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Drunk Wakefield Man Threatens To Blow Up Store During Fight With Security: DA Drunk Wakefield Man Threatens To Blow Up Store During Fight With Security: DA
Drunk Wakefield Man Threatens To Blow Up Store During Fight With Security: DA A drunk Wakefield man is facing multiple charges after he got into a physical fight with Primark security, tried to steal something from the store, and then threatened to blow up the building when he lost, authorities said.  Williams Rodriguez-Juarez, 24, is charged with unarmed robbery, making a bomb or hijack threat, assault and battery on a police officer, strangulation or suffocation, trespassing, resisting arrest,  and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (shod foot), the Suffolk County District Attorney said. A judge set his bail at $500, and he must stay away from…

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by Josh Lanier
Neighbors
Selfless Wakefield Father Of 3 Battling Rare Form Of Brain Cancer Selfless Wakefield Father Of 3 Battling Rare Form Of Brain Cancer
Selfless Wakefield Father Of 3 Battling Rare Form Of Brain Cancer A Wakefield father to three children who "would immediately drop what he was doing to help you" needs help as he battles an extremely rare form of brain cancer.   Teddy Higgins, age 41, was unexpectedly diagnosed with Oligodendroglioma on Tuesday, Jan. 3, a GoFundMe campaign reads. About three percent of brain tumors are oligodendrogliomas and can only be fought with treatment instead of surgery.  The diagnosis means Higgins will have to undergo four weeks of daily radiation followed by six weeks of "intense" chemotherapy, the campaign reads. This pre…

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by David Cifarelli