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Western Mass Man Guilty On 28 Counts Of Child Rape, Sexual Abuse, Faces Life In Prison
A judge has found a Western Massachusetts man guilty of more than two dozen counts of child rape and sexual assault following a four-day bench trial, authorities announced.
Angel Ramos, 53, of Ware, was found guilty by Hampshire Superior Court Judge Charles W. Groce III on Monday, Aug. 3, of sexually abusing a child from 2018 until 2024, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.
Ramos was convicted of 13 counts of aggravated rape of a child, three counts of forcible rape of a child, six counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, two counts of aggravated …
Ex-Federal Postal Inspector In Mass Will Admit To Stealing $330K From Scam Victims' Mail: DOJ
A former US Postal Inspector who investigated scams targeting senior citizens has agreed to plead guilty to stealing more than $330,000 in cash from packages mailed by elderly victims, according to federal prosecutors.
Scott Kelley, 52, of Pembroke, Massachusetts, agreed to plead guilty to 44 of 45 charges in a federal indictment on Wednesday, July 29, the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts said Monday.
Kelley served at the Boston Division headquarters of the US Postal Inspection Service, prosecutors said. In 2015, he became team leader of the Mail Fraud Unit, which investi…
Retired Mass State Police Sergeant Avoids Prison In $21K PPP Loan Fraud Case: Feds
A retired Massachusetts State Police sergeant will not face prison time after admitting to fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program loan that was later forgiven, federal authorities announced.
Damian Halfkenny, 54, of Boston, was sentenced on Friday, July 23, to one year of probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, $21,333 in restitution, and $21,333 in forfeiture, the US. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts announced Monday.
Federal prosecutors charged Halfkenny with one count of wire fraud in April. He later pleaded guilty.
According to prosecutors, Halfkenny earned …
Wrong-Way Westfield DUI Driver Hits 90-Year-Old, Overturns Tractor-Trailer On NY Highway: Cops
A wrong-way, drunken Massachusetts driver struck a 90-year-old man's pickup truck head-on on the New York State Thruway before a tractor-trailer overturned trying to avoid the wreck, police said.
David Thomas Russell, 24, of Westfield, MA, was driving a 2021 Ford pickup northbound in the southbound lanes when he struck a 2025 Ford pickup driven by a 90-year-old Glens Falls man head-on, at approximately 4:40 a.m., on the southbound side of Interstate 87 near Exit 21A in Coeymans, NYSP said.
A 2026 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by a 34-year-old Troy man swerved to av…
Woman Dead After Being Crushed In Nantucket Parking Lot Crash: Police
A Long Island woman has died following a car crash in a parking lot on Nantucket in Massachusetts, authorities said.
Stacey J. Rosen, 62, of Atlantic Beach, was walking through a parking lot outside a Stop & Shop grocery store in downtown Nantucket on Monday, June 29 when she was struck, the local police department said.
Rosen died later from her injuries, the Nantucket Police Department announced Friday, July 10.
Katherine Featherston, 62, of Fairfield, CT, was arrested and charged with motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, police said. The charge is a misdemeanor under state…
Family Seeks Justice After Cambridge City Worker, Father Of 5-Year-Old, Fatally Shot On July 4
A grieving family is demanding justice after a Cambridge city worker and father of a 5-year-old boy was shot to death while off duty, leaving loved ones and neighbors searching for answers.
Xavier Bautista, 32, was fatally shot shortly before 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, near the intersection of Broadway and Norfolk Street, steps from Sennott Park in Cambridge. A passerby discovered him around 5:30 a.m. and called 911, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's Office. Bautista was pronounced dead at the scene.
No arrests have been announced, and investigators have not said what led t…
