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Police ID Man Who Stole Car With Baby Inside In Chicopee
Police have identified the man who sparked a statewide Amber Alert when he stole a vehicle in Western Massachusetts, on Friday morning, March 29, that had a 3-year-old baby inside.
Vadim Vorobyov, age 52, of Springfield, is charged with kidnapping, child endangerment, and fugitive from justice in Connecticut and is also expected to be charged with kidnapping, child endangerment, and motor vehicle larceny in Massachusetts, State Police said.
Vorobyov stole the running car when he came across it outside of a home on Exchange Street in Chicopee around 8:40 a.m., police said. T…
Florida Man Accused Of Western Mass Shooting Pleads Not Guilty To 11 Charges: DA
A Florida man who sparked an intense manhunt Tuesday, Aug. 29, after police say he shot a man in Franklin County before he ran into the woods has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, authorities said.
Gil Viera, 30, of Sunrise, Florida, is accused of shooting a man near 30 11th St. in the Turners Falls neighborhood known as The Patch just before 1 p.m., the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.
Paramedics took the victim, a 30-year-old Athol man, to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where he is expected to survive, authorities said.
Police from multipl…
Man Charged With Manslaughter In Crash That Killed 60-Year-Old Chicopee Man, Police Say
A Western Massachusetts man was charged with manslaughter in a crash that killed a 60-year-old man in Connecticut last year.
Hampden County resident Dominic Grassetti, age 25, of Southwick, turned himself in to police on Monday, Oct. 3, Connecticut State Police reported.
He was charged with second-degree manslaughter in the two-vehicle crash that killed Fernando Lebron, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, on I-91 in Enfield on Nov. 12, 2021, police said.
Police said the crash happened at about 12:40 a.m. near the Exit 48 off-ramp.
A Scion xA, driven by Lebron, was northbound on t…
Man Killed In I-91 Crash
Police are seeking witnesses to a crash on I-91 that claimed the life of a Connecticut man.
Fairfield County resident Terrence McNichol, age 47, of Bridgeport, was killed around 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 20, during a crash with another vehicle on I-91 in Hartford County in Rocky Hill, said the Connecticut State Police.
According to the state police, McNichol was driving in the right lane of three when he lost control of his 2013 Nissan Altima and veered to the right striking a 2008 Ford F-350 driven by Arcangel Junior Gonzalez, 29, of Springfield, Massachusetts.
The Nissan then veered to t…
Man From Region Sentenced For Fentanyl Distribution, Theft Of Property
A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 16 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for theft and narcotics offenses.
Jose Nanez-Torres, also as known as "J-Money," age 21, of Hartford, was sentenced on Monday, Jan. 10, said Leonard C Boyle, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in January 2019, Nunez-Torres and Dominque Perry stole a 2016 Honda Accord from a residence in Newington.
The vehicle was the property of a federal law enforcement agency and contained fully loaded firearm magazines …
Investigation In Massachusetts, Connecticut Leads To Seizure Of Guns, Drugs
A lengthy narcotics investigation in Connecticut and Massachusetts concluded when members of law enforcement arrested three individuals, seized 16 firearms, 15,000 packets of heroin, and almost one kilogram of fentanyl.
The investigation focused on Geovanni Saldana, age 28, of Springfield, Massachusetts, as he traveled to Hartford, Connecticut, Massachusetts State Police said.
Detectives learned he would be traveling back to Springfield with a significant amount of narcotics, Massachusetts State Police said.
When he was placed under arrest on I-91 in Longmeadow on his return t…
