Crime

A Honduran national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegal reentry. Hermes Noel Vasquez-Espinal, 42, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to six months in prison and one year of supervised release. Vasquez-Espinal will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. …

The City of Boston’s Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Timothy Sullivan, and Kenneth Brissette, the Director of the City’s Office of Tourism, Sports and Entertainment were convicted today by a federal jury in Boston in connection with extorting a music festival production company operating on City Hall Plaza. Brissette and Sullivan …

A 54-year-old East Bridgewater man who shot a man while sleeping in his bed in Easton on Christmas morning of 2017 was convicted at trial this week and sentenced to serve up to 20 years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Lee Fruzzetti was …

On Sunday, August 4, 2019, Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers conducted uniformed and plain-clothes patrols of the Cape Cod Canal area, targeting striped bass violations. Throughout the early morning and into Sunday night, Officers seized in excess of 50 striped bass, issued nearly $8000 in citations and made one arrest. All …

A Worcester man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft. Jose Lopez Rosado, 51, pleaded guilty to one count of false representation of a Social Security number and one count of aggravated identity theft. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman …

Just before 10 p.m. yesterday Trooper Anthony Lavigne, assigned to State Police-Shelburne Falls, was patrolling Route 91 in Greenfield. After taking Exit 26 to Route 2 he observed a black Chevrolet Cruze speeding in the rotary. Once the Cruze exited the rotary Trooper Lavigne activated his blue lights and initiated …

A law enforcement officer from Texas has been charged in federal court in Worcester for cyberstalking a minor female residing in Worcester County. Pasquale T. Salas, 25, a/k/a Gino, a deputy sheriff with the Matagorda County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested in Bay City, Texas, this morning. He will appear in …

So far in 2019, New Bedford Police officers were called 14 times to 11 Vial Street in New Bedford’s south end for drug dealing related calls. According to the New Bedford Police and mayor’s office, it was officially designated a “problem property” by the City of New Bedford on July …

Just before 6 p.m. yesterday Trooper Tyler Hopkins and his Field Training Officer, Trooper Christopher Keane of State Police-Sturbridge, were conducting speed enforcement on Route 84 in Sturbridge. While in the area of Exit 3A they observed a gray Honda Accord traveling at a speed of 65 miles per hour …

A Fitchburg woman was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits, MassHealth, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Rhonda Bernal, 60, was charged with three counts of theft of public funds and two counts of making false statements. She appeared …