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Pride Stores for sale; Springfield owner seeking buyer for 31-store chain
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Springfield, MAPosted byMassLive.com
Springfield man charged with killing father at convenience store
SPRINGFIELD - A 25-year-old man was arraigned Tuesday morning in Springfield District Court for fatally shooting his father at a Central Street convenience store a day earlier. Humberto Santos, 48, of Springfield, was shot and killed at the Buzy Bee convenience store according to police. Police detectives arrested Genesis Arias-Santos...
Hartford, CTchatsports.com
Hartford drug deal turned fatal shootout caught on private security camera, court records show
An apparent drug sale that turned into a fatal shootout last week in Hartford’s Upper Albany neighborhood was captured in its entirety on a nearby private surveillance camera, new court records show. Trelique Ward, a 22-year-old East Hartford man, was shot in the abdomen during the confrontation June 9 and...
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Two men arrested following large drug bust in Holyoke
HOLYOKE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Two men were arrested in Holyoke for the distribution of a large amount of narcotics. On Tuesday morning, the Massachusetts State Police, the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Western MA Gang Task Force, and the Holyoke Police Department joined the DEA Springfield to execute a search warrant at a residence on Tokenenke Road.
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Massachusetts StatePosted byDaily Voice
Seen Him? Police Issue Alert For Missing Western Mass Man
An alert has been issued by police investigators in Western Massachusetts for a man who has been missing for weeks. The Agawam Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Todd Polacco, who has been missing since April and hasn’t been seen or heard from since the end of April or the beginning of May this year.
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Springfield police narcotics raid in Indian Orchard yields heroin, cocaine, illegal ‘ghost’ gun
SPRINGFIELD - Springfield police arrested an Indian Orchard man on drug and weapons charges on Monday after a raid on his residence led to the discovery of some heroin, cocaine, and an illegal ‘ghost’ gun, police said. Percy Coleman, 47, was taken into custody after members of the Narcotics Unit...
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Pride Stores for sale; Springfield owner seeking buyer for 31-store chain
SPRINGFIELD — Pride Stores, the Springfield-based gas and convenience store chain that’s grown to 525 employees and 31 stores with 10 additional sites in development, is for sale. CEO Robert Bolduc told The Republican on Tuesday he will know in six to eight weeks if he will sell and who...
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Hartford, CTPosted byHartford Courant
A woman who helped convict a notorious Hartford killer as a teen in 1953 will finally get the $3,000 reward that was denied to her
When a young girl came forward about her own sexual assault after the murder of an 11-year-old who was raped and strangled days later, she helped Hartford police catch a serial predator and murderer in the early 1950s. The girl was denied a $3,000 reward for help solving the case, but that will change after Connecticut lawmakers recently passed a bill honoring her bravery and offering the ...
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Massachusetts State Police search warrant leads to arrests, seizure of large cache of narcotics
“During the past several months the Massachusetts State Police Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction Enforcement Team (CINRET West), the Department of Homeland Security Investigations, FBI / MSP Western MA Gang Task Force, and the Holyoke Police Department have been investigating the suspected distribution of Heroin from a residence in Holyoke. Based...
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Springfield police charge Genesis Arias-Santos with murder in fatal ‘Buzy Bee’ shooting
SPRINGFIELD - Police have charged a 25-year-old city man with murder in the fatal shooting Monday of an employee at the Buzy Bee convenience store on Central Street. Genesis Arias-Santos was taken into custody Monday night at Mercy Medical Center where he had been brought for treatment, according to police spokesman Ryan Walsh.
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Windsor, CTPosted byJournal Inquirer
Windsor man held on kidnapping charge
WINDSOR — A local man is being held in lieu of $150,000 bond while facing charges that he kidnapped a woman at knifepoint in Hartford in December and brought her and two children to his mother’s house in town. The woman told police that she fled the house after the...
Hartford, CTPosted byFOX 61
First cases of Powassan infection reported: DPH
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Department of Public Health said Tuesday that two Connecticut residents have tested positive for Powassan virus infection. DPH said these are the first cases of POWV associated illness identified in Connecticut in 2021. During 2016 to 2020, 10 cases of POWV associated illness were reported in Connecticut, including 2 in 2020. Two of the infections were fatal.
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‘We've Got Everything': More Hollywood Movies Filming in Connecticut
Hollywood has arrived in Connecticut. Big name stars and large-scale productions have been setting up shop and filming movies all around the state in recent months. But attracting those movie shoots to Connecticut is not an easy process. There is something exciting about seeing how a movie is made right...
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7 indicted for roles in Western Massachusetts heroin trafficking operation
SPRINGFIELD - The state Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday announced seven people have been indicted for their roles in a major heroin trafficking operation that was operating in Western Massachusetts. The charges are the result of a lengthy joint operation between state, federal and local police that including authorized wire...
Hartford, CTMiddletown Press
Senate passes marijuana bill, but Lamont vows a veto
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Senate on Tuesday passed legislation for the second time in about a week that legalizes the recreational use of cannabis for adults. But Gov. Ned Lamont is threatening to veto the retooled bill, arguing it opens the industry up to tens of thousands of people previously illegible to get priority for licenses.
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Arrest made in murder at One Stop Plaza in Springfield, victim identified
SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- A lot has happened in the past 24 hours since we first told you about a murder at a convenience store in Springfield. A suspect is now in custody, and police said the man he's accused of killing is his father. We are also learning the...
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Hartford police seek public's help to identify murder suspect
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Police in Hartford are hoping the public can help identify a murder suspect. Monday, they released surveillance photos of a man as he walked near the scene. The homicide happened in the area of 1994 Main St. on Jan. 29, 2021 around 9:10 p.m. The victim...
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The Big E is coming back at full capacity in September
The 105th Eastern States Exposition, commonly known as the Big E, will return in September with a full-capacity fair. On Tuesday, the West Springfield fair announced that this year's fair would take place after taking 2020 off due to the pandemic. After previously announcing Machine Gun Kelly and Brad Paisley...