Wednesday, May 22, 2013
BELCHERTOWN — A 64-year-old Belchertown man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to seven criminal charges including conspiracy, mail fraud and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The guilty plea by John Sacco of 32 Railroad St. comes 12 years after the former loan officer …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
NORTHAMPTON — Prosecutors say a “very distinctive cheese scoop” and other evidence link a Chicopee man to a 2011 theft of more than $200,000 worth of antiques and other valuables from a Westhampton home, though the suspect’s attorney questioned whether the state has enough evidence to connect his …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
NORTHAMPTON — A 25-year-old man was being held without bail in the Hampshire Jail Wednesday night after attempting to steal $250 worth of shrimp from a local supermarket. Evan Briand, who police said lives on the streets of Northampton, was arrested around 3:30 p.m. at Stop & Shop …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Man allegedly steals $250 worth of shrimp NORTHAMPTON — A 25-year-old man was being held without bail in the Hampshire Jail Wednesday night after attempting to steal $250 worth of shrimp from a local supermarket. Evan Briand, who police said lives on the streets of Northampton, was arrested …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
BOSTON — Seventeen-year-olds would no longer automatically enter the adult court system in Massachusetts under a bill that won unanimous approval Wednesday in the House of Representatives. The change, if adopted by the Senate and signed by Gov. Deval Patrick, would mean that 17-year-olds would be tried in …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
BOSTON — An attorney for James “Whitey” Bulger argued Wednesday that the government should expose the identity of a confidential informant he believes could undermine two star witnesses against the reputed gangster. During a pretrial hearing Wednesday, attorney Hank Brennan said providing the informant’s name is critical to …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Train service from New York to Boston was back on schedule Wednesday on one of the nation’s oldest and most heavily traveled railways, five days after a derailment in Connecticut injured scores of commuters …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A Newport man has been arrested for allegedly stealing copper downspouts from 16 homes around the city. Newport police say 25-year-old Anthony Hendricksen is scheduled to be arraigned at Newport District Court on Wednesday on 16 counts of larceny and one count of vandalism. …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. — A school bus slammed into the back of another one Wednesday afternoon, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in northern Indiana, leaving about 50 middle and high students with non-serious injuries and …
Monday, May 20, 2013
EASTHAMPTON — The newest person to wear an Easthampton Police Department badge is not a young recruit. He is a 60-year-old Catholic priest who said he will devote himself to supporting the city’s officers as they deal with …