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Know Him? Man Wanted By State Police For Escape On The Run In Region Know Him? Man Wanted By State Police For Escape On The Run In Region
Know Him? Man Wanted By State Police For Escape On The Run In Region A Connecticut man wanted by state police for escape managed to evade police during a pursuit after he was found staying at an area hotel. The incident took place in Hartford County in Windsor Locks on Tuesday, May 30. According to Lt. Paul Cherniack of the Windsor Locks Police, officers attempted to conduct a vehicle stop on a gray 2019 Subaru with the Connecticut tag BH27022, being driven by Bruce Michaud, age 36.  Windsor Locks Police had information that Michaud, who is wanted by State Police for the charge of escape, was staying at a hotel in the area of Ella Grasso Turnpike in Wi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Western Mass Man With Several Arrest Warrants Caught Driving Stolen Vehicle: Police Western Mass Man With Several Arrest Warrants Caught Driving Stolen Vehicle: Police
Western Mass Man With Several Arrest Warrants Caught Driving Stolen Vehicle: Police A 37-year-old man from Western Massachusetts with several arrest warrants was tracked down while driving a stolen vehicle in the Greater Boston area last week, authorities said. Police saw a gray Honda CRV speeding south down Main Street in Reading around 7:12 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, Police Chief David J. Clark reports.  Officers tried stopping the vehicle and followed the driver, later identified as Anthony Pavone, of Agawam, for more than two miles before it stopped on High Street. Pavone gave officers a fake name when they asked him to identify himself, Clark said. Pol…

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by David Cifarelli
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Ankle Bracelet-Bearing Convict Busted After Western Mass Drug Deal: Police Ankle Bracelet-Bearing Convict Busted After Western Mass Drug Deal: Police
Ankle Bracelet-Bearing Convict Busted After Western Mass Drug Deal: Police A convicted drug felon with a GPS tracking system around his ankle found himself running in with the law once again, authorities said. Edwin Harrison, age 43, of Springfield, was slapped with several charges after he was arrested following a drug deal in the city around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, Springfield Police report. Harrison was the suspect of an illegal firearms and narcotics investigation under the Springfield Police Firearms Investigation Unit for weeks, police said. That investigation led the FIU to catch Harrison after he left a drug transaction on the 100 block of Mill Stree…

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by David Cifarelli
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Fleeing Hartford Man Caught With Catalytic Converters, Police Say Fleeing Hartford Man Caught With Catalytic Converters, Police Say
Fleeing Hartford Man Caught With Catalytic Converters, Police Say A Connecticut man was apprehended after police said he traveled in a vehicle containing "numerous" catalytic converters in Westchester County and ran away from officers. Police responded to a report of a suspicious incident on Poningo Street in Port Chester on the morning of Saturday, June 4, and saw a vehicle leave the scene, according to the Port Chester Police Department. Officers attempted to pull the vehicle over, and the vehicle led officers on a short pursuit onto Byram Road in Greenwich, before it struck a traffic island as it neared I-95, police said. When the vehicle became disab…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Wanted Man Apprehended After Fleeing In Woods Off Mass Pike Wanted Man Apprehended After Fleeing In Woods Off Mass Pike
Wanted Man Apprehended After Fleeing In Woods Off Mass Pike The man wanted on a host of charges who fled from Massachusetts State Police into a wooded area was tracked down and arrested. Middlesex County resident Luis Morales, age 29, of Lowell, was apprehended by state police in an apartment on Pawtucket Boulevard in Lowell on Tuesday, Sept. 28. Earlier this month the state police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section began assisting Lawrence Police in locating Morales, who was wanted on six separate warrants, including two for armed robbery and related firearms charges, said the state police.  After Morales fled an attempt to arrest him this…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Man Accused Of Attempting To Hit Cop With Vehicle, Police Say CT Man Accused Of Attempting To Hit Cop With Vehicle, Police Say
CT Man Accused Of Attempting To Hit Cop With Vehicle, Police Say A Connecticut man who was allegedly found passed out in his vehicle from drugs and then attempted to run over a Connecticut State trooper has been arrested. Hartford County resident Steve Kaminski, age 35, of Enfield, was arrested on On Tuesday, May 25, on a warrant for the incident that took place on Friday, April 30 in front of the Home Depot in Enfield. The incident began when a state trooper was in the store parking lot when he was stopped by two men who told him there was a man passed out in a vehicle they could wake up, said the Connecticut State Police. The trooper pulled his cruise…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Nearly 80 Grams Of Crack, Cocaine Seized Following I-91 Chase Nearly 80 Grams Of Crack, Cocaine Seized Following I-91 Chase
Nearly 80 Grams Of Crack, Cocaine Seized Following I-91 Chase A speeding Kia led to a recent, major drug bust in Franklin County’s only city. On Thursday, Jan. 21, around 7 p.m., State Police Troopers patrolling Route 91 in Greenfield observed a gray Kia sedan allegedly making numerous marked lanes violations while speeding, police said. Troopers flicked on their emergency lights and sirens to get the Kia to pull over, but the vehicle allegedly accelerated and failed to stop for the officers, police said. Shortly after the chase began, the troopers dropped it and alerted area police departments to the vehicle’s description and whereabouts. Although …

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by Kristin Palpini