Drive-By Shooting Under Investigation In Western Mass Drive-By Shooting Under Investigation In Western Mass
Drive-By Shooting Under Investigation In Western Mass Police are investigating a drive-by shooting incident that was directed at a specific residence in Western Massachusetts. The incident took place in Hampden County around 3:15 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 15 in Wilbraham, police said. According to Wilbraham Police Captain Edward Lennon, officers responded to an area of Merrill Road for reports of gunshots being fired. Once on the scene, the officers discovered that shots had been directed at a specific residence from a vehicle, which had fled the area, Lennon said.  There were no reported injuries. The incident, which appears to be random and…
Homicide Investigation Underway After CT Man, 29, Found Dead In Car, Police Say Homicide Investigation Underway After CT Man, 29, Found Dead In Car, Police Say
Homicide Investigation Underway After CT Man, 29, Found Dead In Car, Police Say Police are investigating the shooting death of a 29-year-old man who was found dead in the front seat of a vehicle in Connecticut. The shooting took place around 1:19 p.m., Monday, Aug. 9, in Hartford County at 20 Sterling St., in Hartford, said Rafael Medina III, assistant Chief of Police. When officers arrived on the scene they located a vehicle in the rear lot of the residence with a man, identified as Troy Reid, of Hartford, inside the vehicle with multiple gunshots, Medina said.  Paramedics pronounced Reid dead, the chief said. A suspect was also located on the sc…
CT State Police Investigating Deadly Shooting Outside Law Office CT State Police Investigating Deadly Shooting Outside Law Office
CT State Police Investigating Deadly Shooting Outside Law Office A Connecticut man is dead following a shooting outside a law office. The shooting took place around 5 p.m., Monday, June 5, in the Town of Litchfield at 46 West St., the office of Cramer & Anderson LLP, when police responded to emergency calls that a "firearm was discharged," according to the Connecticut State Police. When police arrived on the scene they found an adult male in the parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound, said State Police Trooper Josue Dorelus. "This individual succumbed to the injuries sustained during the course of the incident," Dorelus said. Dorelus said the s…
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,…
Man Charged With Setting Three Brush Fires In September Pleads Not Guilty Man Charged With Setting Three Brush Fires In September Pleads Not Guilty
Man Charged With Setting Three Brush Fires In September Pleads Not Guilty A man is being charged for setting three brush fires in late September. Henry P. Dextraze, 66, of New Hampshire, but formerly of Leominster, is believed to have inadvertently started three fires within days of each other this fall, according to the Sentinel and Enterprise. The fires happened on Sept. 20, 22, and 24 with the first two being small and in the Leominster State Forest around Elm Street. The last fire on Sept. 24 lit up an area of Mt. Elam Road in the state forest and went on to consume 3.4 acres in flames. It took firefighters two days to extinguish the fire. Dextraze alleged…
Man Brings Drugs To Police Station - Cops Obviously Notice Man Brings Drugs To Police Station - Cops Obviously Notice
Man Brings Drugs To Police Station - Cops Obviously Notice A man allegedly decided to take piles of drugs with him on an unrelated trip to a local police station. On Saturday, Nov. 28, Heriberto Gonzalez, 25, of Worcester went to the police station in Monson, police said. While Gonzalez was in the parking lot, police went to check on his sobriety. Following a brief investigation, police allegedly found drugs with Gonzalez: ecstasy, Adderall, Xanax, marijuana, and THC products, police said. Officers also seized a scale, packaging material, and more than $3,450, police said. Gonzalez has been arrested and charged with possession with the intent to …
Bomb Threat Closes Mall, Target Bomb Threat Closes Mall, Target
Bomb Threat Closes Mall, Target A bomb threat closed the mall, including the city’s Target on Friday, Nov. 20. On Friday, around 11:20 a.m., police received a report of a vague bomb threat directed at the Enfield Square Mall. The threat had been called into a store in the Square, police said. Enfield Police were told that "there was a bomb somewhere in the Enfield Square” - a large area to search. As a measure of caution, Enfield Square and Target were evacuated while police conducted a search to find any explosives or other such hazards, police said. Explosives-detecting K-9s and Homeland Security were also brought in t…
Shooting In Western Mass College Town Under Investigation Shooting In Western Mass College Town Under Investigation
Shooting In Western Mass College Town Under Investigation Police are investigating an apparent shooting in a Western Massachusetts college town. On Tuesday, a little before 8 p.m., police received numerous reports of gunshots in the area of Camden and Lyman streets in South Hadley. Soon thereafter, police learned of a single victim transported by ambulance to the hospital for treatment to a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, police said. South Hadley Police are investigating the incident. It appears to be an isolated incident without a threat to the community, police said.  South Hadley doesn't have many reported shootings. The town has ap…
Hands Are Burned On Baby Found In Dumpster; Police Detain Suspect Hands Are Burned On Baby Found In Dumpster; Police Detain Suspect
Hands Are Burned On Baby Found In Dumpster; Police Detain Suspect Police are preparing to bring charges against a woman over the discovery of an 8-month-old baby who was found in a Dumpster Monday, Oct. 12. The woman with pending charges is 24 years old, from Hamden, and not the mother of the baby, New Haven Police said. At around 9 p.m. Monday, police said they had detained the woman at the city’s police headquarters. The baby remains at the hospital where she is being treated for burns to both hands, police said. “While detectives have determined the Handen woman put the baby in the Dumpster, investigators have not yet determined who is responsible fo…
UPDATE: 8-Month-Old Baby Found In CT Dumpster - Mother Located UPDATE: 8-Month-Old Baby Found In CT Dumpster - Mother Located
Update: 8-Month-Old Baby Found In CT Dumpster - Mother Located The infant found in a dumpster has been transported - alive - to Yale Children's Hospital, police said. UPDATE This story has been updated to reflect the age, status of the baby and mother. The infant is an 8-month-old girl. As of 3:30 p.m.,  New Haven police had located the girl's mother, police said. Police are investigating after a baby was found in a Dumpster outside a low-income housing complex Monday, Oct. 12. The baby was discovered in the afternoon New Haven Police said. Maintenance workers found the baby at the Presidential Gardens apartments around 2 p.m., police said.&nb…
Two, One-Car Crashes In One Day On Same Street; Carjacking Involved Two, One-Car Crashes In One Day On Same Street; Carjacking Involved
Two, One-Car Crashes In One Day On Same Street; Carjacking Involved A carjacking ended in a one-car crash in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Sept. 23. The same street that saw this crash was also the site of an earlier fatal one-car crash in Springfield - Carew Street. Police received a report of an armed carjacking on Joseph Street in Springfield on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 23. The victim said a man approached her car with a gun, police said. She ran from the car and a male suspect got in and drove off. A short time later, he crashed on Carew Street, police said. This all happened while police were investigating a fatal, one-car crash. The d…
250 Bags Of Heroin Seized, 2 Arrests Made In Western Mass Drug Bust 250 Bags Of Heroin Seized, 2 Arrests Made In Western Mass Drug Bust
250 Bags Of Heroin Seized, 2 Arrests Made In Western Mass Drug Bust Police confiscated 250 bags of heroin and made two arrests following a lengthy investigation into drug activity in West Springfield. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, West Springfield police executed a search warrant at a Cold Spring Avenue residence. Police allegedly found 250 bags of heroin as well as drug packaging materials, a digital scale, and other drug paraphernalia. Police made two arrests: Noel Bacon, 39, was arrested in his Cold Spring Avenue home, on the charges of drug possession, class A, and drug possession class A with intent to distribute; Xavier Montanez, 23, of West Springfield,…