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Watch Rookie Cop On First Solo Shift Save Woman In Cardiac Arrest On NJ Roadside
A police officer on his first solo shift helped save a woman’s life after she went into cardiac arrest following a crash in South Jersey last month, authorities said. At 8:23 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, officers responded to to Greentree Road in front of All American Assisted Living for a report of a vehicle that struck a telephone pole, Washington Township police said. The driver, Kathy Friedrich was reported unconscious and not moving, police said. Friedrich was unresponsive and locked inside the vehicle, police said. Officers, including Dante Moore, who was on his first solo sh…
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: Son Calls 911 To Report Ex- VA Lt. Gov Dad, Mom Murder-Suicide
Newly leaked 911 audio reveals the moments after the son of former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax found his mother critically injured inside their Annandale home. In audio released by TMZ, a dispatcher can be heard saying that a son called to report his father may have stabbed his mother, later identified as Cerina Fairfax, and his father was missing with his car in the driveway. The dispatcher also says the teen reported that his mother had multiple holes in her shirt. Officers then worked to clear the house after receiving a description of Fairfax from his son inside the home, wher…
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Western Mass Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Vicious Armed Assault At Pizzeria: DA
A violent armed assault at a popular Western Massachusetts pizzeria left one person fighting for their life and sparked a major manhunt. Carlos Naranjo, 32, is accused of the Wednesday evening attack at Roberto's Pizzeria on Federal Street in Greenfield, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. Police have released limited details about the assault, but Greenfield officers responded to the restaurant around 6:45 p.m. to find a victim with injuries so severe that responders had to airlift them to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment. Authorities said they were …
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Springfield Inmate Sentenced In Brutal, Unprovoked Lock-In-Sock Attack That Hospitalized Man
The 42-year-old Western Massachusetts inmate behind a vicious attack with a heavy metal lock that sent a fellow inmate to the hospital has been sentenced to additional prison time, authorities said. Robert Anderson, 42, of Springfield, was sentenced to three to five years in state prison on Wednesday, April 15, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. The assault happened on October 11, 2024, at the Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction during a routine inmate count when the men were outside their cells, prosecutors said. For a reason unknown to investigators, Anderson hid …
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24 Patients Rescued After Fire Breaks Out At Mass Hospital Overnight
A fire inside a hospital electrical room forced a high-risk evacuation of intensive care patients, sending two dozen people to other facilities and disrupting emergency services. The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday at Boston Medical Center in Brighton on Cambridge Street, the former St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Officials said the fire destroyed a generator, creating an urgent situation for patients who rely on critical care. Twenty-four patients were carried out of the hospital in Stokes baskets and transported elsewhere. The evacuation required hands-on work. Firefighters and ho…
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Westfield's Christopher Halla Gets Prison For Overdose Death
A Massachusetts man found guilty of manslaughter in the overdose death of a 57-year-old woman will spend years in prison. Christopher Halla, 43, was sentenced Tuesday, April 14, to five to seven years in state prison, followed by 2 years of supervised probation, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office announced. The conviction follows the May 23, 2024, death of PJ Susan Goldenberg, 57, of South Hadley. A jury found Halla guilty of manslaughter and tampering with evidence earlier this month following a five-day trial. Prosecutors said he told a friend to dispose of his remaining d…
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14-Year-Old Girl Raped Repeatedly By Group Home Employee From Mass: Police
A 14-year-old New York girl was raped dozens of times at a group home by one of the employees, state police said Tuesday, April 14. Andres Lima, 39, was charged with 20 counts of second-degree vaginal rape and 15 counts of second-degree oral rape, New York State Police said. Lima, a Pittsfield, MA, resident, worked at Linderhof Group Home in Valatie, Columbia County, according to authorities. Cops began investigating him in March after receiving reports of Lima sexually abusing the teen girl, who lived at the home. The abuse dated back five months and included dozens of assaults, state pol…
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His Wife Vanished After Argument 14 Years Ago: Now, He's Charged In Separate NJ Cold Case
The man arrested in a 1990 New Jersey cold case killing last week is the husband of a South Carolina woman who vanished 14 years ago and has never been found. Robert William McCaffrey Jr., 54, of Manteo, NC, was taken into custody at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 10, by a multistate task force in the killing of Newfoundland bank worker Lisa Marie McBride, who vanished after a night out in New York City, Sussex County Prosecutor Daniel Perez said. McCaffrey is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, and burglary in McBride’s death, which occurred on June 23, 1990, in Vernon Township, authori…
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Pittsfield Mets Championship Ring Stolen In Western Mass Heist
A treasured piece of Massachusetts baseball history is missing. Police say a 1997 Pittsfield Mets Championship Ring was stolen from a display case at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield during the “Farewell to the Grandstand” ceremony. The theft happened on April 11, 2026, as the community gathered to mark the end of an era at the historic ballpark. The ring was part of a public display. Pittsfield Police are now asking for help from anyone who attended the event. Investigators want to know if anyone saw suspicious activity near the display cases during the ceremony. The department is also …
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$1M Lottery Jackpot: Ludlow Soccer Coach Plans To Give Back To Community, Local Kids
A Massachusetts soccer coach who recently won $1 million in the state lottery says he plans to use the money to help area youth sports. Gregory Kolodziey, of Ludlow, won the seven-figure payday playing the $5 scratch-off game $1,000,000 Ultimate 7. He elected to take the one-time payment of $650,000 (before taxes) rather than the entire amount paid out through an annuity. He said he would help use some of the money to benefit youth sports in the Ludlow area, where he is a soccer coach. Kolodziey bought the winning ticket at Liquor Mart, 1345 Burnett Rd. in Chi…
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'Lucifer' Who Stabbed 3 With Machete At Grand Central Shot Dead By Cops:
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A man claiming to be Lucifer slashed three people with a machete at Grand Central Station before police officers shot and killed him Saturday, April 11, authorities said. At approximately 9:40 a.m., two officers assigned to transit overtime posts were flagged down by a civilian who reported a man armed with a knife had stabbed multiple people on a subway platform, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. As officers approached the 4/5/6 platform, they encountered a victim coming up the stairs who confirmed the attack, Tisch said. From the top of the stairs, officers saw the suspect on …
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NJ Cop Stalked Ex, Tracked Her Car With Device: Prosecutor
A New Jersey police officer has been arrested and charged with stalking and violating a restraining order, authorities said. Joseph D. Pietraszewski, 29, of Readington Township, a Town of Clinfton officer, was arrested on Friday, April 10, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson said. Pietraszewski was placed on administrative leave on Friday ,March 27 after making concerning comments to a co-worker about an ex-girlfriend, Robeson said. Investigators later met with the victim, who reported that Pietraszewski appeared at locations where the victim was present on multiple occasions, Robeso…
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