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Ankle Bracelet-Bearing Convict Busted After Western Mass Drug Deal: Police Ankle Bracelet-Bearing Convict Busted After Western Mass Drug Deal: Police
Ankle Bracelet-Bearing Convict Busted After Western Mass Drug Deal: Police A convicted drug felon with a GPS tracking system around his ankle found himself running in with the law once again, authorities said. Edwin Harrison, age 43, of Springfield, was slapped with several charges after he was arrested following a drug deal in the city around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, Springfield Police report. Harrison was the suspect of an illegal firearms and narcotics investigation under the Springfield Police Firearms Investigation Unit for weeks, police said. That investigation led the FIU to catch Harrison after he left a drug transaction on the 100 block of Mill Stree…

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by David Cifarelli
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Brockton 'Career Criminal' Guilty On Drug Charges, Faces At Least Decade In Prison: Feds Brockton 'Career Criminal' Guilty On Drug Charges, Faces At Least Decade In Prison: Feds
Brockton 'Career Criminal' Guilty On Drug Charges, Faces At Least Decade In Prison: Feds A 34-year-old Brockton man with a history of trafficking drugs will serve at least a decade in prison and pay millions of dollars in fines after he pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl, authorities said.  Ozair Pereira admitted to four counts of distributing the synthetic opioid and conspiracy to distribute it this week, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Investigators said Pereira was out on parole when they caught him and another man selling the drug in February and March 2021. A court previously convicted Pereira in 2018 after police recorded him ordering heroin from a…

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by Josh Lanier
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Boston Man Admits To Killing Father Of 2 Over Grill Disagreement Boston Man Admits To Killing Father Of 2 Over Grill Disagreement
Boston Man Admits To Killing Father Of 2 Over Grill Disagreement A 31-year-old Boston man pleaded guilty Wednesday, July 27, to shooting and killing his 44-year-old neighbor in 2019 after they got into an argument over a barbecue grill, prosecutors said.  Shakeem McNeil of Dorchester will spend the next 19 to 20 years in prison after he pleaded to manslaughter in the case, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said. He also faces an additional eight to 10 years on a parole violation, prosecutors said.  McNeil shot and killed his neighbor Carl Brown on Millet Street after they got into a heated disagreement because McNeil was grilli…

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by Josh Lanier