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Stick Attack: Springfield Man Charged With Beating Two In Vermont, Police Say Stick Attack: Springfield Man Charged With Beating Two In Vermont, Police Say
Stick Attack: Springfield Man Charged With Beating Two In Vermont, Police Say Police in Vermont arrested a Springfield man earlier this week and charged him with beating two people with a stick inside a home in Barre.  Dahiem Dukes, 20, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of second-degree unlawful restraint, Vermont State Police said. He is being held without bail.  Troopers were called to a home in Royalston around 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9, to reports of a man attacking someone with a wooden stick, authorities said. Police arrived and found Dukes hiding in an upstairs bedroom.  Witnesses insid…

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by Josh Lanier
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Duo Nabbed Trafficking Heroin In Western Mass, Police Say Duo Nabbed Trafficking Heroin In Western Mass, Police Say
Duo Nabbed Trafficking Heroin In Western Mass, Police Say Two people were arrested after a traffic stop in Western Massachusetts led to the discovery of heroin and drug paraphernalia.  Troopers were patrolling Route 91 in Franklin County in the town of Greenfield at about 2 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12, when they saw a blue Toyota sedan going about 70 miles per hour in a construction zone with a speed limit of 55, Massachusetts State Police reported. The troopers pulled the Toyota over in the area of Exit 50, police said.  The troopers approached the Toyota and identified the driver as 28-year-old Victoria Thompson, of Cavendish, Vermont. Th…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Police: 3,100 Bags Of Heroin In Cereal Box Found After Western Mass Stop Police: 3,100 Bags Of Heroin In Cereal Box Found After Western Mass Stop
Police: 3,100 Bags Of Heroin In Cereal Box Found After Western Mass Stop There was no prize inside a box of cereal found in a vehicle during a motor-vehicle stop in Western Massachusetts, but instead, police say they uncovered thousands of bags of heroin. Trooper Scott Boutell was working in Franklin County out of the Massachusetts State Police-Shelburne Falls Barracks just before 12:30 a.m. on Friday, July 16, when he observed a black Subaru Forrester with improper auxiliary lights illuminated and an illegible handwritten temporary license plate, according to state police. Boutell then activated his blue lights and initiated a motor vehicle stop. Boutell m…

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by Joe Lombardi