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'Worst Possible Outcome': Loved Ones Lament Over Death Of Lisa Hazard's Son 'Worst Possible Outcome': Loved Ones Lament Over Death Of Lisa Hazard's Son
'Worst Possible Outcome': Loved Ones Lament Over Death Of Lisa Hazard's Son Devastation and questions have spread across a community in Southeast Massachusetts after a father allegedly killed the young son of a Fall River woman who has been missing for years. George C. Scott III and his son were found dead after New Bedford Police responded for a well-being check at 1643 Philips Road on Friday morning, June 2, as previously reported by Daily Voice.  While officials did not release the boy's name, he was identified by the public as Dante Hazard – the son of Lisa Hazard who was reported missing in March 2019 when she was 29 years old. Missing since March 5, 201…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Worcester, Springfield, Holyoke Officers Among 15 Suspended By State Commission Worcester, Springfield, Holyoke Officers Among 15 Suspended By State Commission
Worcester, Springfield, Holyoke Officers Among 15 Suspended By State Commission A Worcester officer accused of taking money for overtime he didn't work and a Springfield cop charged with using his stun gun on a pregnant woman were among 15 law enforcement officials suspended by the state's Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) commission.  The commission announced the suspensions on Tuesday, Jan 3, as it reviews the backgrounds and training of the state's law enforcement officers. This is a first for the state as the POST Commission was founded following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, according to NBC Boston.&nb…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
COLD CASE: Boston Man ID'd As Body Found In Fall River Landfill 17 Years Ago COLD CASE: Boston Man ID'd As Body Found In Fall River Landfill 17 Years Ago
Cold CASE: Boston Man ID'd As Body Found In Fall River Landfill 17 Years Ago Authorities in Fall River say they have solved a mystery that has evaded them for nearly two decades, but a big question remains.  The Bristol County District Attorney's Office on Thursday, Sept. 1, announced that investigators had identified the body found in a landfill 17 years ago as 41-year-old Leon Brown of Boston. Though, the circumstances surrounding his death are still unknown.  Officers discovered Brown's body in the BFI landfill along Airport Road on Aug. 29, 2005, with few clues to help investigators ID him then. He disappeared earlier that month, but no one reported hi…

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by Josh Lanier