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Springfield Police Officer Sentenced To Anger Management Classes Following Clash in Lobby Springfield Police Officer Sentenced To Anger Management Classes Following Clash in Lobby
Springfield Police Officer Sentenced To Anger Management Classes Following Clash in Lobby Springfield Police Officer Jefferson Petrie has pleaded guilty to assaulting a civilian back in 2017. Petrie pleaded guilty in March, court records show, when he agreed to take anger management classes and stay 100 yards from the victim, Jerry Bellamy. In exchange for complying with the sentence, Petrie’s charges will be dismissed after one year, MassLive reported. Bellamy, however, is not done with the courts. He is suing Petrie and three other officers in U.S. District Court that alleges assault and batter, false arrest, malicious prosecution, and civil rights violation, according to cour…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Driver Who Allegedly Tried To Run Over Three People With A Bus Is Being Held Without Bail Driver Who Allegedly Tried To Run Over Three People With A Bus Is Being Held Without Bail
Driver Who Allegedly Tried To Run Over Three People With A Bus Is Being Held Without Bail A Greenfield bus driver accused of trying to hit a man and two children with a public transit bus is being held without bail following a dangerousness hearing. Steven Connell, 38, of Gill, was ordered held without the right to bail during a Greenfield District Court hearing on July 8, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. Connell is awaiting trial related to charges stemming from a June 4 incident in which he allegedly tried to hit three people - at least one of whom is black - with his bus by crashing it into a building. According to police reports, three males had bee…

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by Kristin Palpini