Easthampton man files lawsuit stemming from injury with granite slab

NORTHAMPTON - An Easthampton homeowner who claims he was injured helping two workers who dropped a 700-pound concrete slab is seeking $1.6 million in damages from their employer and the company that contracted with them to perform the work.

Punishment of a child in Florence leads to charge of endangerment

NORTHAMPTON - Police Wednesday arrested a Florence man who allegedly disciplined his 10-year-old son by making him hold a jug full of water over his head for 30 minutes.

Jury backs business in Cummington oil leak

NORTHAMPTON - A jury found Wednesday that Whiting Oil Corp. is not responsible for a heating oil leak and costly cleanup at Greenwood Music Camp in Cummington two years ago.

Belchertown custody struggle escalates: Kidnapping charged in two-year dispute

NORTHAMPTON - A two-year-old international custody battle resulted in criminal charges Tuesday when a judge issued an arrest warrant for a former Belchertown woman accused of abducting her 2-year-old daughter.

District Courts

In Eastern Hampshire District Court Tuesday before Judge Maureen Walsh:

BUCKLEY-BRAWNER, Krysten V., 31, Granby, had dismissed upon payment of $50 in court costs a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

Sentenced to jail

Area Police News

Police: Men brawl inside minivan

NORTHAMPTON - Two men were arrested after an alleged brawl inside a minivan parked on Old South Street Monday afternoon.

Wayne H. Ascioti, 48, of 472 North King St., and Joseph Stanley Borowski, 42, of 5 Linden St., were arrested about 3:40 p.m. on charges of disorderly conduct and assault and battery.

Three deny drug charges

NORTHAMPTON - Three people allegedly caught with drugs outside a city business denied charges this week in Hampshire Superior Court.

Josue Santiago, 24, of Westfield, pleaded innocent Friday to possessing a class D drug (marijuana) with intent to distribute, possessing a class B drug (clonazepam) and possessing a class C drug (Adderall).