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By CHRIS LARABEE

WASHINGTON – The Deerfield woman arrested at the U.S. Capitol this week for telling police she wanted to kill top Republicans conceded to detention on Thursday and a hearing is set for April 1, according to federal court documents.

By DOMENIC POLI

SPRINGFIELD — A U.S. Marine veteran pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing benefit payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs and submitting a false Purple Heart application to the Marine Corps through his congressional representative.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WHATELY – Northampton Police took a 57-year-old man from Rim Rock, Arizona, into custody Tuesday morning after an 80-mile-per hour pursuit on Interstate 91 North ended with the suspect allegedly pulling a knife on police officers.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WARWICK — The cause of death for Justina Steffy, the 31-year-old woman whose remains were found in Warwick in October, has been deemed homicide.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WASHINGTON — A South Deerfield woman is trying to get released from pretrial detention after her arrest at the U.S. Capitol for allegedly telling police she wanted to kill top Republicans, including billionaire investor Scott Bessent on the day that the Senate confirmed him as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary, according to documents filed in federal court.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton woman originally facing murder charges for the death of her ex-boyfriend in March 2023 pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter on Monday and was sentenced to 16 to 19 years in state prison.Jean Marie Echevarria,...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A jury found Steven Malloy not guilty of first-degree murder on Friday, nearly three years after he was arrested following the shooting death of a Pittsfield man in a Northampton apartment.The Hampshire Superior Court jury deliberated...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Following closing remarks by the prosecution and defense in the murder trial of Steven Malloy, the jury began deliberations in the case Thursday.Malloy, 35, of Northampton, is charged with first-degree murder over the death of Joseph...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — With the firearm used to kill Joseph R. Fillio never recovered by law enforcement, a photo on defendant Steven J. Malloy’s phone has become a key piece of evidence in his trial on the charge of first-degree murder.A photo depicts a small...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Prosecutors continued to focus on forensic evidence on the fifth day of the murder trial of Steven Malloy, including testing for DNA and gunshot residue on Malloy’s shoes and clothing from the night Joseph Fillio was shot to death in...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The defense for Steven Malloy, who is facing a charge of first-degree murder in the 2021 shooting death of Joseph Fillio, continued to question witnesses on day four of the trial Friday, with a focus on the existence of a cat described...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man pleaded not guilty to in Hampshire Superior Court on Friday to 35 charges related to the dissemination of child pornography and child sexual abuse material.Liam Galpin, 22, is facing seven counts of possession of child...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A local man facing 29 charges, including rape and strangulation, will be released from custody if he can identify an appropriate residence to stay at, a Franklin County Superior Court judge has decided.Branden M. Eugenio, 31, appeared...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Two men accused of beating and seriously injuring a liquor store clerk and one other person in Sunderland were ordered held without bail at a dangerousness hearing Thursday in Greenfield District Court.Warren Martinez, 30, of Northampton,...

HOLYOKE — A man who police say was involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon that damaged the City Hall Annex building faces a raft of weapons and drug charges following his arrest soon after the shooting.Hector Rivera, no age given, of Holyoke was...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A former Southampton mortgage loan officer’s rape case is on hold while the state’s high court determines whether his attorney can continue to represent him.Mathieu J. Tebo was preparing to go to trial in Hampshire Superior Court on 30...

Staff Report

HOLYOKE — One man is in custody, and another has been identified but was at large in the wake of a shootout Thursday at 1:45 p.m. near High Street and Worcester Place, the mayor’s office reported.Police said five shots were fired in the exchange. Two...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A Haydenville man who had been free on $15,000 bail following his arrest on drug and assault charges stemming from a multi-town police chase in October remained jailed this week after being arrested recently on new charges.Eric...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A city man facing 13 charges after allegedly firing an assault rifle into his neighbors’ apartment in December was moved Tuesday from a hospital to jail following a hearing in Hampshire Superior Court.Joshua Martinelli, 29, appeared...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the Greenfield man accused of murdering Christopher Hairston, of Pittsfield, and leaving his body at his Chapman Street apartment, was held without the right to bail after he pleaded not guilty at his arraignment...