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By BERA DUNAU

NORTHAMPTON — First Assistant District Attorney Steven Gagne on Thursday apologized in writing to a defense attorney he accused of threatening a Northampton police officer last month.In the initial Feb. 5 letter to Northampton District Court Judge...

By BERA DUNAU

NORTHAMPTON — Family and friends of Jose “Joselito” Rodriguez packed the courtroom as his killer, Soknang Chham, pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter and related charges before being sentenced to 22 to 25 years in prison.The small confines of...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A city police officer has been placed on paid leave following a weekend arrest for allegedly driving while drunk, running a red light and hitting another car.Michael B. Cronin, 26, of Florence, pleaded not guilty Monday in Northampton...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Granby man who police say possessed some 3,000 images and videos of child pornography pleaded guilty to the allegations Wednesday in Hampshire Superior Court and was sentenced to jail. Judge Richard Carey sentenced Sean W. Scully, 46,...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

BELCHERTOWN — A South Hadley man is being held without right to bail pending a dangerousness hearing on charges that he raped a woman he met through a dating app.Michael Durgin, 36, pleaded not guilty Monday in Eastern Hampshire District Court to two...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Hampshire Superior Court grand jury indicted a former volunteer Amherst Regional High School basketball coach Tuesday on 13 charges, including aggravated child rape and enticement of a child under 16.Anthony Florio Jr., 33, of 740...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Jamaican-born New York man in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody will have his sentence voided following the ruling of a Hampshire Superior Court judge.Judge Richard Carey ruled Friday to vacate the guilty plea of Shawn A....

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By JOSHUA SOLOMON

ORANGE — A Wendell man who authorities say shot and killed the woman he lived with in front of her son was ordered held without bail Monday on multiple charges Lewis H. Starkey III, 53, of Wendell was arraigned Monday on charges of murder, armed...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Northampton District Court judge has denied a request for four separate trials — one for each alleged victim — for former Hampshire Regional High School girls basketball coach Richard Moussette.Moussette, 56, of Holyoke, was charged...