tha…