Friday, March 19, 2010
NORTHAMPTON - Police broke up a disturbance at Meadowbrook Apartments late Wednesday during which one person brandished a BB gun that looked to onlookers and police like a semiautomatic pistol.
Despite the commotion, police said no crimes were committed and no charges will result.
Officers were called to building 20 of the 491 Bridge Road apartment complex about 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
NORTHAMPTON - State law requires that information about people convicted of the most serious sex crimes be provided to the public. But it's against the law for anyone to use that information to harass a sex offender.
According to Northampton Police, a city resident broke that law Monday night.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
AMHERST - A Brockton man accused of assaulting a female student at the University of Massachusetts led police on a short car chase early Saturday before being found in possession of a loaded pellet gun and being arrested for breaching a no-trespass order.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Amherst police stop teens' paintball spree
AMHERST - Lawn signs related to the Proposition 2 ½ tax-cap override were among the targets for four teenagers who were shooting orange paintballs from a vehicle in Cushman Saturday night.
Monday, March 15, 2010
NORTHAMPTON - A Northampton woman was arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol Sunday evening after she failed to navigate an interstate off-ramp and drove off the road into a ditch, state police said.
Monday, March 15, 2010
SPRINGFIELD (AP) - A western Massachusetts high school soccer player was killed and his friend was injured when they were stabbed outside a club where more than 250 teens had gathered for a birthday bash Saturday, police said.
