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Leyden, MA
Greenfield, MA
Police & Fire
Ex-Leyden Police Chief Avoids Jail After Stealing, Selling Town Equipment: DA
Former Leyden Police Chief Daniel J. Galvis has been placed on probation for one year after admitting to taking and selling town-owned equipment without permission. He must pay the town $10,950 in restitution as part of the court’s decision, prosecutors said. Galvis entered a plea before Greenfield District Court Judge William Mazanec, who agreed to continue the charges without a finding. If Galvis repays the town within a month and does not get into further trouble during his probation, the charges may be dismissed, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. Galvis was a…
Amherst, MA
Police & Fire
Ex-Western Mass Police Chief Charged With Embezzling Town Funds
The former police chief in Franklin County has been charged with stealing money and equipment set aside for his department, authorities said. Daniel J. Galvis, the former police chief for the Leyden Police Department, was indicted on two counts of larceny of a motor vehicle, 2 counts of larceny over $1,200, and 3 counts of violating the standards of conduct for public employees, the Northwestern District Attorney said. He was released on his own recognizance after the hearing, authorities said. A 2022 Office of the Inspector General investigation found that Galv…
Windham-Willimantic, CT
Police & Fire
Triple-Fatal Plane Crash: 29-Year-Old Student Pilot From CT ID'd As One Of Victims
A Connecticut resident has been identified as one of three people killed in a small plane crash in northern Massachusetts. The Baron Twin-Piston was located at approximately 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14 in a small clearing in the woods within the Leyden Wildlife Management Area in Franklin County, Massachusetts, near the border of the city of Greenfield and the town of Leyden. The three occupants, all of whom were in the crashed plane, were determined to be dead by Greenfield Firefighters and American Medical Response paramedics, Massachusetts State Police said. Late Monday morning, Jan. 15,…
Amherst, MA
Police & Fire
(
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) No Survivors: Plane Crash In Western Mass
Latest Update: The plane took off from Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport with three adults on board, flight tracker records and reports said. Related: Police ID Victims In Franklin County Plane Crash The plane, with the tail number N7345R, was licensed to Fly Lugu, LLC, out of Southwick. Fly tracker data show the plane made several revolutions with fluctuating altitudes before crashing in a heavily wooded area in Franklin County. Update: The National Transportation Safety Board said a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 55 went down in a wooded area in Frank…
Amherst, MA
Police & Fire
Teenage Girl Thrown From Horse In Western Mass, Airlifted To Hospital: Officials
A teenage girl had be airlifted to the hospital after she was thrown from a horse in Western Massachusetts this week, according to fire officials. Bernardston Police and Fire responded to the incident on East Hill Branch Road in Leyden around 11:47 a.m. on Friday, May 5, Bernardston Fire said on Facebook. - At 11:47 this morning we were dispatched mutual-aid to East Hill Branch Rd in Leyden for a teenage female who was... Posted by Bernardston Fire Department on Friday, May 5, 2023 The girl suffered a serious but non-life-threatening injury, the department added. She was taken via med…
