Northampton merchants urged to just say 'No sale' to synthetic pot

NORTHAMPTON - Police are putting local store owners on notice to keep an eye out for products marketed as incense or bath salts but used by some as a synthetic alternative to marijuana.

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 · 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.

Search doesn't turn up Pelham break-in suspect

PELHAM - Police searched unsuccessfully for nearly three hours Tuesday for a man who allegedly broke into a Buffam Road home. The search was called off shortly after 1 p.m.

Pelham Police Chief Gary Thomann said the homeowner returned around 10:30 a.m. to find a man standing in his garage. The intruder fled into the woods. Nothing appears to have been stolen, Thomann 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.

Charges listed for 14 arrested at UMass after Super Bowl

AMHERST - Fourteen people were arrested by University of Massachusetts Police Sunday night during large gatherings at the Southwest area of the campus following the Super Bowl.

The following 11 people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct:

Another boisterous weekend in Amherst, even before game

AMHERST - While the post-Super Bowl revelry on the University of Massachusetts campus drew a large law enforcement response Sunday night, police were kept busy throughout the weekend by a variety of incidents, including two in which officers were allegedly assaulted.

Alleged Florence Savings Bank robber held on $20,000 bail

NORTHAMPTON - A 33-year-old Holyoke man is being held on $20,000 cash bail after pleading not guilty to a charge of unarmed robbery in connection with the Friday robbery of the Florence Savings Bank branch on King Street.

Thadius D. Romanowski, of 579 Northampton St., Apt. 14, appeared briefly in court on Monday for his arraignment.