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DA: Mass Man Charged With Murder Plotted To Kill Prosecutor, Witness DA: Mass Man Charged With Murder Plotted To Kill Prosecutor, Witness
DA: Mass Man Charged With Murder Plotted To Kill Prosecutor, Witness A Western Mass man being held at the Hampshire Jail while awaiting trial in connection with the 2019 slaying of his girlfriend, has been charged with allegedly plotting to kill the prosecutor and a witness in the case. Blake Scanlon, age 26, of Westfield, pleaded not guilty to two counts of solicitation to commit murder and one count of solicitation to intimidate a witness before Hampshire Superior Court Judge John Agostini Thursday, May 20, said the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. Scanlon had been in jail awaiting trial on a charge of murder in connection with the slaying of …