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Man Fired Shot At Car Trying To Run Him Over, Gets Arrested in Springfield: Cops Man Fired Shot At Car Trying To Run Him Over, Gets Arrested in Springfield: Cops
Man Fired Shot At Car Trying To Run Him Over, Gets Arrested in Springfield: Cops A 19-year-old man who said he was defending himself after a car tried to run him over was arrested this week after Springfield police said he was carrying a ghost gun. Jovanne Torres was arrested on Monday, Nov. 20, after police found the gun on him in the 300 block of State Street, authorities said.  Police were called to the area around 5 p.m. when a woman called 911 to report that a car had crashed into her and Torres, and one of the people inside the vehicle had pulled a gun, Springfield police said. They sped off after the crash, she told officers.  Torres told police that he pulled …

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Berkshire DA Clears Trooper In Shooting That Killed 64-Year-Old Hancock Man Berkshire DA Clears Trooper In Shooting That Killed 64-Year-Old Hancock Man
Berkshire DA Clears Trooper In Shooting That Killed 64-Year-Old Hancock Man The Berkshire County District Attorney has ruled that an officer-involved fatal shooting earlier this month in Hancock was justified.  Philip Henault, 64, died on Sept. 9 after he called police to his Richmond Road home to report a fake violent assault, the prosecutor said. But when the trooper arrived, Henault was waiting on him with two butcher knives and demanded the officer kill him.  "The trooper had the right to use this force that was reasonably necessary to overcome the resistance of this person who was in the process of offending him and where he had a duty to arrest," sa…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Massachusetts Husband Charged With Murdering Wife While Kids Were Home Massachusetts Husband Charged With Murdering Wife While Kids Were Home
Massachusetts Husband Charged With Murdering Wife While Kids Were Home A police officer in the Dominican Republic is being held without bail after he was charged with murdering his wife in their Massachusetts apartment while their four children were home, the Eagle Tribune reports. Junior Solis Garcia, age 39, was charged in connection with the stabbing death of his wife, Mariel Ramos De Los Santos, age 30, on Thursday, June 23, Lawrence Police said on Facebook.  Police responded to a 911 call for medical assistance at an apartment located at 12 Diamond Street in Lawrence in the early morning hours of Monday, June 20, police said. Upon arrival, officers found…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Man Charged In Double-Shooting Says He Acted In Self-Defense Man Charged In Double-Shooting Says He Acted In Self-Defense
Man Charged In Double-Shooting Says He Acted In Self-Defense A 20-year-old man who allegedly shot two people at a birthday party said he was acting in self-defense. On Wednesday, Dec. 30, John L. Guzman-Rivera, of Worcester, was arraigned in Central District Court. Assistant District Attorney Deanna Duffy said that Guzman-Rivera admitted to shooting two people on the night of the incident, according to the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. Guzman-Rivera was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 23, around 2:30 a.m. after Worcester Police responded to a shot-spotter report indicating gunfire in the area of Buffum and Coes streets, police said. Upon arrival, Duffy …

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by Kristin Palpini