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By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The lawyer representing an alleged sexual abuse victim is requesting Deerfield Academy “validate” a claim of abuse at the hands of former teacher Peter G. Hindle.In a press conference held outside the school Wednesday, Boston-based...

By DOMENIC POLI

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...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man was found guilty of four child sexual abuse charges last week and is due for sentencing on Wednesday.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Two men connected to a cocaine trafficking syndicate that partially operated out of a Greenfield barbershop changed their pleas in Franklin County Superior Court on Thursday.David Gallegos, 30, of Deerfield, admitted the prosecution has...

GREENFIELD — Police say a Greenfield man was taken to the hospital with a forearm laceration after being stabbed on High Street shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday.The victim was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center and the suspect was...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Opposing attorneys and a Franklin County Superior Court judge convened Tuesday afternoon to work toward determining the fate of a Gill man who was deemed not competent to stand trial for allegedly shooting at another man and that man’s...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A mid-level operative in the cocaine trafficking syndicate that operated, in part, out of a Greenfield barbershop was granted a stay to his sentence so he can train the employees who will take over for him at his Turners Falls...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Greenfield woman was sentenced on Tuesday to three to five years in state prison for abusing her baby in 2021 and causing injuries that included bite marks, as well as jaw and skull fractures. Alexis C. McClure, 25, pleaded guilty in...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The case of the former Buckland Police chief facing three identical sexual assault charges has been continued without a finding until next year after the defendant admitted the prosecution has sufficient facts to prove his guilt.James T....

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GREENFIELD — The final of six North Quabbin residents facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from an alleged Feb. 1 incident was arraigned in Franklin County Superior Court this week after his case was transferred from Orange District...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A man facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from a Feb. 1 incident was arraigned Friday afternoon in Franklin County Superior Court, where his case was transferred due to its severity.Brian A. Chamberland, 38, of Athol,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A man whose defense attorney said was “at the very bottom of (the) totem pole” in a busted cocaine trafficking syndicate changed his plea Friday afternoon, but his case will be continued without a finding for one year.Damien D. Johnson,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Two men connected to the Greenfield barbershop that served as part of a cocaine trafficking syndicate are each expected to serve three to five years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges this week.Nathan M. Ortiz, 40, and David...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The owner of Elev8 Cannabis in Athol will remain at Bridgewater State Hospital for the time being, after a doctor deemed him incompetent to stand trial.Seun Adedeji, 29, appeared in Orange District Court on Tuesday, when Judge Laurie MacLeod...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Four of six North Quabbin residents who are facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from an alleged Feb. 1 incident were arraigned Monday afternoon in Franklin County Superior Court, where their cases have been transferred...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — A woman faces seven charges after staging an armed robbery in Greenfield and leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in her vehicle rolling over on Greenfield Road in Leyden on Sunday morning.According to Greenfield Police Lt....

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A Supreme Judicial Court ruling that alcohol tests given with a certain type of breathalyzer were invalid evidence in drunken-driving prosecutions between 2011 and 2019 will not affect area prosecutors’ approach to such cases.The Boston...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A personal care attendant accused of stabbing the 82-year-old husband of a woman she was caring for in Montague pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three charges stemming from the April 15 incident.Kady J. Flanagan, 28, of Deerfield,...

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...