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By DOMENIC POLI

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

GREENFIELD — The felony charges against a Tennessee man who allegedly led Greenfield police on a pursuit in March have been dropped at the request of the state.The state asked for the felony charges of vandalism of property and two counts of assault...

By JAMES PENTLAND

SPRINGFIELD — A Greenfield man was arrested Thursday on four charges related to his alleged participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to the FBI.Christopher H. Keniley was taken into custody without incident and...

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — A Governor’s Council meeting that featured approval of four new pardons took an unexpected turn Wednesday as one member persistently rebuked her colleagues, before councilors across the room successfully moved to establish a new Rules...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MONTAGUE — Town officials and residents are calling for more transparency from the Police Department in the wake of last month’s shooting in the Patch neighborhood.Town Administrator Steve Ellis summarized at Monday’s Selectboard meeting that...

By DOMENIC POLI

SPRINGFIELD — A former U.S. Marine was arrested Friday morning and released on conditions after pleading not guilty in a Springfield federal court to charges related to allegedly stealing benefit payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs and...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Florida man who was the subject of an hours-long search on Tuesday after allegedly shooting a Turners Falls man in the thigh was arrested as a vehicle passenger in Holyoke later that day and arraigned in Greenfield District Court on...

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

GREENFIELD — Residents Yarras P. Fletcher, 33, and Aliah K. Rivera, 25, are each facing two counts of animal cruelty, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) announced on Friday.According to a police report filed...

By DOMENIC POLI

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...

By DOMENIC POLI

WHATELY — The two Connecticut men facing charges following a vehicle pursuit near Interstate 91’s Exit 35 off-ramp on Sunday also pleaded not guilty to kidnapping after allegedly coercing a man to drive them away from the area where they crashed the...

By DOMENIC POLI

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...

By MAX BOWEN

SPRINGFIELD — A Royalston man has been sentenced in federal court on charges of distributing child pornography using the Wi-Fi at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.Kevin A. Divoll, 51, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to...

By DOMENIC POLI

BOSTON — The state’s highest court upheld on Monday the 2007 conviction of a Greenfield man serving two consecutive life sentences in prison for the strangulation death of Brandy Waryasz and her unborn son in April 2005.The Massachusetts Supreme...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Two teenage boys were arrested after allegedly breaking into Ralph C. Mahar Regional School at approximately 1 a.m. on Friday and causing significant damage to a room.Police Chief James Sullivan said the investigation is ongoing and the...

By DOMENIC POLI

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...

By DOMENIC POLI

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...

By DOMENIC POLI

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...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses and avoid prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars.Hunter Biden, 52, will plead guilty to...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A New Hampshire man is being held on $3,000 bail after authorities say he was stopped in Bernardston while wearing a tactical vest and in possession of firearms and knives while impersonating a police officer in a decommissioned...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

BELCHERTOWN — Tomasz Gorny, 43, pleaded not guilty in Eastern Hampshire District Court on Friday to charges of larceny over $1,200 after allegedly stealing more than $100,000 from the church where he was a priest. According to the Northwestern...