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By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — A city man originally facing a first-degree murder charge for the killing of his roommate in 2022 pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in an emotional court proceeding Wednesday afternoon in Hampshire Superior Court.Devin R. Bryden,...

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — Jury deliberations have begun in the case of a former University of Massachusetts graduate student charged in the death of a fellow student.Testimony in the case against Jesse Carrillo, 28, concluded Friday morning in Hampshire Superior...

By EMILY CUTTS

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...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — Testimony began Wednesday in the trial of a former University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student accused of supplying a fatal dose of heroin to a fellow student in 2013. J.W. Carney Jr., attorney for Jesse Carrillo, 28, of Derry,...