CRIME & SAFETY
Woman accused of stabbing bouncers at Southington restaurant faces judge
The woman accused of stabbing two bouncers and biting a third at a Southington restaurant and bar over the weekend appeared in court Monday. Police arrested Heidi Montes, 24, of Wallingford along with her brother, Adrian Montes, 28, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Stuart Chase, 32, of Leeds, Massachusetts, after an altercation that led to the violent stabbings.
Student Threatens To Shoot Springfield School; Mom, 2 Others Busted
Lilly Casanova, 40, Ramon Gonzalez, 24, and Nathan Gonzalez, 20, were arrested early Tuesday morning after police raided their home on White Street, Springfield police said. Springfield police received a tip that a 12-year-old had boasted about having access to guns and was planning on bringing one of them to school. Officers contacted the student's mom, Casanova, who told them the child did not have access to any weapons. However, she would not allow officers in her home without a warrant to verify that. authorities said.
2 men charged after attempting to dump M4 rifle, other weapons following South Windsor crash
SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) – Connecticut State Police (CSP) officials say two men were arrested in South Windsor over the weekend after a crash led to the multiple weapons charges, including possession of a machine gun. Jamal Clark, 22, and Charles Brown, 26, both of Springfield, Massachusetts were held on a million dollar cash/surety bond […]
2 Western Mass. residents charged in connection with armed robbery
A man and a woman were arrested following a break-in at an apartment building, where police found them carrying a loaded gun, Springfield police announced. Isaac Felix, 20, of Holyoke, and Elizabeth Acevedo, 25, of Springfield were both charged with carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of a large-capacity firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of a high-capacity magazine/feeding device, possession of ammunition without an FID card and breaking and entering nighttime for a felony, police said in a statement on Monday.
Westfield man found guilty in stabbing murder of ex-girlfriend
WESTFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Guilty-- that is the key word for the now convicted murderer Blake Scanlon, who was found to have stabbed the mother of his child, his ex-girlfriend to death five years ago. Now, the family and friends of Alexis Avery, who was stabbed 28 times to her...
Woman with decomposed dog in her Westfield apartment sentenced to probation
WESTFIELD — A former Westfield woman declined to defend herself when tried on animal cruelty charges, and has been forbidden to own pets and has been placed on probation for two years. Ramona J. Holland, 23, formerly of The Willows Apartments at 19 Lockhouse Road, Westfield, and currently of...
Search Intensifies for 12-Year-Old Maci Ryan Missing in Holyoke, Massachusetts
The search is intensifying for a 12-year-old girl reported missing in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The Holyoke Police Department has reached out to the public to help locate Maci Ryan, who also goes by the name Jasmine. Maci was last seen on March 17th near Canby Street, and authorities say she has connections to Westfield, Massachusetts. Concerns are escalating as each day passes without a sign of her whereabouts.
Gunshot victim found on State St. in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Police are investigating a shooting in Springfield that sent a man to the hospital Sunday evening. According to Springfield police the man was found on State Street around 5:30 p.m. “...Officers responded to the 600 block of State St. for a report of a gunshot victim,”...
Cases settled: 2 ex-officials of veterans home where 76 died in the pandemic avoid jail time
BOSTON (AP) — Two former officials of a veterans home in Massachusetts where at least 76 people died in one of the nation’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks in a long-term care facility settled their criminal case Tuesday without having to go to jail. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent of the Veterans’ Home in Holyoke, and Dr. David Clinton, the home’s former medical director, were facing five counts of criminal neglect after the Massachusetts’ highest court overruled a lower court judge last year and reinstated the charges. Theirs was the first criminal case brought in the country against anyone connected to nursing homes deaths during the pandemic. Prosecutors had sought guilty pleas and three years probation on the charges including one year of home confinement. They cited the bad conditions and lack of staffing at the facility and the need for a sentence that “merits real consequences.”
Opening statements in trial of man accused of stabbing ex-girlfriend 28 times
Opening statements are now over in a murder trial of a man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend 28 times back in 2019 in Westfield. Western Mass News was there as prosecutors and the defense argued their sides to the jury.
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