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Assault and Battery on a Police Officer

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Man Charged With Assault, Battery Of Police In Western Mass Man Charged With Assault, Battery Of Police In Western Mass
Man Charged With Assault, Battery Of Police In Western Mass A Western Massachusetts man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting several police officers as they attempted to arrest him. Hampden County resident Norman Lafond, age 44, of Springfield, was arrested around 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14 after Ludlow Police received calls of a suspicious male. According to Ludlow Police, callers told officers that Lafond was allegedly falling all over the road and into snowbanks. When police arrived in the area they found Lafond drunk and deemed him a safety risk to himself. Officers attempted to place Lafond into protective custody when Lafond became viol…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Throws Bike At Police Cruiser In Attempt To Avoid Arrest Man Throws Bike At Police Cruiser In Attempt To Avoid Arrest
Man Throws Bike At Police Cruiser In Attempt To Avoid Arrest A man allegedly threw his bicycle at a police cruiser following an officer’s attempt to stop the man from trespassing. The incident happened around 3:20 a.m. in mid-November, when a Brimfield police officer allegedly saw Michael Jablonski, 46, of Brimfield, attempting to enter a Cumberland Farms after he had received a no-trespass order for that property, Brimfield Police said. Jablonski is familiar to Brimfield Police as he was accused of threatening officers with a 3-foot samurai sword back in April, according to The Citizen Chronicle. Before that, in 2017, there was an incident in which …

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by Kristin Palpini