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Man Accused Of Killing Worcester Mom, Daughter Will Not Fight Return To Mass: DA
One of the two men accused of killing Chasity Nunez and her 11-year-old daughter Zella will not fight extradition from San Diego, California, and will be returned to Worcester to stand trial for the fatal shooting, officials said on Friday, March 15.
Dejan Belnavis, 27, and Karel Mangual, 28, are accused of ambushing the Nunezes as they sat in their SUV near the intersection of Lisbon Street and Englewood Avenue on March 5, Worcester police said.
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US Marshalls arrested Belnavis near the…
Springfield Murder Suspect Caught In South Carolina
A 36-year-old Hampden County man wanted in connection with a Jan. 31 fatal shooting in Springfield has been arrested in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, authorities announced.
Jermaine Atkins, of Westfield, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 29, on a fugitive from justice warrant after Springfield police tracked him to South Carolina and relayed the information to officers there, authorities said.
Atkins is accused of shooting Nicorie Adams, age 30, of Springfield, around 4:20 p.m. in the 0 to 100 block of Rochelle Street. Adams and an unnamed woman were in a car when they were bo…
Suspect In Springfield Man's Murder Busted Returning To US Months Later: Police
A 43-year-old Connecticut man wanted for allegedly killing a Springfield man and critically wounding a second in Vermont was arrested on Saturday, July 22, as he returned from Jamaica, authorities said.
Devon Dennis, of Hartford, was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder in the May 12 shooting in Brookfield, Vermont, Vermont State Police said.
Related: Springfield Man Killed In Vermont, 2nd Man Wounded
Juan Sierra, age 27, of Springfield, was shot in the chest and killed after driving to Vermont with Miguel Fuentes, 29, police said. Sierra died at…
Alabama Man, 62, Raped Killed Mom Of 4-Week-Old At Massachusetts Hotel In 1980
An employee of Boston's Hotel Diplomat was making their morning rounds on March 19, 1980, when they made a discovery that took nearly two decades to unravel. However, that tangled mess started to detangle as police announced this week they've made a break in the case.
Wendy Dansereau, a 19-year-old mother with a 4-week-old daughter, was found in one of the rooms at the South End hotel after she was raped and strangled, reports said. Detectives scoured the scene, but there were few leads. Luckily, they collected items that had the killer's DNA.
Nearly 40 years later, co…
Suspect Nabbed In Drive-By Hartford Fatal Shooting Of Woman
A man who is allegedly responsible for the shooting death of a grandmother who was cooking dinner when she was fatally shot is in custody in Puerto Rico.
Omar Reyes, age 21, of Hartford is awaiting extradition to Connecticut, where he will be charged with the murder of Sylvia Cordova on Wednesday, June 9, said Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police.
Cordova, age 56, was discovered shot in the neck around 5:11 p.m., when Hartford Police officers responded to the area of 28 Sisson Ave., on a report of citizen callers reporting shots fired.
Upon arrival, officers located several rifl…
Most Wanted Western Mass Suspect Apprehended In Florida
A suspected rapist added to the Massachusetts State Police Most Wanted list last month has been apprehended in Florida.
Jeffrey Cancel-Muniz, age 40, who was wanted for aggravated rape in a case that occurred in May 2020, was nabbed after a motel desk clerk on Tuesday night, April 6 recognized one of his guests from the wanted poster released by the Massachusetts Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section, said state police.
According to police, Osceola County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Travelodge Motel in Kissimmee, Florida, after the motel notified them Cancel-Muniz, was a guest, and …
Homicide Suspect Nabbed In Springfield
A man wanted in connection with the shooting death of a Connecticut man has been nabbed in Massachusetts.
Jordon Register, 28, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 4, in Massachusetts by the Massachusetts State Police Fugitive Unit and Springfield Police for the Friday, Jan. 29, murder of Michael Dudley, 27, of Durham, said Hartford Police Lt. Aaron Boisvert.
According to Boisvert, Hartford patrol officers responded to the Webster Street area on a report of a gunshot victim.
Upon arrival, the victim, later identified as Dudley, was located in the rear lot of 12 Webster Stree…
