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Webster Woman Arrested In NH For Driving Drunk With 2 Children In Car
At around 10PM on Sunday, February 2nd, New Hampshire State Police pulled over a 29-year-old Webster woman on Route 93 North in Bow, NH after the trooper observed her making several motor vehicle violations. Police say Felicia Purcell was operating under the influence of alcohol and traveling with two children, ages 4 and 6. Purcell…
Read MoreCar Stolen, Several Break-Ins Reported In Dudley
Police in Dudley are warning area residents about several vehicle break-ins reported in the vicinity of Corbin Road and Dudley-Oxford Road. The crimes were committed between midnight at 5AM on Saturday. In addition to small items and cash being taken from inside of vehicles, a red 2010 Nissan Maxima was stolen from a driveway…
Read More2-Alarm Fire In Vacant Oxford Home Under Investigation
On Friday night, just after 8:30PM, multiple 911 calls were made to Oxford Police and Fire Departments about a fire at a vacant building located at 91 Fort Hill Road. Crews arrived with additional tanker trucks because the structure was “outside of the hydrant district” according to Oxford Deputy Fire Chief Jon Belanger. The blaze…
Read More2 Accused of Dealing Drugs Outside Of Dudley Dollar Store
Dudley Police were called to the Dollar General Store at 13 West Main Street on Wednesday afternoon for a report of a suspicious motor vehicle. A white Kia was seen in the parking lot over the course of two days between the hours of 1 and 4PM. Police say on both occasions, two males were…
Read MoreOxford Police Find Concealed Firearm On Man With Outstanding Warrants
At 2AM on Wednesday morning, Oxford Police made an arrest of a unidentified man who had “several outstanding warrants.” In a post on Facebook, the department said they located the weapon in the photo above “concealed on the suspect’s person.” The man was arraigned on firearms related charges in Dudley District Court. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2865225896872698&id=506969139365064
Read MoreSouthbridge Police Make Cocaine Arrest On Hamilton Street
A 25-year-old Southbridge man was arrested just after 2:30PM on January 1, 2020. Southbridge Police say Giovanni Torres was arrested after leaving his Hamilton Street apartment after conducting surveillance in the area. Detectives were assigned to the area after receiving numerous complaints about the distribution of drugs in the vicinity. Torres was seen getting into…
Read MorePedestrian Struck And Killed On Route 131 In Sturbridge
On the afternoon of Friday, December 13th at around 5:40 PM police in Sturbridge were called to Route 131 at the intersection of Fairview Park Road for a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. The man, who had been walking on the westbound side of the road, was hit in an area that…
Read MoreGet ‘Goods For Guns’ Today In Worcester County
On Saturday, December 14th, many area police departments will be taking part in a “Goods For Guns” campaign. Local residents with unwanted or unsafe firearms will be able to take them to a participating police station and trade them in for gift cards for local supermarkets. For each operable gun, you will receive $25 per…
Read MoreWebster Man Charged With Trafficking Fentanyl in Gardner
At around 7:30PM on Saturday night, a Massachusetts State Police trooper assigned to the Athol Barracks, was patrolling in Gardner when he ran a license plate of a 2013 Chevrolet Impala with a suspended registration. While trying to pull over the vehicle, the driver pulled into a CVS parking lot at a high rate of…
Read MoreDudley Police Arrest Couple After Armed Robbery, Kidnapping
A man and woman from Dudley are facing kidnapping and robbery charges after being accused of threatening a woman at gunpoint and forcing her to drive them around Dudley and Webster for an hour on Tuesday evening. Dudley Police say 44-year-old Jessie Thibodeau and 31-year-old Nichole Murphy approached the victim in her car in the…
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