Police Arrest Cocaine Trafficker On Route 395 In Webster

While patrolling Route 395 on Thursday, March 8th at 9PM, Massachusetts State Police Troopers pulled up behind a Hyundai Genesis that was in the breakdown lane.  Thinking the driver might need assistance Troopers began to investigate. The driver, only identified as a 41 year old Willimantic, CT man, was in the vehicle with several open…

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Grafton Teen Found Dead On MassPike

Few details are known at this time, but the body of Grafton teenager Alexandra Valoras was discovered on Monday on the Massachusetts Turnpike.  She was an engineering student scheduled to graduate from Blackstone Valley Regional Technical High School in 2019. The Massachusetts State Police and Worcester County District Attorney’s Office are investigating.  District Attorney Joe…

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MassPike Bridge In Charlton Named After Trooper Clardy

Friday marked 2 years since Massachusetts State Police Trooper Thomas Clardy was killed in the line of duty during a 2016 traffic stop on the Massachusetts Turnpike. Members of the State Police, as well as Governor Charlie Baker, and The Clardy Family gathered on Friday as the 44 year old father of seven was remembered…

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Crashes Reported On Several Area Highways

The third Nor’easter in the last 2 weeks has been causing a lot of serious crashes on area roadways.  The Massachusetts State Police is currently responding to several different crashes involving multiple vehicles and tractor trailers.  Here are just a few of the most recent ones.  If you don’t have to go out, you are…

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‘No Left Turn’ In Charlton After Several Crashes On Route 20

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has officially posted ‘No Left Turn’ signs at the end of the driveway at the Treehouse Brewery and on Route 20 at the east end of Zorba’s Restaurant parking lot.  The Charlton Police Department say that these turn restrictions are in place effective immediately, and will be enforced by both…

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Rollover Accident On Route 395 In Oxford

In the early morning hours of Sunday, March 4th, Oxford Fire Department and EMS crews, along with Massachusetts State Police, responded to the scene of a single vehicle rollover on Route 395 in Oxford.  There was significant damage to the guardrail and vehicle, but no word yet on the condition of the occupants of the…

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Car Vs. Tractor Trailer Accident On Route 20 In Charlton

On Friday, February 23rd, just before 5PM, Officers from the Charlton Police Department responded with Troopers from the Massachusetts State Police to a tractor trailer vs. car accident across from the Treehouse Brewery. Both vehicles were traveling west on Sturbridge Road (Route 20) when the car, a Volkswagen, slowed to turn into the driveway of…

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Massachusetts State Police Plan Sobriety Checkpoints

Thanks to a grant provided by the Highway Safety Division of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Colonel Kerry A. Gilpin, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that a “Sobriety Checkpoint” will be implemented by the Massachusetts State Police on a Public Way in Worcester County on Friday March 2, 2018 into…

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Three Men Arrested in Worcester on Drug and Gun Charges

A motor vehicle stop on Southbridge Street in Worcester on Tuesday, February 20th led to the arrest of three men on gun and drug charges. Trooper Benjamin Grasso and Trooper Paul Aten were on patrol on Southbridge Street in Worcester when they stopped a 2006 Nissan Altima for a motor vehicle violation. When the troopers…

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Warren Woman Identified In Fatal Palmer Crash

Troopers from the Charlton State Police Barracks responded to a 2 vehicle crash which resulted in the death of a Warren woman on Thursday afternoon. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Chris Brown indicates 52 year old Mary Gibbons of Warren was traveling on The MassPike eastbound in Palmer at a high rate of speed when her 2003…

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