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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Sonya Epstein was crystal clear before a Hampshire District Court judge Thursday afternoon when explaining why she took part in a protest outside the Northampton facility of defense contractor L3Harris that led to her arrest two months...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Weighing emotional stories of loss from the victim’s family members and a tearful plea for leniency from the defendant’s daughter, Hampshire Superior Court Judge Francis Flannery sentenced Cara Rintala to 12 to 14 years in prison for...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Jurors in Hampshire Superior Court heard from the first two witnesses Thursday as prosecutors once more began laying out their case that Cara Rintala killed her wife at their Granby home in 2010.The two officers first on the scene,...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — An Amherst man was sentenced to five to six years in state prison Monday after being convicted last week of five counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and witness intimidation.Judge Richard Carey sentenced Jorge...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A Southampton loan officer and broker pleaded not guilty Friday in Hampshire Superior Court to a series of sexual assault charges, including rape, and threatening to commit a crime (murder), related to alleged incidents in 2017 and 2022...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

NORTHAMPTON — A Granby man answered in court last week to numerous allegations of child sexual abuse, including the aggravated statutory rape of a child.Steven C. Trznadel, 35, pleaded not guilty on Nov. 3 in Hampshire Superior Court to 11 sex crimes,...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

NORTHAMPTON — Two and a half years after Daniel Cruz was fatally shot at Meadowbrook Apartments and his body set ablaze in a field in Hatfield, his killer, Nerkin Omar Morales, was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in state prison Tuesday.Morales, 24,...

By MICHAEL CONNORS

NORTHAMPTON — A city man was sentenced to seven to eight years in state prison Friday after he admitted covering up the killing of Daniel Cruz by helping to burn his body after he was killed at Meadowbrook Apartments in 2018.Pedro Soto-Rodriguez, 22,...

By BERA DUNAU

NORTHAMPTON — Two of the three men accused of fraud at the University of Massachusetts Amherst involving thousands of dollars of kickbacks and unlawful gifts, including vacations to Mexico, were arraigned Wednesday in Hampshire Superior Court.Victor...

By BERA DUNAU

NORTHAMPTON — Family and friends of Jose “Joselito” Rodriguez packed the courtroom as his killer, Soknang Chham, pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter and related charges before being sentenced to 22 to 25 years in prison.The small confines of...

By EMILY CUTTS

When Amherst attorney Everald Henry walks through the doors of the Northampton courthouse on his duty days, he doesn’t know how many cases will be waiting for him. One thing is certain — they will involve people faced with jail time and no means to...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Holyoke man was sentenced Friday to more than 15 years in state prison for raping a South Hadley woman and then attempting to have her murdered.Jason Coons, 38, pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to charges of conspiracy in the...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A South Hadley teenager was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail in the death of a Westfield man delivering pizza in the spring of 2016.Ryan D. Brunelle, 19, pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to negligent motor vehicle homicide...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — The case against a Newbury man who allegedly made threats to commit a shooting at the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus has been dismissed by a Hampshire Superior Court judge. Judge Richard Carey dismissed the charges against...

By EMILY CUTTS

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,...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Haydenville man admitted Wednesday in court to assaulting a fellow inmate in jail and drug possession charges and was sentenced to three years in state prison.Eric Kelly-Combs, 26, pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to charges...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

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....

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A Greenfield man admitted Wednesday that he led police on a chase that went through seven towns and damaged multiple vehicles in September 2016. Frank Cabrera, 47, pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to charges of assault and...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — A grocery wholesaler’s request to place a real estate lien on the home of the mother of the former owner of Serio’s Market was denied in court on Monday. Hampshire Superior Court Judge Richard Carey denied a July 7 motion by Bozzuto’s...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON – A Belchertown man accused of striking and killing another man who was waiting at an Amherst bus stop in November denied numerous charges Friday in Hampshire Superior Court.Peter Sheremeta, 20, pleaded not guilty to charges including...