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Amherst

 · Daniel Adam Fish, 28, of Montague, was arrested Tuesday at 7:49 p.m. on College Street on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon after he threw a can of Mountain Dew at a woman, police said.

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Bar altercation leads to assault charge

AMHERST - Police arrested a South Hadley man early Monday following a confrontation with another bar patron, police said.

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11-year-old arrested for alleged assault

NORTHAMPTON - Police arrested an 11-year-old West Farms Road boy Thursday after he allegedly threw a bottle at his mother during an argument.

The boy, whose name was not released because of his age, is to face charged in juvenile court of assault and battery and assault with a dangerous weapon.

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Amherst

 · A vehicle driven by Yael Melissa Ben-Chaim, 18, of 422 Belchertown Road, Unit 113, was traveling westbound on Belchertown Road Tuesday at 6 p.m. when it struck a pothole, causing a passenger-side rear tire to blow out and the vehicle to veer into the eastbound lane where it collided head-on with a vehicle driven by Catherine C. Mullaney, 20, of Worcester, police said.

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Amherst

 · Allysha M. Perrier, 23, of 67 New Ludlow Road, Unit 10, Granby, was arrested Monday at 3:11 a.m. on Main Street on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

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Northampton

 · Jerry Luis Padilla, 20, of Chicopee, was arrested Sunday at 12:23 a.m. on Mount Tom Road on charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and possession of a class B substance, cocaine, police said.

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 · Stanley Benny Kolakowski, 63, of 1 East School St., South Hadley, was arrested about 4:35 p.m. on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct after police said he caused a disturbance at Cooley Dickinson Hospital and refused to leave.