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Former Chicopee superintendent sentenced for lying to FBI
Lynn Clark pleaded guilty to lying about threatening texts she sent to a former romantic partner who had applied to become Chicopee's police chief. Former Chicopee Public Schools Superintendent Lynn Clark was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to one year of probation, wrapping up a yearslong saga over threatening texts Clark sent to a former romantic partner who was vying to become the city’s next police chief.
Massachusetts man sentenced for organizing Northeast Kingdom drug ring
Burlington, VT- A Massachusetts man was sentenced to nearly 8 years in prison for selling cocaine and fentanyl in the Northeast Kingdom. Juan Carlos Ortiz, 29, from Springfield, MA, had previously pleaded guilty to the charges of selling drugs between November 2021 and August 2022 under a plea agreement. According to court records, Ortiz organized a group of 13 people in a drug-distributing network that sold mostly in the Northeast Kingdom, including Orleans, Essex, and Caledonia Counties.
Springfield law enforcement participating in criminal justice panel
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - A criminal justice panel will take place at the Basketball Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Local law enforcement officials including Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi, will join medical professionals, and Roca youth workers to discuss the impacts of community violence. The discussion will also highlight initiatives...
Springfield reality show to feature city artists, singers, entrepreneurs and more
SPRINGFIELD — It is a show about real people produced by real people all involved in the creative economy of the city. On Friday, a group of city artists will debut the first episode of “The Real Creatives of Springfield,” a reality show featuring painters, singers, comedians, dancers, with a chef, some entrepreneurs and a politician or two all thrown into the mix.
Suspect pleads guilty to 1966 murder of Chicopee girl
SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – A Bedford man has changed his plea in connection with charges stemming from a 1966 homicide in West Springfield. Donald Mars, 75, appeared in Hampden County Superior Court Thursday where he pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge. Jim Leydon, spokesperson for the Hampden District Attorney’s...
‘They went for maximum pain’: former Chicopee schools Superintendent Lynn Clark sentenced in federal court for lying to FBI
SPRINGFIELD — A chapter has closed for former Chicopee Schools Superintendent Lynn Clark after a judge in federal court sanctioned a one-year probation sentence for lying to federal agents amid an extortion probe. “Chicopee police thought this was a Watergate-style break-in,” Clark’s attorney, Jared Olanoff, told a judge during...
Dylan Chaves, of Fiskdale, ID'd As Driver In Fatal Crash
Dylan Chaves, of Fiskdale, was driving his pick-up truck south on I-95 just after 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30, when the vehicle lost traction and turned sideways into the left lane of oncoming traffic, State police said. The Nashua man who crashed into the truck was taken to an...
Investigation continues into bullets hitting Belchertown homes
BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Authorities in Belchertown continue their investigation after several bullets hit homes on Mountain View Drive. The most recent incident happened at the end of March hitting a home and shattering a glass door. A similar incident happened in June of 2023 when another glass door was...
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