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Central Mass Man, 31, Shot and Killed In Worcester; 28-Year-Old Charged: Police
A 31-year-old man who was shot in Worcester Wednesday morning, Dec. 7, has died, authorities said. Officials charged a 28-year-old Westborough man with his death. Police responded to a call for medical help just before 8:30 a.m. at 101 Highland St. near Honey Farms and found the man suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, Worcester authorities said. Paramedics rushed him to a nearby hospital, but doctors were not able to save him. Officials did not release the man's name. Samuel Peckham was charged with assault and battery with a firearm and armed assault to murder, au…
Police & Fire
Men Charged With 'Abducting' Baby, Mother From South Mass Home: Police
A woman who was previously said to be abducted along with her child, prompting an Amber Alert, told authorities she was never actually in any danger. Massachusetts State Police activated an Amber Alert after Hannah Benson and her six-month-old son Grayson were taken from their Dartmouth home on Thursday, Dec. 1, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Their alleged abductor was Benson's former boyfriend Jeremias Cabral, of Fall River. Initial investigation suggested that Cabral took the baby after the couple got into a fight and he showed a knife, State Police originally reported. Benson …
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Pittsfield School Employees Union President Charged With Drunkenly Shoving Florida Cop: Police
Police in Florida arrested the president of the Pittsfield Federation of School Employees union earlier this month after she allegedly shoved a sheriff's deputy while drunk at a concert, authorities said. Sandra Amburn, 73, of Pittsfield, is charged with battery on a law enforcement officer — a felony — stemming from the alleged Nov. 18 altercation at The Villages in Sumter County, Florida, a police report said. Amburn was on vacation visiting a family member who lives in the popular retirement community, reports said. A sheriff's deputy said someone called him to a concert…
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Man Accused Of Stabbing Victim In Back At CT Bus Station, Police Report
A 23-year-old man was charged with assault after police said he stabbed a man at a bus station in Connecticut. Troopers in Hartford County received a report of an assault at the downtown New Britain Fastrak Station at about 2:20 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 21, Connecticut State Police said. Authorities located the suspect, identified as Joseph Falcon, of Hartford, and found a pocket knife and about 193 packets of suspected fentanyl while conducting a safety patdown of him, police said. Authorities said Falcon and the victim were taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries. State Pol…
Police & Fire
Western Mass Duo Caught Carrying 64 Bags Of Heroin, Crack-Cocaine: Police
A woman and man are facing a slew of charges after police in Western Massachusetts busted them for carrying numerous bags of illegal substances and several weapons, authorities said. Police responded to a gun call on Mapledell Street in Springfield around 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13, Springfield Police report. Responding officers then canvassed the area and found a suspected vehicle being driven by Emily Sanchez, age 30, and Luis Luna, age 39, both of Springfield. Officers stopped the vehicle and found brass knuckles and two knives on Sanchez. She was arrested as a result, police said. …
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Western Mass Woman Pleads Innocent To Murdering Grandmother On Halloween
A 26-year-old woman from Western Massachusetts is being held without bail after pleading innocent to murdering her grandmother on Halloween, authorities said. Kelsie Cote, of North Adams, was arrested for the murder of 74-year-old Doris Cote on Friday, Nov. 4, the Berkshire District Attorney's Office reports. Police responded to a 911 call from a relative saying Doris was found dead inside her home on Church Street, the office reports. Investigators later established probable cause that Kelsie murdered her grandmother on Oct. 31 and tried to destroy evidence. District Attorney Andr…
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3 Worcester Officers Hurt Trying To Capture Man Who Peed On Ex-Employer's Office: Cops
Three Worcester police officers were hurt after a 68-year-old man rammed a patrol cruiser after they tried to arrest him for allegedly urinating on the building where he used to work, authorities said. Alfred Miron of West Boylston violated a no-trespassing order after he showed up where he used to work just before 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, and peed on the doors, Worcester police said. When police arrived, Miron was back in his car, and he refused to speak with them. They tried to talk him out, but instead, Miron popped it in reverse and slammed into a cruiser parked behind…
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15-Year-Old Stabs Parent With Pocket Knife At CT Residence, Police Say
A Connecticut teen has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a parent with a pocket knife. The incident took place in Litchfield County around 10:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 24 on Pratt Street. According to Chief William Fitzgerald of the Winchester Police, officers responded to a call for a domestic disturbance at the home and found that a 15-year-old had stabbed a parent with a pocket knife. The parent was transported to the Waterbury Hospital for treatment of non-life-threating injuries, Fitzgerald said. The teen was arrested and charged with assault and risk of injury. They are…
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CT Woman Assaulted In Surprise Attack By Homeless Man, Police Say
A woman was allegedly seriously assaulted while taking a morning exercise walk by a homeless man. The incident took place in Hartford County around 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 6 in Windsor Locks. According to Lt. Paul Cherniack, of the Windsor Locks Police, the woman, who is in her 70s, was walking in the area of 34 Old Country Road when a man ran up behind her and "viciously struck her about the back of the head with a closed fist causing her to fall to the ground." As she fell to the ground she suffered broken fingers, he added. "The elderly victim lay helpless with a serious laceratio…
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Inmate Charged With Brutal Attack On Massachusetts Corrections Officer: DA
The inmate who brutally attacked a Massachusetts corrections officer at a Shirley prison last month has been officially charged, the Middlesex County District Attorney's office reports. Roy Booth was charged in connection with attacking Officer Matthew Tidman in MCI-Shirley's gym on the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 31. Tidman is now in a coma where he remains in critical condition, a GoFundMe organized on his behalf says. "Matt is someone who is the first to lend a helping hand no matter the situation and now is our time to do the same for him and his family," the campa…
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29-Year-Old Boston Man Charged In Homophobic Beating At MBTA Station: DA
A 29-year-old Boston man faces civil rights and assault charges after authorities said he attacked a caused a man head injuries during a beating earlier this month at an MBTA station. Aiyoub Alsallak is accused of shouting homophobic slurs at two men at Andrew Station platform on Sept. 5 just before 9 p.m., the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said. That escalated to Alsallak punching one of the men in the face and knocking him to the ground, where he hit the back of his head on the concrete, authorities said. He also kicked the man during the attack, the prosecutor said.…
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Machete-Wielding Shrewsbury Man Tries To Run Over Rival At Movie Theater: Police
The Regal Cinema in Westborough may have closed down, but one Shrewsbury man put on a performance worthy of an action movie in the parking lot earlier this week. Snehal Srivastava and another man got into an argument at the 233 Turnpike Road lot around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, Westborough Police said. Witnesses say Srivastava tried to run over the man with his car. When that failed, he got out of the vehicle with a machete, charged at the man, and cut the man's hand, police said. Then he got back into his car and sped away. Shrewsbury police stopped his c…
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