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Nurse Stabbed: 76-Year-Old Charged In Gardner Emergency Room Attack Nurse Stabbed: 76-Year-Old Charged In Gardner Emergency Room Attack
Nurse Stabbed: 76-Year-Old Charged In Gardner Emergency Room Attack A nurse at Heywood Hospital in Gardner was rushed to UMass Worcester for treatment after an elderly man stabbed them on Monday night, June 12, authorities said.  David Nichols, 76, of Greenville, New Hampshire, is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and attempt to commit murder, Gardner police said. Nichols is being held on a $10,000 bail, officials said. The attack happened around 8 p.m. in the emergency room of the Gardner hospital. Police have not said what Nichols allegedly used as a weapon during the attack or the extent of the nurse's injuries.  He…

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by Josh Lanier
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FOUND: Gardner Police Find Missing Teen Who Disappeared Days Ago FOUND: Gardner Police Find Missing Teen Who Disappeared Days Ago
Found: Gardner Police Find Missing Teen Who Disappeared Days Ago UPDATE: Gardner Police report that Yariana Rivera has been located.  Police in Worcester County have asked for the public's help to locate a missing teenager who vanished earlier this week.  Yariana Rivera, born in 2007, vanished from her home on Stephanie Drive in Gardner on Monday, March 20, Gardner police said. Investigators believe she may be in the Templeton area or Olde English Village.  She was last seen wearing green checkered pajama pants and a black hoodie.  Officials ask anyone with information on her disappearance or who sees her to contact Gardner pol…

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by Josh Lanier
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K9 Trooper Tracks Suspect In Woods After Vehicle Stop In Worcester County K9 Trooper Tracks Suspect In Woods After Vehicle Stop In Worcester County
K9 Trooper Tracks Suspect In Woods After Vehicle Stop In Worcester County A newly graduated Massachusetts State Police K-9 trooper and his handler made their first find by tracking down a suspect who fled from a vehicle stop. The incident took place in Worcester County on Tuesday, Feb. 22, when  Trooper Benjamin Siok and his partner Zigo, helped track down a suspect who fled from a vehicle stop in Templeton. Shortly after noon on Route 101 north, Trooper Timothy Desmarais stopped a 2018 Toyota RAV4 occupied by a passenger, Shane Hickey, age 33, of Gardner, whom the trooper knew to be the subject of several outstanding warrants.  During the stop, Hickey…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Defective Exhaust Leads To Drug Trafficking, Gun Charges In Westminster Defective Exhaust Leads To Drug Trafficking, Gun Charges In Westminster
Defective Exhaust Leads To Drug Trafficking, Gun Charges In Westminster Two men are facing charges after a traffic stop led to the discovery of a firearm, ammunition, and various drugs.  Massachusetts State Police reported that a trooper was in his cruiser in Worcester County on Route 2 in Westminster at 12:20 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 20, when a Ford SUV with a defective exhaust passed him. Police said the defective exhaust caused excessive and unnecessary noise. The trooper followed the Ford and turned lights on to pull it over, and the Ford "sporadically swerved" before it came to a stop in Gardner, police said. Authorities said the trooper approached the …

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by Nicole Valinote
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Police Seek 'Pale' Man Accused Of Attempted Kidnapping Police Seek 'Pale' Man Accused Of Attempted Kidnapping
Police Seek 'Pale' Man Accused Of Attempted Kidnapping Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a suspect after a 30-year-old woman reported that a man attempted to pull her into his car. On Friday, Nov. 13, at around 1:25 p.m., police were called to the area of 125 Park St., in Gardner. A woman reported that while she was walking a four-door, silver sedan passed her slowly, appearing to be lost, Gardner Police said. The vehicle went out of sight, then reversed directions and stopped across from the woman and shouted to her, police said. The male driver asked the woman to come to his vehicle stating he couldn’t hear her. When she moved…

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by Kristin Palpini