A husband and wife from Douglas were charged with reckless endangerment of a child. Their 16 year old son was removed from the home on 20 Arch Street by the state Department of Children and Families, after police found the teenager was living in squalor. George and Kimberly Campbell were arraigned in Uxbridge District Court on January 10th, and released on personal recognizance. They are scheduled for pretrial conferences next month. Douglas Police came upon the home back in October while investigating another unrelated case. As you can see from the Google photo their yard is full of trash and other objects making it difficult to walk to the front door. The inside of the…
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On January 18th at around 7:30PM, members of the Connecticut State Police Troop D Quality of Life Task Force executed a narcotics related search and seizure warrant at 17B Saint James Row in Killingly, CT. The search warrant was obtained after an investigation revealed that 24 year old Tyler Ayotte-Pierce was selling crack cocaine from his residence. While approaching the residence the accused was found exiting the front door and was detained. Police were able to search the home and two children ages 3 and 8 were located inside. When a search of Ayotte-Pierce was conducted one prepackaged bag of crack cocaine was found in his pocket. A subsequent search of the home by K-9…
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Jeff Wulfson, Acting Commissioner of Southbridge Public Schools has announced that he has appointed a new receiver for the troubled school district. Dr. Jeffrey Villar will join Southbridge on February 12th, taking over for Jessica Huizenga, who resigned in July. The Telegram & Gazette reports his salary will begin at $198,000 per year. Dr. Villar previously served as executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform. He is also a former superintendent in Windsor and Rocky Hill, Connecticut. According to the announcement posted on the school department’s website, Dr. Villar started as a bilingual high school history teacher and later served as a principal and superintendent who worked with teachers and district staff to align…
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The Lake 940 would like to send congratulations to Ted Avlas, who is retiring as the Assistant to the Superintendent for Business for Webster’s School Department on February 28th. On March 1st, Monique Pierangeli will become the district’s new business manager. You may remember Ted Avlas as serving many years on the Webster School Committee, or decades working at Webster Five, where he also served as the bank’s Vice President. Avlas was also a very important part of AM 940 over the years as a play-by-play announcer for various local sports heard on the station. Now that he’s retiring, you think we can talk him into coming back to spend some time with us?
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Three Worcester men are in federal custody on charges accusing them of trafficking cocaine. Deibby Garcia, his brother Japhet and letter carrier Erick Cruz were arrested on Tuesday after a long investigation by authorities. The men were allegedly involved in a trafficking operation that involved cocaine being mailed to Worcester from Puerto Rico. All three are in custody without bail and will face detention hearings in Worcester’s Federal Courthouse tomorrow.
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At 7:45 pm on Wednesday, a first alarm was sounded for a reported structure fire on Foster Court in the Rochdale section of Leicester. Shortly after arrival, firefighters quickly requested a second, then third alarm be called. Crews from Leicester and Charlton encountered heavy fire inside the building. The fire was brought under control and companies chased hot spots for quite some time. All occupants of the house were able to get out of the burning home on their own. The American red across was brought in to assist the displaced residents. Mutual aid was also on hand from Spencer, Paxton, Auburn, Rutland and Oxford. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is…
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The Massachusetts unemployment rate for December was 3.5 percent. That’s a tenth-of-a-percent lower than the November number. The national jobless rate for last month is 4.1 percent. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development says the biggest private sector job gains in the Commonwealth in 2017 were in construction; professional, scientific and business Services; leisure and hospitality.
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As many as 10 vehicles caught fire inside of the garage at UMass Medical School in Worcester on Wednesday afternoon. The garage, located on South Road is also shared with visitors and employees of UMass Medical Center. Worcester Fire officials said the fire was especially difficult to fight because the fire trucks are too large to enter the garage. After several hours the fire was contained and no injuries were reported.
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It will be the Patriots and the Jaguars at Gillette Stadium this Sunday, but will Tom Brady be on the field? The team announced Brady was meeting with the team’s medical staff and will be included in the team’s injury report. According to the team on Twitter, Tom is “limited with a right hand injury.” Listen to The Lake 940 mornings from 6 to 10AM for Sports Updates from Tom Cuddy for more on this breaking story. If Brady has to sit this one out, will that mean the team’s chances of going to the Super Bowl are gone? Not necessarily, but it will be tough. This would be the first game Brady has missed this…
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A 26 year old Webster man was killed after his vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a trash truck on Route 56 in Paxton. The road was closed for several hours while police reconstructed the accident and cleared the scene. The Telegram & Gazette reports Andrew Guay was killed when his car struck the truck owned by Republic Services. The driver of the truck was treated at a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
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