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Teen Gunned Down in Worcester Teen Gunned Down in Worcester
Teen Gunned Down in Worcester A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in the early morning of Monday, Feb. 12, in Worcester, authorities said.  Police were called to the area of Shannon Street just after 3:15 a.m. for a ShotSpotter alert, but officers didn't locate a victim. They did find evidence of gunshots, Worcester police said.  Authorities called local hospitals for recent gunshot victims and found the teen had been dropped off and died of his wounds, Worcester police said.  Officials did not release his name as they notify his family.  Detectives ask anyone who has any information on the killi…

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by Josh Lanier
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Double-Fatal Crash: 44-Year-Old Hartford Women ID'd As Victims On I-84 In Manchester Double-Fatal Crash: 44-Year-Old Hartford Women ID'd As Victims On I-84 In Manchester
Double-Fatal Crash: 44-Year-Old Hartford Women ID'd As Victims On I-84 In Manchester Two women were killed in an overnight wrong-way crash in Connecticut. It happened in Hartford County just before 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 in the town of Manchester. That's when Connecticut State Police say a 2008 Audi Q7 was traveling the wrong direction on Interstate 84 eastbound in the right lane, west of Exit 62. The SUV then collided head-on with a commercial truck in the right lane before pushing into the center lane and colliding with another truck.  Both the driver of the Audi, 44-year-old Brenda Mendrell of Hartford, and the front-right passenger, Jermyra&nb…

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by Joe Lombardi
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'Fly High In Heaven': Western Mass Man ID'd As Victim In Fatal Chicopee Shooting 'Fly High In Heaven': Western Mass Man ID'd As Victim In Fatal Chicopee Shooting
'Fly High In Heaven': Western Mass Man ID'd As Victim In Fatal Chicopee Shooting A 34-year-old man has died of his injuries from a weekend shooting in Hampden County, a report said. Marquis Newson, of Chicopee, was shot on Saturday, Feb. 3, in a parking lot on Springfield Street in Chicopee, the Hampden County District Attorney's Office said. Police responded to a report of shots fired just before 10 p.m. and found the man on the ground bleeding from a bullet wound.  Paramedics rushed him to an area hospital, where he died days later.  Memorials on social media said he was a loving friend and a talented rapper.  I been knowing this man ever sin…

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by Josh Lanier
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Ex-Olympian Gets 11 Years In Prison For Abusing Boys At Western Mass Camp Ex-Olympian Gets 11 Years In Prison For Abusing Boys At Western Mass Camp
Ex-Olympian Gets 11 Years In Prison For Abusing Boys At Western Mass Camp A former Olympian who was accused of sexually abusing more than 50 boys beginning in the 1970s admitted to the crimes in court on Thursday, Feb. 8, and was sentenced to more than a decade behind bars, authorities said.  Conrad Avondale Mainwaring, a 1976 Summer Olympic hurdler who was a coach and counselor at Camp Greylock for Boys, a summer camp in Beckett, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of indecent assault and battery of boys, some younger than 14 years old, the Berkshire County District Attorney announced.  He was sentenced to serve 10 to 11 years in prison.  Berkshire Count…

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by Josh Lanier
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Man Kidnaps Woman At Knifepoint In Western Mass, Forces Her Into Hotel Room: Police Man Kidnaps Woman At Knifepoint In Western Mass, Forces Her Into Hotel Room: Police
Man Kidnaps Woman At Knifepoint In Western Mass, Forces Her Into Hotel Room: Police A Hampden County man is accused of robbing a couple in West Springfield before forcing the woman at knifepoint to go with him to a hotel, where he planned to rape her, authorities said.  Michael Hunter, of Leeds, is charged with armed robbery, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, assault to commit rape, and assault and battery, West Springfield police said. Officers were called to the area of 1130 Riverdale St. in West Springfield around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, to reports of a man assaulting a man and woman at knifepoint. Witnesses said the man forced the …

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by Josh Lanier
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She Touched Many Lives: Mass Native Dies In New Jersey Car Crash She Touched Many Lives: Mass Native Dies In New Jersey Car Crash
She Touched Many Lives: Mass Native Dies In New Jersey Car Crash Stephanie Weymouth, a Wilmington native, is being remembered for her passion for teaching and performing after being killed in a car crash earlier this month in Jersey City. The 31-year-old Bayonne resident was killed Saturday, Feb. 3, in a car crash after the vehicle she was riding in struck the back of a tractor trailer, authorities said.  A 2010 graduate of Wilmington High School moved to New Jersey to attend Drew University, graduating in 2014 with a degree in theater arts, and later receiving a master's degree in education, according to her obituary. Stephanie Weymouth introd…

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by Sam Barron
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Western Mass Duo In Stolen Car Nabbed After Extensive Chase: Police Western Mass Duo In Stolen Car Nabbed After Extensive Chase: Police
Western Mass Duo In Stolen Car Nabbed After Extensive Chase: Police A Western Massachusetts duo caught in a vehicle stolen from Connecticut were both apprehended following an extensive pursuit in New York, police announced. The events leading up to the arrests began on Tuesday, Feb. 6 around 1:40 a.m., when a patrol officer on the Saw Mill River Parkway in the Westchester County village of Dobbs Ferry saw a stolen Nissan Rogue pass him in the area of Ashford Avenue, according to the department's Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary.  When the officer pulled out behind the Nissan, which had been stolen from the Hartford County town of Enfield, the …

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by Ben Crnic
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Ex-Buckland, Bernardston Cop Admits To Making Child Porn, Having Tens Of Thousands Of Files: DA Ex-Buckland, Bernardston Cop Admits To Making Child Porn, Having Tens Of Thousands Of Files: DA
Jacob Wrisley To Serve 4-5 Years In Prison After Plea A former Franklin County police officer admitted to making child sexual abuse material with an 8-year-old girl without her knowledge, as well as having thousands of images and videos of pre-pubescent children, authorities said.  Jacob Wrisley, 42, a former part-time police officer in Bernardston and Buckland, pleaded guilty to six counts of possession of child pornography and single counts of posing a child in a state of nudity and videotaping sexual or intimate parts of a child without her knowledge, the Northwestern District Attorney Anne Yereniuk said on Wedn…

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by Josh Lanier
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Ring Stolen From Dead Veteran Returned To Family; Springfield Nursing Assistant Charged Ring Stolen From Dead Veteran Returned To Family; Springfield Nursing Assistant Charged
Ring Stolen From Dead Veteran Returned To Family; Springfield Nursing Assistant Charged A wedding ring stolen from a recently deceased veteran in Hampden County has been returned to the man's family after a Massachusetts State Trooper tracked it to a pawn shop. A nursing assistant who'd helped care for the man admitted to taking the ring and selling it, authorities said.  Antonio Bell, 53, of Springfield, is charged with theft from a person over 65, theft from a building, and receiving stolen property, State Police said. Bell had cared for the veteran for three years.  Trooper Jonah Vaclavicek, stationed at the Northampton barracks, spent two weeks investigating…

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by Josh Lanier
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Mass Ex-FedEx Driver Who Sold Guns He Stole From Truck Gets 6 Days In Prison: Feds Mass Ex-FedEx Driver Who Sold Guns He Stole From Truck Gets 6 Days In Prison: Feds
Mass Ex-FedEx Driver Who Sold Guns He Stole From Truck Gets 6 Days In Prison: Feds A former FedEx driver who sold guns he stole from his truck will not return to prison despite his guilty plea, authorities announced.  Frank P. O’Toole, 40, of Middleborough, was sentenced to time served on Friday, Feb. 2, after he admitted to two counts of possession or sale of a stolen firearm, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. The government had requested the judge impose a 10-month sentence.  O'Toole took three packages during his time as a Fed-Ex driver from Oct. 2021 until June 2022 that contained two rifles and a shotgun, the prosecutor said. He sold those g…

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by Josh Lanier
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Wanted Florida Man Swipes Safe From Western Mass Car Dealership: Police Wanted Florida Man Swipes Safe From Western Mass Car Dealership: Police
Wanted Florida Man Swipes Safe From Western Mass Car Dealership: Police A Florida man was far from home when he decided to steal the safe from a car dealership in Berkshire County, authorities said.  Joseph Demary, 48, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was busted on Monday, Feb. 5, after police said he re-enacted the plot of a heist film by taking the safe out of the Nissan of Pittsfield dealership a day before.  Pittsfield police said the break-in happened just after 7 p.m. Sunday at the West Housatonic Street dealership.  Detectives linked Demary to the break-in following an "intense" day-long investigation, police said. They also fou…

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by Josh Lanier
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Man Guilty Of Drunken Crash That Killed 47-Year-Old Springfield Father Of 2: DA Man Guilty Of Drunken Crash That Killed 47-Year-Old Springfield Father Of 2: DA
Man Guilty Of Drunken Crash That Killed 47-Year-Old Springfield Father Of 2: DA A Hampden County jury found a 39-year-old man Springfield man guilty of a 2018 drunken fatal crash, authorities announced.  Misael Sanchez was found guilty of manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol on Friday, Feb. 2, the Hampden County District Attorney's Office said. A judge sentenced him to 7 to 10 years in prison.  Sanchez crashed his Acura into a Christopher Martin's Toyota just after 4:30 a.m. on Parker Street on Aug. 4, 2018.  Paramedics rushed Martin to Baystate Medical Center, but doctors were unable to save the 47-year-old's…

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by Josh Lanier