From ‘I Hated His Guts’ To Saving His Life: NY Woman Gives Massachusetts Teacher Her Kidney From ‘I Hated His Guts’ To Saving His Life: NY Woman Gives Massachusetts Teacher Her Kidney
From ‘I Hated His Guts’ To Saving His Life: NY Woman Gives Massachusetts Teacher Her Kidney A Long Island woman donated a kidney to an unlikely beneficiary — her old middle school English teacher in Massachusetts, who she hated. Montana Miller, 55, of Port Washington, learned about the plight of Mitch Grosky, 74, through social media and decided to do something, the Boston Globe reported Tuesday, May 19. “When I was ten years old I hated his guts; now I'm giving him mine!?” Miller wrote on Facebook in April. The two first crossed paths at The Bromfield School in Harvard, MA in the 1980s, where Miller found Grosky’s fifth-grade English class boring and later told the Globe, “I abs…
Cow In Road Sparks Head-On Crash That Injures 11 In Western Mass Cow In Road Sparks Head-On Crash That Injures 11 In Western Mass
Cow In Road Sparks Head-On Crash That Injures 11 In Western Mass A dairy cow standing in the roadway set off a violent head-on crash that sent 11 people to hospitals in western Massachusetts early Thursday morning, May 14, authorities said. First responders were called to the area of 716 Amherst Road in Sunderland just after 2 a.m. on May 14, according to the Northwestern District Attorney's Office. Police said a northbound vehicle crashed into a cow in the road before colliding head-on with an oncoming vehicle. Eleven people inside the two vehicles were hurt. They were taken to several area hospitals for treatment. Authorities said all are expected to …
Lockdown Lifted At Mass Air Base After Frantic Reports Of Shots Fired Lockdown Lifted At Mass Air Base After Frantic Reports Of Shots Fired
Lockdown Lifted At Mass Air Base After Frantic Reports Of Shots Fired Reports of a shooting at Barnes Air National Guard Base sparked a lockdown, but police say the gunfire was part of a training exercise.  The incident happened around 9:45 a.m. at the 104th Fighter Wing on Southampton Road in Westfield, when police responded to reports of gunfire.  Law enforcement rushed to the scene as the base went into lockdown during the ongoing exercise. Officials later confirmed there was no active threat. In a statement, the 104th Fighter Wing said the incident was tied to the exercise and that no real emergency had taken place. The lockdown was lifte…
Western Mass Husband Convicted Of Wife’s Murder, Sentenced To Life Without Parole Western Mass Husband Convicted Of Wife’s Murder, Sentenced To Life Without Parole
Western Mass Husband Convicted Of Wife’s Murder, Sentenced To Life Without Parole A Massachusetts man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty of fatally stabbing his wife of five months and the mother of two, prosecutors announced.  Luis A. Rosado, 53, of North Adams, was convicted on Tuesday, May 12, in the killing of Jillian Tatro, who was 38 at the time of her death, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. A judge sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole.  Prosecutors said Rosado murdered Tatro inside her second-floor apartment at 46 Charles St. on May 28, 2022. The couple began dating in Sept…
Court Docs Reveal Chilling Threats Before Mass Rifle Rampage Left 2 Critically Hurt Court Docs Reveal Chilling Threats Before Mass Rifle Rampage Left 2 Critically Hurt
Court Docs Reveal Chilling Threats Before Mass Rifle Rampage Left 2 Critically Hurt Newly released court documents provide new details about a Massachusetts parolee who opened fire on vehicles in Cambridge before exchanging gunfire with state troopers and a retired US Marine. Two were severely wounded in the attack.  Tyler Brown now faces eight charges, including two counts of assault to murder with a firearm, firearm possession charges, and discharging a weapon within 600 feet of a building, after investigators said he opened fire along Memorial Drive Monday afternoon, May 11. According to the complaint, a Massachusetts parole officer contacted Boston police less tha…
Western Mass Man Admits To Killing Family Member Inside His Home: DA Western Mass Man Admits To Killing Family Member Inside His Home: DA
Western Mass Man Admits To Killing Family Member Inside His Home: DA A western Massachusetts man contacted police Monday morning, May 11, to report he had killed a family member, authorities announced. David Louis Boucher, 48, of North Adams, reached out to police just before noon to say he had killed the family member inside his Walnut Street home, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. Police rushed to the scene and found an adult man dead inside. Authorities have not identified the victim or said how he died.  Boucher was arrested at the scene and charged with one count of murder, the prosecutor said. Police said he is scheduled to b…
Western Mass Level 3 Sex Offender Guilty Of Child Sex Assault On 2, 5-Year-Olds Sentenced Western Mass Level 3 Sex Offender Guilty Of Child Sex Assault On 2, 5-Year-Olds Sentenced
Western Mass Level 3 Sex Offender Guilty Of Child Sex Assault On 2, 5-Year-Olds Sentenced A Level 3 Massachusetts sex offender will spend up to two decades in state prison after pleading guilty in a child exploitation case involving young children and child sexual abuse material, authorities said.  Ryan Montpelier, 39, of Montague, was sentenced to 18 to 20 years in prison, followed by seven years of supervised probation, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said on Monday, May 11.  Montpelier pleaded guilty on May 8 to three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, four counts of posing or exhibiting a child in a state of nudity, four counts…
Ashland Woman Arraigned In Fatal Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Wife, Mom In Southborough Ashland Woman Arraigned In Fatal Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Wife, Mom In Southborough
Ashland Woman Arraigned In Fatal Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Wife, Mom In Southborough A Massachusetts woman has been arraigned on homicide charges after prosecutors said she was driving the wrong way in a deadly Route 9 crash that killed a wife and mother of a child, authorities announced. Abigail Throckmorton, 23, of Ashland, was arraigned Friday, May 8, in connection with the February crash in Southborough that killed Crystal Johnson Clementi, 37. The crash happened around 3 a.m. Feb. 20, 2026, on Turnpike Road, also known as Route 9 East, according to investigators. A preliminary investigation found that Throckmorton was speeding and driving against traffic when she coll…
Police Identify Man Killed In West Springfield Officer-Involved Shooting Police Identify Man Killed In West Springfield Officer-Involved Shooting
Police Identify Man Killed In West Springfield Officer-Involved Shooting Authorities have identified the man killed during an officer-involved shooting in Western Massachusetts after police responded to a domestic disturbance call last month.  Vladislav Verloka, 34, of West Springfield, was identified as the man fatally shot by police in West Springfield on April 22, according to Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni. West Springfield officers were called to a home on George Street around 9:30 p.m. for a reported domestic disturbance. Officers encountered Verloka armed with multiple kitchen knives during the incident, the DA’s office said. Authorit…
Mass Man Posed As Medical Pro, Injected Clients With Black Market Botox, Sickening Several Mass Man Posed As Medical Pro, Injected Clients With Black Market Botox, Sickening Several
Mass Man Posed As Medical Pro, Injected Clients With Black Market Botox, Sickening Several A Massachusetts man admitted in federal court to giving clients illegal cosmetic injections that left several people seriously ill with botulism, prosecutors said. Rodrigo de Medeiros Siqueira, 33, of Quincy, pleaded guilty to misbranding a drug after shipment in interstate commerce with the intent to defraud or mislead, the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts said.  Federal prosecutors said Siqueira operated Rodrigo Beauty Inc. and offered cosmetic injection procedures beginning around August 2022. Authorities said he was not licensed to prescribe, dispense, or administer pr…
Worcester County Man Arrested In Fatal Hit-And-Run Outside Applebee’s In Pennsylvania Worcester County Man Arrested In Fatal Hit-And-Run Outside Applebee’s In Pennsylvania
Worcester County Man Arrested In Fatal Hit-And-Run Outside Applebee’s In Pennsylvania A Massachusetts man has been arrested weeks after a hit-and-run crash killed a pedestrian outside a Dauphin County restaurant, police announced on Friday, May 8. Randolph Donald Marchant, 68, of Westminster, Massachusetts, was taken into custody on Thursday, May 7 at his home in connection with the death of James Blowe, 41, of Harrisburg, according to Swatara Township police. Blowe was struck and killed around 9:04 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, in the 3500 block of Paxton Street, in front of the Applebee’s restaurant by Harrisburg Mall, police said. Investigators say a white SUV hit Blowe an…
Webster Man Accused Of Attempted Murder, Mayhem After Months Of Brutal Assaults: Police Webster Man Accused Of Attempted Murder, Mayhem After Months Of Brutal Assaults: Police
Webster Man Accused Of Attempted Murder, Mayhem After Months Of Brutal Assaults: Police A Massachusetts man faces nearly two dozen charges after police say he carried out a string of brutal assaults over several months that left a victim hospitalized with injuries so severe they required multiple surgeries to repair the damage. Robert Copper, 32, of Webster, is accused of strangling and assaulting a victim multiple times, hitting them with objects, and holding them against their will, according to police. The investigation began Saturday, May 2, when Webster Police Officer Alex Johnson started looking into reports of repeated violent attacks involving Copper, authorities said.…