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By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — Testimony began Wednesday in the trial of a former University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student accused of supplying a fatal dose of heroin to a fellow student in 2013. J.W. Carney Jr., attorney for Jesse Carrillo, 28, of Derry,...

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When Amherst attorney Everald Henry walks through the doors of the Northampton courthouse on his duty days, he doesn’t know how many cases will be waiting for him. One thing is certain — they will involve people faced with jail time and no means to...

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NORTHAMPTON — South Hadley native Richard Koske was always drawn to a life of holiness. A devout Catholic, he says his faith remains strong despite being abused by three priests and receiving a disappointing response from the Roman Catholic Diocese of...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Holyoke man was sentenced Friday to more than 15 years in state prison for raping a South Hadley woman and then attempting to have her murdered.Jason Coons, 38, pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to charges of conspiracy in the...

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NORTHAMPTON — A South Hadley teenager was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail in the death of a Westfield man delivering pizza in the spring of 2016.Ryan D. Brunelle, 19, pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to negligent motor vehicle homicide...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Hawley bus driver went to court Friday morning expecting to plead guilty in the death of 9-year-old Summer Steele in an accident that occurred in front of the child’s Plainfield home last fall. Instead, after listening to tearful and...

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BELCHERTOWN — A South Hadley man accused of raping a woman last week will be held without the right to bail after an Eastern Hampshire District Court judge deemed him dangerous Thursday.Michael Durgin, 36, pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of...

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NORTHAMPTON — The case against a Newbury man who allegedly made threats to commit a shooting at the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus has been dismissed by a Hampshire Superior Court judge. Judge Richard Carey dismissed the charges against...

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Two men criminally charged in the illegal dumping of concrete into the Connecticut River in the spring of 2016 have each agreed to pay $5,000 in restitution.Christopher Baj and Matthew Olszewski agreed Monday in Eastern Hampshire District Court to...

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NORTHAMPTON — Sitting on her father’s lap reading a book while her younger brother only half pays attention. The scene on a recent night at the Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction could be happening in living rooms across the country.But for...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Haydenville man admitted Wednesday in court to assaulting a fellow inmate in jail and drug possession charges and was sentenced to three years in state prison.Eric Kelly-Combs, 26, pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to charges...

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NORTHAMPTON — Police are investigating the death of a toddler at Meadowbrook Apartments Thursday.A Northampton Police crime scene services van was parked outside a set of gray townhouses Thursday evening near the Bridge Road entrance to the...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Greenfield man admitted Wednesday that he led police on a chase that went through seven towns and damaged multiple vehicles in September 2016. Frank Cabrera, 47, pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to charges of assault and...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Chicopee man, naked behind the wheel of a car, denied he was intoxicated and driving at speeds topping 100 mph after being stopped by a Massachusetts state trooper Tuesday.Alexander Shanwenda, 24, pleaded not guilty in Northampton...

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NORTHAMPTON — A grocery wholesaler’s request to place a real estate lien on the home of the mother of the former owner of Serio’s Market was denied in court on Monday. Hampshire Superior Court Judge Richard Carey denied a July 7 motion by Bozzuto’s...

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A Chicopee man alleged to have led police on a chase that ended in a fiery crash was arraigned from his hospital room Thursday.Darryl Whitaker, 54, pleaded not guilty at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield to charges of reckless operation of a...

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EASTHAMPTON — You think you know someone after living with them for almost 17 years. And then they go and lay an egg and suddenly, things have changed.Sandy Gallant, 79, had the shock of her life last weekend when Larry Bird Bird, a blue crowned...

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NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man, who told police he was on his way to get prescription medication to treat pain associated with his cancer, pleaded not guilty to hitting and injuring a Northampton police detective with an SUV on Wednesday.Zakaria...

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NORTHAMPTON — The 49 men and women gathered on the Hampshire County Courthouse lawn on Independence Day may have come from different countries. But as of Tuesday, they now all have one thing in common — they are American citizens.From Argentina to...

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NORTHAMPTON — Just call her “Detective Goldie.” That’s the name 7-year-old Dreya Sawka has picked for herself. She has dreams of becoming a police officer, dreams that the Northampton Police Department’s new trading card program has helped...

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BELCHERTOWN — A Hadley resident was taken into custody by the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge in Eastern Hampshire District Court on Monday.Abdul Ismail, 27, a citizen of Ghana, pleaded...