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Sold As Oxy, Deadlier Than Fentanyl: Mass Man Guilty In Fatal Overdose Of South Hadley Mom Sold As Oxy, Deadlier Than Fentanyl: Mass Man Guilty In Fatal Overdose Of South Hadley Mom
Sold As Oxy, Deadlier Than Fentanyl: Mass Man Guilty In Fatal Overdose Of South Hadley Mom A Western Massachusetts jury has convicted a man who sold a woman pills he claimed were oxycodone but were actually laced with a synthetic opioid more potent than fentanyl, authorities said. The 57-year-old mother suffered a fatal overdose soon after taking them. Christopher Halla, 43, of Westfield, was found guilty Monday, April 6, after a five-day trial in Hampshire Superior Court of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. He faces up to 20 years for manslaughter and up to 10 years for evidence tampering when he's sentenced on…

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by Josh Lanier
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Another Suspect Charged With Murder In 2021 Killing Of Western Mass Man; 1st Trial Set To Begin Another Suspect Charged With Murder In 2021 Killing Of Western Mass Man; 1st Trial Set To Begin
Another Suspect Charged With Murder In 2021 Killing Of Western Mass Man; 1st Trial Set To Begin Connecticut State police have made a second arrest in the shooting death of a Massachusetts man whose body was found in a remote area of Somers more than four years ago. Zachary Joseph Apt, 34, of Southington, was arrested at his home Friday morning, Feb. 13, police said. He faces a murder charge and other felony counts in the death of Jason R. Comes of Wilbraham, Massachusetts. The arrest comes as the first suspect prepares to stand trial. Jury selection for Timothy Lange of New Britain is scheduled to start Tuesday in the state Superior Court in Rockville, according to state judicial rec…

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by Josh Lanier
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Severed Remains Case: Duo Admits Murdering Couple, Hiding Body Parts On Long Island Severed Remains Case: Duo Admits Murdering Couple, Hiding Body Parts On Long Island
Severed Remains Case: Duo Admits Murdering Couple, Hiding Body Parts On Long Island A Long Island couple confessed to killing a man and woman from Westchester before dumping their severed body parts across Nassau and Suffolk counties. Jeffrey Mackey, 40, and Alexis Nieves, 35, both of Amityville, pleaded guilty in Suffolk County Court Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the February 2024 slayings of Malcolm Brown and Donna Conneely. Mackey pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder under a plea deal, while Nieves copped to first-degree manslaughter. Brown and Conneely, of Yonkers, were stabbed to death after entering the couple’s Railroad Avenue home in Amityville on Feb. 27, …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Jennifer Dulos' Family Speaks Out After Attorney Pleads To Lesser Charge, Gets Time Served Jennifer Dulos' Family Speaks Out After Attorney Pleads To Lesser Charge, Gets Time Served
Jennifer Dulos' Family Speaks Out After Attorney Pleads To Lesser Charge, Gets Time Served The family of Jennifer Farber Dulos, the Connecticut mother of five whose 2019 disappearance sparked years of speculation and high-profile legal battles, has responded to news that her husband's former attorney once charged in her case was allowed to plead to a lesser charge. Attorney Kent Mawhinney, 59 — the lawyer for the New Canaan mom's husband husband —had been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, he submitted an Alford plea on Friday, June 13, to interfering with an officer, according to NBC Connecticut. A judge sentenced him to time served — 11 months. The Alf…

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by Josh Lanier
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Chloroform Sex Game Killing Elvis Impersonator Amounts To Manslaughter By NY Chiropractor: Jury Chloroform Sex Game Killing Elvis Impersonator Amounts To Manslaughter By NY Chiropractor: Jury
Chloroform Sex Game Killing Elvis Impersonator Amounts To Manslaughter By NY Chiropractor: Jury A dangerous sexual roleplay session that claimed the life of a beloved Elvis impersonator has landed a New York chiropractor a manslaughter conviction. Ronald Rayher, 69, was also found guilty of evidence tampering by a Saratoga County jury after just a few hours of deliberations on Friday, May 16, in the 2024 death of Thomas Krider. Krider, a well-known Elvis tribute artist who performed under the stage name TJ Greene, was found dead inside Rayher’s Milton home on April 9, 2024, as Daily Voice reported.  The two men had a long-standing relationship, and both the prosecution and defen…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Westfield Man Gave Woman Laced Drugs Leading To Her Overdose: DA Westfield Man Gave Woman Laced Drugs Leading To Her Overdose: DA
Westfield Man Gave Woman Laced Drugs Leading To Her Overdose: DA A Westfield man is accused of causing a woman's death after he sold her a drug stronger than fentanyl, but told her it was far less harmful, authorities said.  Christopher Halla, 42, is charged with manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the death of a 57-year-old South Hadley woman in May, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.  Investigators allege the woman tried to buy oxycodone from Halla, but he gave her a pill laced with metonitazene, a synthetic opioid far more potent than fentanyl. Fentanyl is the leading cause of the opioid overdose epidemi…

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by Josh Lanier
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Jennifer Dulos Case: Estranged Husband's Girlfriend Sentenced To Prison Jennifer Dulos Case: Estranged Husband's Girlfriend Sentenced To Prison
Jennifer Dulos Case: Estranged Husband's Girlfriend Sentenced To Prison Michelle Troconis, the girlfriend of the estranged husband of the murdered Connecticut mother of five, Jennifer Farber Dulos, has been sentenced to years in prison. 'My Mother Was Everything To Me': Jennifer Dulos' Children Speak Out For First Time Stamford/Norwalk State Attorney Paul J. Ferencek announced Friday, May 31, that Troconnis, age 49, formerly of Hartford County in Farmington, was sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison, suspended after 14 ½ years served, for conspiring to murder Jennifer Farber Dulos in May 2019 and then covering up the crime. Troconis faced 50 years in pr…

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by Kathy Reakes