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NORTHAMPTON — Prosecutors never alleged that New Hampshire resident Jesse Carrillo intended to kill fellow University of Massachusetts student Eric Sinacori with the heroin he supplied. They didn’t allege he was selling the drug for personal...

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NORTHAMPTON — From saving a girl from choking to preventing two suicides and creating a trading card program for youth, the city’s police officers took time out earlier this month to recognize the accomplishments of their own.The department also...

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NORTHAMPTON — A city police officer has been placed on paid leave following a weekend arrest for allegedly driving while drunk, running a red light and hitting another car.Michael B. Cronin, 26, of Florence, pleaded not guilty Monday in Northampton...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Granby man who police say possessed some 3,000 images and videos of child pornography pleaded guilty to the allegations Wednesday in Hampshire Superior Court and was sentenced to jail. Judge Richard Carey sentenced Sean W. Scully, 46,...

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BELCHERTOWN — A South Hadley man is being held without right to bail pending a dangerousness hearing on charges that he raped a woman he met through a dating app.Michael Durgin, 36, pleaded not guilty Monday in Eastern Hampshire District Court to two...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Hampshire Superior Court grand jury indicted a former volunteer Amherst Regional High School basketball coach Tuesday on 13 charges, including aggravated child rape and enticement of a child under 16.Anthony Florio Jr., 33, of 740...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Jamaican-born New York man in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody will have his sentence voided following the ruling of a Hampshire Superior Court judge.Judge Richard Carey ruled Friday to vacate the guilty plea of Shawn A....

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NORTHAMPTON — The bronze owl on Main Street will stay off its perch for the foreseeable future as police continue their investigation into the June vandalism of the sculpture.The bronze owl sculpture, dubbed “The Queen of Main Street,” was broken off...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Northampton District Court judge has denied a request for four separate trials — one for each alleged victim — for former Hampshire Regional High School girls basketball coach Richard Moussette.Moussette, 56, of Holyoke, was charged...

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SOUTH HADLEY — Berkshire Hills Music Academy hosts 140 music lessons a week. That’s 28 a day, all done in four hours. That’s a lot for five practice rooms.With the ribbon-cutting of the new Bernon Music Center on the school’s campus Thursday...

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NORTHAMPTON — Police received another report of a naked man touching himself on the streets of Northampton early Tuesday.The report described a naked man, just after 12:10 a.m., lying on top of short brick wall in front of Bacon & Wilson attorneys’...

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HADLEY — Learning to recognize the signs of an illegal drug lab is becoming more important, law enforcement authorities say, because the processes used and drugs produced are becoming more dangerous.That’s why more than 250 police officers,...

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NORTHAMPTON — A jury has found a former University of Massachusetts graduate student guilty of manslaughter in the overdose death of a fellow student.Jesse Carrillo, 28, of Derry, New Hampshire, was found guilty Tuesday morning in Hampshire Superior...

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NORTHAMPTON — For over two hours Thursday, a former University of Massachusetts graduate student took the stand detailing his heroin addiction and the role he played in the overdose death of an undergraduate in 2013.Day two of the trial of Jesse...

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BELCHERTOWN — Two more people have been charged in connection with a violent Amherst home invasion last October.Tivon LaValley, 26, of Hadley, has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, three counts of armed robbery while...

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NORTHAMPTON — A former South Hadley funeral director who admitted to embezzling more than $400,000 in prepaid funeral arrangements must pay nearly $500,000 in restitution.William W. Ryder, 55, has been ordered to pay $471,446 in consumer restitution,...

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GRANBY — While the incumbent is not seeking re-election, the race for Select Board will see familiar faces in those running for the vacant seat in Monday’s annual town election.Glen Sexton and Jennifer Silva will compete for the single three-year...

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BELCHERTOWN — Select Board member Brenda Aldrich will face a challenger in the race for the three-year seat.Aldrich will face Carla Dell’Olio at the polls as part of the annual town election Monday.Brenda Aldrich Aldrich, 57, is finishing her sixth...

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NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man is suing the Northampton Police Department for $15 million, alleging that he was roughed up outside a bar in April 2014 Gregory S. Stevens claims he suffered numerous physical and mental injuries in the altercation,...

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SOUTH HADLEY — For Sen. Elizabeth Warren, this is the moment the country is being tested.“It’s a moment about what kind of people we are, what kind of country we are going to build … It’s like a test of character and this is what I believe,” she told...

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HOLYOKE — “Nothing about us without us.”The slogan used in the disability rights, identity and populist movements was echoed Wednesday morning by Daisy Hernandez, of Voices From Inside and Voices Carry, during an almost two-hour discussion on criminal...