Springfield News Archives

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Brockton man who allegedly carved out a modest crime wave for himself last weekend here in western Massachusetts is under arrest.

Max is a Shetland sheepdog, a miniature collie with a thick fur coat, but the staples and tubes sticking out of his shaved neck and the chewed-up right ear make him resemble a kind of canine monster.

After a heated debate between former Agawam Mayor Richard Cohen and his opponent Derek Benton, another candidate is demanding that Benton withdraw from the race.

Authorities say a Massachusetts man fired several shots through the front window of a neighboring home, killing an 18-year-old woman, because he thought someone living there had stolen his TV.

Combustibles left too close to a stove pipe caused some $10,000 to $15,000 in damage to a detached garage in the Brightwood neighborhood Wednesday night.

Alex Valle's past caught up with him this week when his prior crimes meant his new conviction on gun charges landed him a mandatory 15-year state prison sentence.

Police, working an anti-gang patrol in the Forest Park neighborhood Sunday night, arrested a 28-year-old city man and seized their 266th gun from city streets so far this year.

A Springfield firefighter facing child pornography charges has changed his plea from not guilty to guilty.

Police arrested two men on burglary charges in the same week that neighbors were urged during community meetings to be alert and phone police about suspicious activity.

In this file photo from 2008, current Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, and city councilor Bud L. Williams side side-by-side at the Springfield Finance Control Board meeting.

A speeding car in Mason Square early Monday morning led to the arrest of a 34-year-old Springfield man wanted by Malden police for threat to murder.

Wade Rathke, founder of the scandal-prone Associations of Community Organizations for Reform Now - ACORN - has plenty of fond memories of the city of Homes.

Local representatives are demanding Mayor Domenic Sarno and the Springfield City Council use $1 million of the citya s bailout money immediately to fight the crime problem plaguing the city.

Springfield, Mass. police are continuing to investigate a series of shootings which have left three dead over the last three days.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Three Springfield man have been arrested on firearms charges after months of investigation.

Massachusetts police say they are searching for two men suspected of robbing a woman of $27,000 after she flashed the cash in a Springfield bar.

Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and City Councilor Bud L. Williams spoke on a range of topics, including crime, substandard housing and minority hiring in a debate Thursday night at Rebecca M. Johnson School.

Undercover narcotics detectives arrested seven men Wedesday night for trafficking cocaine and other charges, according to police documents.

Springfield Police and firefighters responded to another violent incident on Wilmont Street Wednesday night, in retaliation to Sundaya s fatal shooting of a 18 year-old Springfield mother.

Today Mohegan Sun will host a series of community conversations in Western Massachusetts about its plans for a resort casino in Palmer.

Just days after a West Springfield car salesman is kidnapped and taken on a scary ride he talks exclusively with 22News.

Police arrested a 41-year-old city man early Monday morning and charged him with assaulting a woman, reportedly his estranged girlfriend, with a knife and a baseball bat.

Two Springfield men who face federal charges for the torching of the Macedonia Church of God in Christ in November pleaded innocent in Hampden Superior Court on Tuesday to charges involving an unrelated 2003 fire.

SPRINGFIELD POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING NOW THREE MURDERS IN THREE DAYS. THE THIRD REPORTED LATE LAST NIGHT WHEN AN 18 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WAS STANDING IN HER OWN APARTMENT ON WILMONT STREET DIED.

The recent murders have police working overtime as they scramble to get control over the city.

Undercover detectives arrested a man and woman, both from the city, on firearm and ammunition charges Monday afternoon.

Springfield Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet answers questions about the three murders that have taken place in Springfield over the past few days, as Mayor Domenic J. Sarno.

Police say an 18 year-old Springfield woman who was fatally shot inside her home early Sunday morning, was shot by her neighbor during a dispute over a TV.

Three people were treated at area hospitals following a three-car accident that happened around 12:50 p.m. Sunday on Russell Road.

Undercover narcotics detectives arrested three city men Thursday night on cocaine and marijuana charges at 1 Allen St.

A pair of Massachusetts men were charged Friday with robbing a bank in Rochester on Thursday.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Police said a man accused of stealing a woman's wallet was tracked down by his alleged victim after he made his getaway on a bus and later tried to fill out a job application.

A 23-year-old man, shot to death in the North End early Thursday night, has been identified as city resident Omar Gallego Police continue to probe the shooting, Sgt.

A 32-year-old city man, last seen driving west on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Stockbridge Thursday after stealing a car during a test drive at Balise Honda and kidnapping a salesman, was arrested early Friday morning by state police in Wisconsin.

Police Wednesday afternoon were investigating a shooting that occurred around 3 p.m. at 95-97 Genessee St.

A Springfield Mass Transit District bus driver has received a one-day unpaid suspension for wearing a pink necktie to help raise awareness for breast cancer.

Police arrested two men and a 15-year-old male, all from Springfield, following a Tuesday morning house break-in on Braeburn Road.

Police arrested three suspected gang members Monday afternoon after they spotted them dealing crack cocaine from their Jeep in the Old Hill neighborhood.

The city of Springfield has taken more than 100 homeowners to court over a decided lack of curb appeal.

Breast cancer is not just a disease that threatens women. Eliza Corridan reports a Springfield, Massachusetts man knows that all too well.

Two men have pleaded innocent in Hampden Superior Court in separate cases on charges they evaded state excise taxes by illegally selling unstamped cigarettes, collectively defrauding the state more than $300,000. Jin Zheng, 30, formerly of East Longmeadow, faces charges of possession with intent to sell unstamped cigarettes, evasion of cigarette ...

MSNBC's Chris Matthews played hardball with local teachers, parents, and students this weekend.

Springfield Police are searching for suspects this morning after two separate shootings occurred overnight.

Agawam Mayor Susan Dawson and the estranged wife of her boyfriend have reportedly had another confrontation in a Springfield restaurant.

The Springfield Fire Department now has a permanent reminder of one of their bravest.

A veteran lieutenant faces a Police Department internal investigation in connection with charges he assaulted a onetime girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter during a domestic dispute at the woman's home earlier this week.

A man armed with a knife robbed the Bank of America branch located at 3065 Main St., around 9:18 a.m. Thursday.

House Speaker Robert DeLeo says the Massachusetts budget may be up to $1 billion out of balance and cuts in state aid to cities and towns are possible.

City officials gathered Wednesday to announce the start of construction on a $5 million fire station on White Street, replacing two older, deteriorated stations.

A jury has found a 19-year-old man innocent of arson in a Springfield firebombing, but said he was guilty of possessing a Molotov cocktail.

This is a bank surveillance camera image of a man suspected to have arrested the Bank of America branch on Main Street in downtown Springfield Monday afternoon.

Police have identified a man fatally shot Tuesday night as 22-year-old Raymond Diaz Jr.

Police arrested two city men on heroin charges in the North End Monday afternoon.

Police were called to a reported bank robbery Monday afternoon at the downtown branch of the Bank of America at 1414 Main St.

They came from all over Western Massachusetts and from many different walks of life.

Agawam Mayor Susan Dawson goes before voters for the first time since she was allegedly attacked by her boyfriend's estranged wife.

A man is recovering in the hospital after being stabbed during a fight outside a Springfield club.

The push is on to name volleyball the official recreational and team sport of Massachusetts.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Two white men charged with torching a predominantly black Massachusetts church in response to President Barack Obama's election have been indicted in an earlier fire.

A 40-year-old Pine Point Road woman was arrested for attempting to abduct a 3-year-old boy that she believed to be her own son from the family next door, police said.

A 27-year-old Springfield woman was charged with drunken driving just after midnight Friday on West Columbus Avenue after she drove backward into a police cruiser, causing a minor injury to the officer, police said.

A 17-year-old girl from Ludlow has been killed in a car crash in Springfield that injured three others.

Maria R. Schibelli, owner of Alta Moda Hair and Nail Salon in Springfield, left, and her hair stylists groom guests at the 2009 Project Homeless Connect at the MassMutual Center in Springfield Tuesday.

Springfield police arrested a 21-year-old gang member Wednesday night who was wanted for putting a gun to a victim's head late month and threatening to shoot.

An enthusiastic crowd of partisan supporters packed the MCLA Church Street Center as incumbent Mayor John Barrett III and challenger Richard J. Alcombright traded jabs over job creation, plans for the Mohawk Theater and economic development Wednesday night during the first of two mayoral debates.