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Boston Globe
3 days ago
- General
- Boston Globe
Man rescued after getting stuck in slide at Connecticut playground
Shortly after 4:30 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to Northeast Elementary School for a report of a man stuck in a slide, according to radio transmissions recorded on Broadcastify. Medics provided oxygen and ventilation to the man while firefighters removed a section of the slide with what appeared to be a buzz saw. The man was freed within 30 minutes and was evaluated on scene by EMS. He refused treatment and transport to a local emergency room. Advertisement With admirable restraint, the fire department described the rescue as 'a unique call for service.' Truman Dickerson can be reached at
Boston Globe
7 days ago
- Boston Globe
One killed, two injured in motorcycle collision on I-91, officials say
According to police radio transmissions recorded on Broadcastify, southbound traffic was not moving at the time due to street paving in nearby Enfield. The driver of the pickup truck told police she 'thought she had time to do a U-turn' into the northbound lanes, according to the recordings. Advertisement The district attorney's motor vehicle homicide unit is investigating the crash, officials said. Truman Dickerson can be reached at
The Intercept
07-08-2025
- Politics
- The Intercept
Chinese ICE Detainee Dies by Suicide at Pennsylvania Detention Center
A young man locked up in a notorious U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detention center in Pennsylvania took his life on Tuesday by hanging himself, according to a release from the government and communications between first responders reviewed by The Intercept. His is the first known death in ICE detention facilities in the Northeast this fiscal year. The facility where the suicide occurred is the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, a privately run immigration jail in an isolated, rural area about 300 miles west of New York City. Since President Donald Trump began his second term, the detention center has become a major warehouse for immigrants apprehended by ICE in and around New York and Philadelphia. The dead man was 32-year-old Chaofeng Ge, originally from China. He was living in New York City last year when he was arrested in Pennsylvania for trying to use credit card numbers that did not belong to him to buy gift cards at a CVS Pharmacy. According to an ICE statement released late Wednesday after The Intercept's inquiry, he pleaded guilty and was handed over to ICE by local authorities. Ge had been detained at the Moshannon detention facility, which is run by the private prison firm GEO Group, for five days before taking his own life. (GEO Group spokesperson Christopher Ferreira referred questions to ICE.) The largest ICE detention center in the Northeast, the Moshannon Valley Processing Center opened in 2021 and, by 2023, it was drawing scores of complaints about abusive conditions. Among other complaints, detainees and civil rights advocates noted a serious lack of language services and an oppressive environment that seemed more like a prison for convicted criminals than a temporary holding center for immigrants. 'Language translation services are really lacking, so people feel isolated.' An immigrant who was incarcerated at Moshannon Valley Processing Center in late 2023 and later released told The Intercept that he remains in touch with detainees who are still there. He said that being jailed at Moshannon is especially hard on detainees who are Chinese. 'Language translation services are really lacking, so people feel isolated,' said the immigrant, who requested anonymity to avoid retaliation from immigration authorities. 'And after they are judged removable, ICE takes five or six months to collect enough of them to fill a deportation flight for China. The stress of the waiting is bad.' Ge was last seen alive at 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday and was discovered an hour later hanging by a ligature in a shower room, in cardiac arrest, according to recordings on Broadcastify, an archive of communications among first responders nationwide. He was 'cut down,' as first responders put it, administered CPR, and subjected to other aggressive medical interventions. Ge was pronounced dead at about 6 a.m. Read Our Complete Coverage Among ongoing problems at many ICE detention centers, the Moshannon immigration jail is especially notorious. ICE pays the GEO Group, one of the two private prison giants in the country and a major immigration detention contractor, over $3 million a month to run the Moshannon jail. The facility has over 1,800 beds, putting it on the larger side of ICE jails. Since the Trump administration started increasing arrests of immigrants — including many with no criminal histories — those beds have been filling up. Detainee populations nationwide have risen at least 25 percent since Trump was inaugurated, and the Moshannon jail is now the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast. The speed of its growth risks creating dangerous conditions for detainees, including crowding and lack of sufficient medical and mental health resources. Responding to the complaints, the Department of Homeland Security started investigating in 2024. In a memo, the agency's Civil Rights and Civil Liberties office acknowledged receiving 88 complaints about the facility, including a 59-page memo, prepared in part by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania that described 'egregious and unconstitutional conditions.' One of the examples presented by the ACLU in its suit on the 'unnecessary and cruel' detention concerned a man who became so depressed at the Moshannon jail that he attempted to take his own life. The Homeland Security civil rights office then wrote to ICE that it would be going onsite to do an investigation. The civil rights office subsequently drafted a findings and recommendations report and noted that it had been submitted to ICE. Then the report sank into oblivion, as the Trump administration largely shuttered the Department of Homeland Security's oversight office earlier this year. Fiscal years run from October to the end of September. From last October until late June of this year, 12 people nationwide had died in ICE facilities — more than the total deaths in all of the last fiscal year, with three months remaining in this cycle. It was the highest number of ICE detainee deaths since the Covid pandemic in 2020. Among the 12 deaths were at least two suicides. Ge's death at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center was the third. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline offers 24-hour support for those experiencing difficulties or those close to them, by chat or by telephone at 988.
Boston Globe
04-08-2025
- Boston Globe
Man shot and killed in Roxbury
A witness showed police a video of two men dressed in black and wearing white sneakers running toward nearby Adams Street shortly after the shooting, according to radio transmissions posted on Broadcastify. No arrests have been made. Truman Dickerson can be reached at
Boston Globe
01-08-2025
- Boston Globe
‘He's got a gas can...and he's threatening to blow himself up.'
Those words were spoken during a chaotic series of events that began around 1 p.m. Thursday in Medford and ended about three hours later with the driver of the black SUV, 'Shots fired!,' the trooper reported, according to police transmissions recorded by Broadcastify. Advertisement After being notified by police that the scene on the Alford Street Bridge was secure, Everett firefighters provided on-scene medical care for the wounded Vizcaino and then rushed him to a hospital. Vizcaino, 33 and of Malden, remains hospitalized Friday in critical condition, authorities said. Vizcaino's relatives either could not be reached for comment or declined comment when contacted by the Globe Friday. In a statement Friday, Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan said the investigation into Vizcaino's alleged actions and the use of deadly force by the Everett officer are both ongoing. Ryan said that when police examined the black SUV they discovered four gas cans inside and that surveillance video showed him drop a cigarette lighter when he was running from police in Everett. Advertisement According to authorities, Vizcaino first came to the attention of law enforcement on Thursday around 12:45 p.m. when Medford police responded to a gas station where a man driving a black SUV was acting erratically. In an alert sent to other police departments, Medford police requested a well-being check on the man in the black SUV. He was spotted in Stoneham around 1 p.m. but fled before police could check on him, authorities said. He next surfaced in Billerica where he went to a 7-11 and was suspected of shoplifting a gas can from the store before driving off, authorities said. Vizcaino's relatives called Malden police around 3 p.m. reporting he was at their home where Vizcaino once lived, authorities said. After Malden police were unsuccessful in stopping him, he drove into Everett, where both Everett and State Police began trying to check on him. Once on Broadway, Vizcaino crashed the SUV, engaged with the trooper who saw the gas can inside the car, and ran off even after being struck by at least one Taser, officials said. Vizcaino then allegedly tried to break into other cars as they exited Encore. He crossed Broadway and tried to break into cars stopped in traffic, but was unsuccessful, she said. At this point, Vizcaino came upon a Republic Trash truck that was stopped at a traffic light. A passenger in the truck was able to get out, but the driver could not, Ryan told reporters Thursday. Vizcaino opened the door to the truck and wrestled with the driver, trying to climb over him, Ryan said. Advertisement 'At that point, State Police and an Everett police officer approached that door,' Ryan said Thursday. 'They were attempting to get the driver out of the car, several shots were fired at that point, and the driver was safely extracted from the truck.' Vizcaino then drove the truck a half mile before crashing on the bridge, Ryan said. He was arrested by State and Everett police at that point. He will face four counts of attempted armed carjacking, 2 counts of armed carjacking, assault by means of a dangerous weapon, armed assault to rob and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in property damage, prosecutors said. Everett Police Chief Paul Strong on Thursday said the officer 'who discharged his firearm' will be placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure after an officer fires their gun. 'It is more likely than not that these officers and troopers saved many lives today,' Strong said. Vizcaino, who could face additional charges, will be arraigned at a later date, prosecutors said. John R. Ellement can be reached at
