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'The Love of My Life': Mass Man Killed In Graffiti Confrontation Mourned As Caring Dad Of 3 'The Love of My Life': Mass Man Killed In Graffiti Confrontation Mourned As Caring Dad Of 3
'The Love of My Life': Mass Man Killed In Graffiti Confrontation Mourned As Caring Dad Of 3 A Massachusetts father of three who police say was shot and killed after confronting a man over graffiti was set to be married later this month. The man charged with attacking him is now facing a murder charge. Authorities said 26-year-old Snehal Srivastava fatally shot 56-year-old Kevin Doherty during an encounter at Jordan Pond on Aug. 28. Doherty, who had just walked his 6-year-old son to Coolidge Elementary School, called 911 just after 8:45 a.m. to report he was being attacked. Dispatchers then heard gunfire and Doherty’s last words: “He shot me,” according to authorities. Doherty’s fi…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
29-Year-Old Accused Of Spray Painting His Tag On CT Highway Bridge 29-Year-Old Accused Of Spray Painting His Tag On CT Highway Bridge
29-Year-Old Accused Of Spray Painting His Tag On CT Highway Bridge A 29-year-old tagger known to police in Connecticut and Massachusetts was busted after being caught spray-painting his mark on a Hartford County bridge, authorities announced. Connecticut State Police troopers on patrol at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 9 were entering the Whitehead Highway from I-91 in Hartford, when he spotted two people under a highway bridge actively spray-painting graffiti on support beams. The trooper pulled over, and as he approached the two taggers, police said that they proceeded to flee down adjacent train tracks toward a tunnel before they were apprehended. Accord…

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by Zak Failla
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UConn Student Accused Of Painting Swastika On Building At Storrs Campus UConn Student Accused Of Painting Swastika On Building At Storrs Campus
UConn Student Accused Of Painting Swastika On Building At Storrs Campus A student at the University of Connecticut has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly painting a swastika on a building on the Storrs campus at the beginning of Passover, police said. Kristopher Pieper, age 21, of Enfield in Hartford County, a junior at UConn, was held overnight in lieu of a $5,000 bond was charged with third-degree intimidation based on bigotry or bias, and third-degree criminal mischief following his arrest on a warrant accusing him of spray-painting the anti-Semitic message on a chemistry building last month. Police said that on Saturday, March 27, a graduate stu…

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by Zak Failla
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Investigation Underway After Graffiti Found On Church In Western Mass Investigation Underway After Graffiti Found On Church In Western Mass
Investigation Underway After Graffiti Found On Church In Western Mass An investigation is underway after a sign was defaced with graffiti at an area church in Western Massachusetts. The sign out front of the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Springfield was defaced around Tuesday, April 27, with the words on the sign spray-painted over with black painted graffiti. At the time of the incident, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno said the incident was "just plain terrible." "What is wrong with our society to deface a House of Worship! I have spoken to Rev. Dr. W.C. Watson of Canaan Baptist Church to offer my and our city assistance to clean up this desecration,…

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by Kathy Reakes