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By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — One of the five North Quabbin residents facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from an alleged incident last February has had nine of her charges dismissed while other charges, and all those of her co-defendants, remain in...

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The backlog plaguing courthouses across much of the state seems to have spared Franklin and Hampshire counties, where the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office reportedly put many cases to bed while in-person jury trials were suspended during the...

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GREENFIELD — The Springfield man accused of shooting a man in Turners Falls during the summer and fleeing the scene can be released on $20,000 bail, a Franklin County Superior Court judge ruled this week.Gil Viera, 30, of Springfield, had previously...

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GREENFIELD — A Bernardston man was sentenced to five to seven years in prison on Thursday after a jury last month convicted him of witness intimidation and violating a restraining order.Antonio P. Candello, 53, will be transferred to the...

GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge sentenced Ethan Hatch, 20, of Northfield, on Tuesday to serve two years in state prison and three years of probation following his conviction on three counts of rape and one count of...

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GREENFIELD — An Athol man will remain free another week before serving time in county jail after pleading guilty to eight charges stemming from a domestic incident involving a firearm on April 30, 2022.Timothy Chandler, 37, had his sentence stayed...

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WHATELY — The owner of Tea Guys in Whately is in hot water for not shipping products to paying customers and failing to respond to Franklin County Superior Court matters.Oliver Rich is being sued by Zest Tea LLC, a Baltimore company that alleges...

By DOMENIC POLI and JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — A 32-year-old man accused of causing a head-on crash on Route 2 that resulted in serious injuries to a Rhode Island family of four has had his pretrial conditions of release amended in regards to his right to drive.Massachusetts...

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GREENFIELD — An Ashfield man pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to drug and firearms charges on Wednesday, two years after his arrest in the Big Y Plaza parking lot.Justin R. Page, 30, changed his plea regarding one count of unlawful...

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GREENFIELD — The New Hampshire man accused of impersonating a police officer in a decommissioned cruiser in June pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court on Wednesday after his charges were transferred from Greenfield District Court due to...

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GREENFIELD — An Orange man who lied about how his girlfriend got shot in their bedroom will spend the next 3½ to 5½ years in state prison after changing his plea in Franklin County Superior Court on Monday afternoon.Conan J. Gentile, 52, pleaded...

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GREENFIELD — The Springfield man accused of shooting a man in Turners Falls and fleeing the scene last month has been denied a reduced bail and will remain held as dangerous until around Dec. 25, when his $100,000 bail will go into effect.Gil Viera,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Three proposed solar arrays on Pine Meadow Road could soon proceed, as all parties have agreed in Franklin County Superior Court to dismiss an appeal of the project.The dismissal of the appeal came less than a week after the final...

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GREENFIELD — Due to the case’s severity, the personal care attendant accused of stabbing the 82-year-old husband of a woman she was caring for in Montague had her charges and conditions of release transferred to Franklin County Superior Court on...

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GREENFIELD — A man who served nearly 10 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide and drunken driving in 2011 has been granted a new trial, with the judge who sentenced him now deciding the defendant was deprived of...

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GREENFIELD — Tea Guys had two bank accounts frozen this week when a Franklin County Superior Court judge granted a pair of motions filed on behalf of a Baltimore tea company that is suing the Whately business.Judge David Hodge put a freeze on accounts...

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GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge on Thursday declined to adjust the bail of one of the Holyoke men facing drug and gun charges after allegedly leading police on a vehicle chase and foot pursuit in January 2022.Judge David Hodge...

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GREENFIELD –- A Franklin County Superior Court judge has set a tentative August date for a rescheduled bail hearing for the Bernardston man who has pleaded not guilty to witness intimidation and violating a restraining order aimed at protecting a...

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GREENFIELD — Four of the men connected to a cocaine trafficking syndicate that partially operated out of a Greenfield barbershop officially started their prison sentences Tuesday morning.Brothers Daniel Rice Jr., 40, and Brandon Rice, 37, as well as...

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GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man found guilty last week of four child sexual abuse charges has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of a...