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Man Who Shot Mass Trooper During Fight In Springfield Gets 15 Years: DA Man Who Shot Mass Trooper During Fight In Springfield Gets 15 Years: DA
Man Who Shot Mass Trooper During Fight In Springfield Gets 15 Years: DA A Springfield man who shot a Massachusetts state trooper on New Year's Eve 2020 will spend the next 12 to 15 years behind bars, a judge ruled on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Christopher Gardner, 34, was accused of shooting the state trooper around 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2020. The trooper was responding to the area of Nursery and Stafford streets when a bullet blasted through his patrol car's door and into his leg, police said at the time.  Gardner was in a fight with another man when the shooting began, police said. When Springfield police arrived, he fired at them as well. One bullet went th…

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by Khier Casino
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State Trooper Struck, Dragged By Car At Mass I-91 Rest Stop: Suspect Caught After Pursuit State Trooper Struck, Dragged By Car At Mass I-91 Rest Stop: Suspect Caught After Pursuit
State Trooper Struck, Dragged By Car At Mass I-91 Rest Stop: Suspect Caught After Pursuit This story has been updated. Authorities have apprehended the driver of a car that hit a state trooper and dragged him at a Massachusetts rest stop, causing him to be hospitalized, police said.  Related: Police ID Driver Accused Of Dragging Trooper During Traffic Stop The incident happened in Hampden County on Friday, Sept. 22, at 3 p.m., when a Massachusetts state trooper was struck and dragged by a vehicle he had tried stopping in the Holyoke rest area on northbound Interstate 91, according to state police.  The trooper was able to free himself from the car before it continued drivin…

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by Ben Crnic
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Teen Killed In Crash That Sent Car's Engine Through Belchertown Home During Police Chase: Cops Teen Killed In Crash That Sent Car's Engine Through Belchertown Home During Police Chase: Cops
Teen Killed In Crash That Sent Car's Engine Through Belchertown Home During Police Chase: Cops A 19-year-old trying to escape police in Hampshire County lost control of his car, left the road, and went airborne, causing his vehicle to come apart, authorities said.  The chase began around 8:45 p.m. when a Massachusetts State Trooper spotted a 2011 Nissan Altima and attempted to pull it over on Route 202 South in Belchertown. The driver stepped on the gas, police said. He was going too fast to manage a curve in the road and skidded off the highway.  The car smashed into a mulch bed, which sent the Nissan flying. It bounced off a rock wall and a light post before crashing…

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by Josh Lanier
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Drunk Driver Smashes Into Mass State Police Cruiser, Injuring Trooper Drunk Driver Smashes Into Mass State Police Cruiser, Injuring Trooper
Drunk Driver Smashes Into Mass State Police Cruiser, Injuring Trooper A Massachusetts State Trooper is recovering after a drunk driver smashed into his cruiser that was stopped on the side of a major highway over the weekend, authorities said. The 35-year-old male Trooper was in the breakdown lane of I-93 north in Randolph when a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee rammed into the back of his cruiser around 7:18 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, Massachusetts State Police report.  This happened while the Trooper was conducting a traffic stop and waiting for an unregistered BMW to get towed. The force from the crash caused the cruiser to slam into the back of the BMW.  The ba…

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by David Cifarelli
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Massachusetts State Police Cruiser Struck By Tractor-Trailer Massachusetts State Police Cruiser Struck By Tractor-Trailer
Massachusetts State Police Cruiser Struck By Tractor-Trailer A Massachusetts state trooper was seriously injured after being struck by a tractor-trailer while protecting a road construction crew. The incident took place around 11:44 p.m., Tuesday, Sept.. 28 on I-95 southbound near its intersection with the Mass Pike in Weston in Middlesex County. According to Dave Procopio, of the state police, the trooper was inside his cruiser when it was struck.  "The trooper sustained serious injuries, but was alert and radioed in the crash himself," Procopio said. "He is being transported to a Boston hospital." Following the crash, the tractor-traile…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Broken Brake Light Leads To Drug Trafficking Bust In Franklin County Broken Brake Light Leads To Drug Trafficking Bust In Franklin County
Broken Brake Light Leads To Drug Trafficking Bust In Franklin County A man and a woman were busted for alleged trafficking in cocaine and fentanyl after being stopped in Western Mass for having a broken brake light and for speeding in a construction zone. The incident unfolded around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June on Route 91 when Massachusetts State Trooper Anthony Lavigne Trooper pulled over a blue Ford Fusion in Greenfield. While speaking with the driver, Sara Moses, age 40, of Vernon, Vermont, who said she didn't have her driver's license, Lavigne saw a glass pipe with burnt residue at the end and other drug paraphernalia in the door pocket.  He also no…

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by Kathy Reakes