CRIME & SAFETY

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – Arrests have been made in connection with a shooting that took place earlier this month in Springfield. Springfield Police spokesperson Ryan Walsh said that officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation in the area of Acorn and Sycamore Streets in the afternoon of Monday, May 22. They arrived on-scene and found that two homes and three vehicles were damaged by gunfire.

SPRINGFIELD — A teacher at STEM Middle Academy was charged with aggravated statutory rape and related crimes for the alleged repeated assaults of a student in a closet at the school. Robert Gayle Sr. was arraigned in Springfield District Court on Tuesday after being arrested on Friday, according to...

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - A Springfield man was arrested Monday after police seized a loaded gun on Bancroft Street. Just before 1 a.m., police saw a car cross over the double-yellow lines on Main Street before turning onto Bancroft Street. The car stopped on Bancroft Street where the driver, 33-year-old...

Two people were arrested in Springfield Monday evening, including one who was wanted for charges in connection with an attempted murder in Vermont last September.

Three Springfield teenagers have been arrested in connection with a shooting that has left a teenage boy fighting for his life and in critical condition. Police said the three Springfield suspects also drove the teenager to a hospital after shooting him. On Monday, May 22, at around 3:20 p.m., Springfield...

The Ludlow Police Department has arrested and charged a man with drug trafficking and possession.

A Springfield man was arrested Sunday for firearm charges after a shots fired incident.

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Police have located the body of a Springfield man who went missing while jet skiing on the Connecticut River over the holiday weekend. The jet skier has been identified as 51-year-old, Carlos Lopez. State Police tell Western Mass News that his body was recovered around 1...

Two people were arrested in Springfield for the alleged assault of a special needs student on Friday.

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — Windsor Locks police are searching for a wanted man who is potentially armed and escaped from a halfway house on Tuesday night. Police said officers saw Bruce Michaud leaving a location in Windsor Locks and they knew he was wanted by Connecticut State Police on an Escape charge because he left his mandated halfway house. When officers tried to stop Michaud, he led them on an extended chase into Enfield, according to police.

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People are going across state lines to take part in street takeovers in Connecticut. Crowds of people have been blocking the roads and vehicle drivers are racing and taking part in dangerous car activities.

A teenager drowned in a swimming pool in Feeding Hills on Memorial Day.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - A grieving community has come together to honor the three individuals killed in a car fire over the weekend. Monday evening’s vigil in Springfield honors the three victims of a deadly car fire on Route 391 early Sunday morning. When Massachusetts State Police troopers arrived...

Monday night, a community in mourning after three people were killed in a car fire on I-391 in Chicopee early Sunday Morning.

22News has learned that an arrest warrant is pending from an ongoing investigation by the Springfield Police Department. The warrant is pertaining to reports of abuse to disabled students on a bus.

Westfield Police are asking for the public's help in identifying several people allegedly involved in a theft of a card reader at Taco Bell.

Two people from Springfield and one Holyoke resident who were all killed in a fiery car crash on Interstate 391 in Chicopee early Sunday morning were identified by Massachusetts State Police. Jonathan Santiago, 24, of Springfield, was identified as the driver of the car. Karylee Lopez Moret, 23, of Springfield...

UPDATE: Massachusetts State Environmental Police said they found the body of 51-year-old Carlos Lopez in the Connecticut River on Tuesday, May 30, authorities said. He had been missing since his jetski collided with a boat on Sunday. Investigators found his body near where the collision happen…

AGAWAM, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - A devastating drowning in a private swimming pool claimed the life of an Agawam High School student late Monday night. Authorities are conducting an investigation into the fatal drowning of a 17-year-old boy in a swimming pool at a home in town. Now, local leaders are...