BROCKTON — A Massachusetts State Police dispatcher is under internal investigation for allegedly posting information about criminal investigations on social media before some of that information had been made public.
State police confirmed that Carla Grant, who has been a civilian dispatcher for the agency since 1999, has been placed on leave pending a status hearing scheduled for next week.
One of the posts she is alleged to have made on Facebook was related to a fatal crash in Avon last year. When another man was charged in connection with the crash, the victim’s father said Grant made a post that said dashcam evidence proved his son was at fault. That dashcam evidence had not been made public.
Grant could not be reached for comment.
AMHERST — Hampshire College has launched a criminal investigation into what the school’s administration calls “an act of blatant and deplorable anti-Semitism.”
Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash said in a message to the campus community that the act occurred in a residential area on Tuesday morning.
A spokesman for the school in Amherst says no additional information is being released because it’s an ongoing investigation by campus police.
Lash also asked anyone with information about the incident to contact campus police, as well as to report previous incidents, including anti-Semitic graffiti, that authorities may not know about.
He called all incidents “acts of cowardice intended to intimidate and hurt all of us.”
QUINCY — A Quincy woman has been charged in the death of her 11-month-old niece.
Shu Feng Hsu was held on $200,000 bail after pleading not guilty Thursday to assault and battery on a child causing serious bodily injury in the death of Chloe Chen.
Prosecutors say Hsu was Chloe’s sole caregiver when the child was injured Feb. 15. The baby was taken to the hospital for surgery on her head but went into cardiac arrest during surgery and died two days later.
Police say they heard a series of “thuds” on the audio of the home surveillance system when Hsu was alone in a room with the child.
A defense attorney says his client called 911 and has cooperated with investigators.
The death remains under investigation.
BOSTON — Police say a man who was arrested with an arsenal of guns, ammunition and body armor in his car told officers he needed the weapons to protect himself against “jihadists on the highway.”
The Boston Globe reports 70-year-old Stephen White was arraigned Wednesday on unlawful possession of a large-capacity firearm and a large-capacity feeding device. He has pleaded not guilty.
Police say they seized an AR-15 rifle, .45-caliber pistol, high-capacity magazines and tactical body armor from White’s vehicle after a suspected drug transaction in Dorchester Tuesday.
White’s lawyer says he is confident his client will be exonerated.
White has been ordered held on $7,500 bail and ordered to surrender all firearms.
From Associated Press