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Politics
Trump Taps Congressional Ally Elise Stefanik For UN Ambassador Post, Picks Border Czar
President-elect Donald Trump has picked one of his strongest allies in Congress to serve as United States ambassador to the United Nations and a former member of his first administration as border czar. Rep. Elise Stefanik, age 40, was first elected to New York's 21st District in 2014 and is the House Republican Conference Chair, the youngest woman to hold that post. "Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter," Trump said in a statement to CBS News. CNN first reported the news late Sunday, Nov. 10. Trump also decided on another native New Yorker for a…
Police & Fire
Ex-Boston Children's Anesthesiologist Traded Child Rape Videos In Messages: Court Docs
Federal investigators said a former anesthesiologist fellow at Boston Children's Hospital traded child pornography on a messaging app to get access to other videos and photos of children as young as infants being sexually abused by adults. Christopher Sheerer, 35, of Boston, is charged with one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, Homeland Security investigators said. Sheerer was previously a cardiac anesthesiology fellow at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and attended Albright University in Reading, Pennsylvania, a…
Police & Fire
New York Man Busted Driving To See Western Mass Child He Met Online: DA
A 62-year-old New York man was arrested on Thursday, May 30, in Berkshire County as he was on his way to meet a teenager he was speaking with online, authorities said. David Stypa was charged with two counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor and attempting to commit a crime, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. He was ordered held on a $100,000 bond. Investigators said Stypa was speaking with the Pittsfield teen — who was younger than 16 — on multiple platforms. Police are still investigating. The district attorney's office did not release any …
Police & Fire
Aaron Cabrera Was Killed In The May 21 Shooting
Police have identified the man who was killed in a shooting earlier this month in Springfield. Aaron Cabrera, 30, of Ludlow, was shot around around 10 p.m. on May 21 in the 0-100 block of Fort Pleasant Avenue, Springfield police said. Police were alerted to the fatal shooting after receiving a ShotSpotter alert. They found Cabrera bleeding from a wound, and paramedics rushed him to Baystate Medical Center, where he died of his injuries, police said. Investigators are still searching for the shooter. They ask anyone with information about the killing to contact Springfield…
Police & Fire
Prostitution Sting: 5 Busted Trying To Pay Springfield Cops For Sex
Springfield police have arrested five men in a sweeping prostitution sting earlier this week, authorities said. The sting was part of a neighborhood quality-of-life initiative after several people complained of seeing sex, drugs, and violence taking place in broad daylight in the South End of the city, police said. Related: 7 Men Busted In Holyoke Prostitution Sting The men were charged with paying for sexual conduct. They are: Trevon Lombard-Wilson, 23, of Springfield (He also receive a charge of open and gross lewdness) Ralph Fernandez, 51, of Springfield Durand Goe…
Police & Fire
Man Who Raped 2 Children At Great Barrington Treatment Center Sentenced To Up To 12 Years: DA
A 44-year-old Berkshire County man who admitted to 23 charges including raping two 15-year-old girls was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison this week, authorities said. Douglas Agyeh, of Pittsfield, was a former staffer at the Brookside School in Great Barrington, a treatment center for girls with behavioral or psychological issues. Agyeh worked at the residential school for several weeks in 2021. He was responsible for monitoring the girls' behavior and protecting them as they slept. However, he took advantage of this authority, court records show. One of his vic…
Police & Fire
Jovan Murphy Facing Multiple Felonies For Alleged Attacks
A man who is accused of slicing a woman's neck with a box cutter as she was walking down a street in Springfield on Sunday, May 12, has been arrested, police said. Jovan Murphy, 31, of Springfield, faces multiple felonies for the alleged attack, Springfield police said. The victim told police she was walking along the 100 block of Union Street around 3:45 a.m. when an unknown man began to follow her. He grabbed her and held a box cutter to her throat, police said. She fought him off and escaped, but he slashed her throat during the fight. The extent of the woman's injurie…
Police & Fire
Donald Mars Said He Beat Betty Lou Zukowski With A Rock
A 75-year-old man has admitted to beating a 10-year-old Hampden County girl with a rock and leaving her to drown in a river in Western Massachusetts. Donald Mars, of Bedford, pleaded guilty Thursday, May 2, to manslaughter after he was indicted in the 1966 murder of Betty Lou Zukowski, the Hampden County District Attorney said. He will serve two and a half years in prison and two years probation, and he must register as a level-3 sex offender after his release. “Sadly, Betty Lou’s parents are deceased, and are not able to see Donald Mars answer for the brutality he inflicte…
Police & Fire
Lynn Clark Lied About Sending 99 Threats To Candidate: Feds
The former superindentent of a Hampden County school district will avoid jail time for lying to FBI agents about sending nearly 100 threatening messages to a candidate for Chicopee police chief, authorities said. Lynn Clark, 53, of Belchertown, was sentenced to a year of probation and a $1,000 fine on Tuesday, April 30, after pleading guilty to two counts of making false statements in January, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Clark had been head of the Chicopee School District when she made the threatening texts, authorities said. Acting US Attorney for Massachuset…
Police & Fire
Driver Crashes Into Central Mass Home After Being Shot
A driver who crashed into a Worcester County home earlier this week had been shot before the crash, authorities said. Officers were called to the home on Paine Street just after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, to find the car against the home and a driver suffering from a bullet wound, Worcester police said. Paramedics rushed the driver to an area hospital to treat his injuries. Police did not say where he was shot or the extent of his wounds. Authorities also did not disclose how badly the home was damaged. Detectives ask anyone with information about the shooting to contac…
Police & Fire
Mass Man Who Hired Hitman To Kill Ex-Wife For Her 'Independent Thinking' Gets 8 Years: Feds
A 47-year-old Boston man who attempted multiple times to hire a hitman to kill his ex-wife and her new boyfriend will spend nearly eight years behind bars, federal authorities announced. Mohammed Chowdhury, who pleaded guilty in January to two counts of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, was sentenced last week to 92 months in federal prison, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. “Mr. Chowdhury literally thought he could get away with murder,” said Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy. “Mr. Chowdhury’s disturbing conduct – in co…
Obituaries
'The Grief Is Indescribable': Family Of Slain Central Mass 14-Year-Old Asks For Help
The family of a 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed late last week is asking for help to pay for his funeral. Sterling Baptiste Jr. was shot and killed on Friday, April 26, in the Belmont neighborhood of Worcester. Police were called around 4:15 p.m. and found the boy bleeding from a gunshot wound inside an apartment. Despite their attempts to save his life, paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. A 16-year-old was arrested in connection with the shooting the following day. Their name has not been released nor have police speculated on what led to the killing. Worcester…
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