
Namu Sampath
Enterprise and Investigative Reporter at The Republican (Springfield, MA)
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1 week ago |
masslive.com | Namu Sampath
WESTFIELD — A Connecticut man who fired a shot at an Enfield bank and then fled to Massachusetts was arraigned Friday afternoon, after being arrested for drunken driving with multiple unlicensed firearms in his car, court documents say. In a rumpled white V-neck undershirt, Christopher B. Reilly, 45, stood silently behind protective glass in Westfield District Court, as his attorney, Tony LaCasse of Springfield, entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Namu Sampath
WESTFIELD — A Connecticut man who fired shots at an Enfield bank and then fled to Massachusetts was arraigned Friday afternoon, after being arrested for drunken driving with multiple unlicensed firearms in his car, court documents say. In a rumpled white V-neck undershirt, Christopher B. Reilly, 45, stood silently behind protective glass in Westfield District Court, as his attorney, Tony LaCasse of Springfield, entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf.
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1 week ago |
masslive.com | Namu Sampath
In his bedroom of his parents' home, Michael Lachenmeyer, 26, of Wilbraham has been thinking of entering politics and after the last presidential election where former Vice President Kamala Harris lost to President Donald J. Trump. Lachenmeyer hopes to unseat State Rep. Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. from the 12th Hampden District in the next election, June 18, 2025. (Douglas Hook / The Republican)Douglas Hook
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1 week ago |
masslive.com | Namu Sampath
NORTHAMPTON — More than a dozen groups, including one from Western Massachusetts, say the federal government is unlawfully threatening programs that help survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
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1 week ago |
masslive.com | Namu Sampath
SPRINGFIELD — A Western Massachusetts man who defrauded the Department of Veterans Affairs out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and falsely applied for a Purple Heart medal will spend a year in home confinement, but was spared a court order to pay back nearly $300,000. U.S. District Court Judge Mark G.
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