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‘I’m Not Playing’: Man Threatens Willimantic Staples Workers Over Denied Return, Police Say
The Windham County incident happened in Willimantic, at the Staples store on Storrs Road. Connecticut State Police said a store supervisor contacted the agency on Thursday, April 11, after discovering a concerning post from a customer on the social media platform, X. In the post, which was directed at Staples...
Nationwide manhunt for Massachusetts rape suspect identified through DNA evidence
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Authorities are searching for Stephen Paul Gale, 71, who is accused of raping two women at gunpoint inside a retail store in Framingham two days after Christmas in 1989. He was identified as a suspect through the use of forensic genetic genealogy, and there is now a reward for his capture.
Help preserve workforce housing, bolster Cape economy: Support local option transfer fee
The Cape and Islands are facing an affordable housing crisis that is shuttering our small businesses, damaging our public safety, education and health care and threatening our cherished way of life. There are solutions, and one of the most promising for communities like Nantucket, Provincetown, Chatham and the towns of Martha’s Vineyard — communities that desperately need the help and have asked for it now for years — is the passage of a small local option transfer...
Person wounded in shooting in Griswold. What we know
One person was wounded in a shooting in Griswold Thursday. Preliminary reports from Connecticut State Police indicate on Thursday at approximately 6:50 p.m. troopers from Troop E responded to a report of an assault involving a gun on North Main Street in Griswold. One individual was injured and was transported...
Plainfield Man Gets 20+ For Fatal Shooting: Prosecutor
A 34-year-old Plainfield man was sentenced to 23 years in state prison on Thursday, May 16, for fatally shooting a man in 2022, authorities said.At 4 p.m. on March 11, Plainfield police responded to Johnston Avenue and East 2nd Street and found Eric Williams, a 50-year-old Plainfield resident hit w…
Mass. State Lottery winner: Wife’s grave numbers help man win $100,000 prize
A Massachusetts man won $100,000 from a free lottery ticket he got while playing the numbers from his late wife’s grave. Leonard Beach, of Mattapan, was one of three to win $100,000 during the Massachusetts State Lottery’s ticket promotion. If a player bought $4 or more of any draw or monitor game on a single ticket between April 11 and May 12, they had the chance to get a free Quic Pic ticket for the next “Mass Cash,” “The Numbers Game” or “Keno” drawing.
Lapeer man charged for allegedly defrauding company of nearly $1 million
LAPEER, Mich.—A Michigan man has been indicted by a jury in Massachusetts for his connection with an alleged scheme to defraud a construction company. Jonathan McCormack was indicted on 17 counts of wire fraud and 12 counts of engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property of a value greater than $10,000.
Hours-long standoff in CT ends with arrest of two suspects on home invasion charges
Two men are in custody on home invasion charges following an hours-long standoff with state police at a residence in Woodstock on Wednesday. Troopers responded to a residence on Woodstock Road just before noon on the report of a “suspicious incident” after a bystander saw two men armed with baseball bats approach and enter through a window to the second floor apartment, according to ...
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