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Children Busted With Guns, Drugs In Chicopee Raid: Police Children Busted With Guns, Drugs In Chicopee Raid: Police
Children Busted With Guns, Drugs In Chicopee Raid: Police A 15 and two 13-year-olds were arrested earlier this week after police raided an apartment they were in that had an illegal gun and other firearms, heroin, and cocaine inside, officials said.  Springfield police had been watching the 15-year-old for months on a potential illegal gun investigation but decided to arrest him on Tuesday, Feb. 28, when they learned he had a weapon, authorities said.  Investigators raided two apartments in the 200 block of E. Main Street in Chicopee and found a ghost gun, a loaded firearm, two high-capacity magazines, bullets,  3.5 grams of cocaine, and 310 bags…

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by Josh Lanier
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Stop Of Speeding SUV Results In Gun Arrest In Western Mass Stop Of Speeding SUV Results In Gun Arrest In Western Mass
Stop Of Speeding SUV Results In Gun Arrest In Western Mass Police apprehended a Western Massachusetts man for illegal possession of a handgun during a traffic stop in which he was allegedly traveling over 95 miles per hour. Hampden County resident Carlos Garcia, age 21, of Springfield, was arrested on Saturday, Dec. 11, after state police troopers pulled him over on Route 91 in a Honda SUV traveling more than 95 miles per hour, Massachusetts State Police said. Once stopped, Garcia could not produce his driver's license and showed "an unusual amount of nervousness," state police said. Troopers noticed that Garcia kept positioning himself as if to h…

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by Kathy Reakes