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By DOMENIC POLI

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Athol man who was previously found guilty of felony and misdemeanor charges related to his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol will spend the next 5½ years in federal prison.Vincent J. Gillespie, 61, was...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The state opted Monday to drop its case against a Level 3 sex offender and former fugitive to spare the named victim the trauma of taking the witness stand in a trial.Jeffrey Cancel-Muniz, 42, formerly of western Massachusetts, has been...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — A Tennessee man who allegedly led the Greenfield Police Department on a 12.5-minute, 8-mile pursuit into Deerfield last week faces 11 charges after being arraigned.Sujay Mooss, 48, of Knoxville, Tennessee, is facing several felony and...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The case of a New Salem Police Officer facing a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol has been continued without a finding until next year after the defendant admitted the prosecution has sufficient facts to prove his...

GREENFIELD — A Northfield man facing criminal charges for allegedly threatening gun violence upon his town’s elementary school last week was deemed too dangerous to release on bail and will be held for up to 120 days as the legal process...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A district court judge ruled Tuesday that the state had met its burden in arguing that no amount of bail would ensure public safety in the case of three men who were arrested after allegedly stabbing a man they know on North Main Street...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A 48-year-old man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after leaving the scene of a hit-and-run and leading police on a pursuit that ended in Deerfield.Sujay Mooss, who is believed to be from Tennessee, was arrested and charged with failure to...

By DOMENIC POLI

ATHOL — A Lynn woman was ordered held on $5,000 bail this week after a traffic stop led to her arrest on drug trafficking charges.Demetrius Daily, 41, pleaded not guilty in Orange District Court to two counts of possession of a Class B substance with...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Police say there is no increased cause for concern following a 911 call Tuesday morning about a gun at an unspecified Greenfield school that was determined to be unfounded.The incident follows a pattern of similar criminal behavior around...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Northfield man faces criminal charges for allegedly threatening gun violence upon Northfield Elementary School and causing a shelter-in-place order there on Friday.Theodore R. Sweeney Jr., 46, of Millers Falls Road, pleaded not guilty...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The statistics are out there, but some say they don’t show the whole picture.Glance at a youth crime rates chart with proverbial blinders on and you’ll feel as though numbers have recently climbed to an unprecedented degree. But, as those...

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect accused of stealing a deposit bag filled with $1,464 from the Taco Bell/Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on the Mohawk Trail on Tuesday.The...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Authorities are searching for three people accused of stealing a deposit bag with $1,464 from the Taco Bell/Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on the Mohawk Trail on Tuesday.Greenfield Police Lt. Todd Dodge said two men and a woman were...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Three men have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a man they know on North Main Street on Monday before leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in Belchertown.Ali Ayala, 22, of Springfield, Alex Santana, 31,...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Three men were arrested on Monday morning after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase into Belchertown after stabbing a man they know on North Main Street.Orange Police Chief James Sullivan said his department was dispatched to North...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — An Athol man pleaded not guilty Friday to 11 charges in connection to several alleged incidents of domestic violence and sexual assault in 2021 and 2022.Christopher C. Mundell, 36, of Sanders Street, was arraigned in Orange District Court on...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A resident doctor who lives part-time in Amherst and practices at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield was arrested Tuesday following the FBI’s recent seizure of about 80 devices containing images and videos believed to be child...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge declined to assign bail to a Greenfield man facing assault charges for allegedly pulling a gun on another man in the Stop & Shop supermarket parking lot on March 2.Judge Michael Callan decided Luis...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge has taken under advisement a defense attorney’s request to allow his client, who is facing assault charges, to be released during the case’s proceedings.Judge Michael Callan wanted a second chance to...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Two cousins are being held on bail after they were arrested Monday morning as the result of an investigation by the Greenfield Police Department and the Northwestern District Anti-Crime Task Force.Jose R. Rodriguez, 45, of Hope Street in...