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05-05-2025
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Driver crashed into wooden sound barrier on I-91 in Enfield
ENFIELD, Conn. (WWLP) – One person was badly hurt after losing control of their car on I-91 South in Enfield, Connecticut, early Sunday morning. Former Mass. State Police Sergeant convicted of extortion in CDL scheme Connecticut State Police say the driver lost control because of wet road conditions, then struck a metal guard rail and then a wooden sound barrier. The driver was taken to a local hospital and was issued a verbal warning for failure to maintain proper lane. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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02-05-2025
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Ex-Mass. state trooper found guilty in commercial driver's license scheme
A former Massachusetts State Police sergeant has been convicted on multiple charges in connection with a years-long bribery and extortion scheme involving falsified results on road skills tests. Gary Cederquist, 59, of Stoughton, was found guilty Friday by a federal jury of giving false passing scores to multiple Commercial Driver's License (CDL) applicants, including individuals who had failed or never took a CDL skills test, U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley's office announced. Read More: 'Golden handshake': How feds say troopers took bribes to pass unqualified drivers Cederquist was convicted of the following charges: Two counts of conspiracy to commit extortion One count of extortion Six counts of honest services mail fraud Three counts of conspiracy to falsify records Nineteen counts of falsification of records 17 counts of false statements Cederquist could face up to 20 years in prison on each charge of conspiracy to falsify records, conspiracy to commit extortion, extortion, honest services mail fraud and falsification of records. The charges of false statements each provide for a sentence of up to five years in prison. Read More: 2 Mass. State Troopers indicted for alleged bribery scheme suspended without pay Cederquist could also be slapped with millions of dollars in legal fines. His sentencing is scheduled for July 24. The former sergeant was originally charged in a 74-count indictment along with three other Mass. State Police troopers and two other men. They are: Calvin Butner, 63, of Halifax, a retired state trooper Perry Mendes, 63, of Wareham, a retired state trooper Joel Rogers, 54, of Bridgewater, a state trooper Scott Camara, 42, of Rehoboth Eric Mathison, 47, of Boston All men have since admitted to being involved in the conspiracy. Butner, Mendes, Camara and Mathison have all pleaded guilty to their charges and are awaiting sentencing, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Cederquist was in charge of the state police's CDL Unit. Butner, Mendes and Rogers were members, as well. Unit members are responsible for administering CDL skills tests for Class A (i.e. tractor-trailers) and Class B (i.e. box trucks, oil tankers, school buses) licenses. Read More: State Police identified in sweeping indictment of bribery scheme for driver's licenses From about February 2019 and January 2023, Cederquist and his co-conspirators gave passing scores to at least 30 CDL applicants — including six Mass. state police troopers — regardless if they actually passed the test. Oftentimes, the instructors would take the test themselves in exchange for bribes, including inventory from Mathison's water company valued in the thousands of dollars. Read More: State troopers, alleged accomplices plead not guilty to license bribery scheme Other bribes that Cederquist took were a $750 granite post and mailbox, a new driveway valued at over $10,000 and a snowblower valued at nearly $2,000, according to prosecutors. Cederquist once called an applicant 'horrible,' and 'brain dead,' but gave him a passing score in exchange for the snowblower. Cederquist and his co-conspirators used the code word 'golden handshake' or 'golden' for these applicants. Anyone who received a false passing score on their CDL skills test from this scheme have been reported to the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. Mass. weather: Hail possible Saturday as thunderstorms swoop through state Bard College at Simon's Rock closure costs 116 their jobs Grant boosts Pa'lante's fight against gun violence Suspects nabbed after crashing stolen car into fire hydrant in Boston As week 2 of the Karen Read retrial wraps up, here are the biggest takeaways Read the original article on MassLive.
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20-04-2025
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Man shot and killed in Lowell home Saturday morning
A 50-year-old man was shot and killed in his Lowell home Saturday morning, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office. Lowell police found Tige Dyer with a gunshot wound after responding to his home on Cumberland Road around 11:10 a.m., the district attorney's office said in press release. First responders took him to a nearby hospital where he later died. 'The preliminary investigation suggests that this is an isolated incident,' the district attorney's office said. Lowell police and the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office are investigating the shooting. No arrests in connection with the incident have been announced. Anyone with any information about the shooting is asked to call Lowell police at (978) 937-3200. Three teens arrested after spray of bullets damages Salem street in targeted attack Man pleads guilty in Mass. State Police commercial driver's license scheme Ex-Keolis engineer who stole over $8.5M for MBTA sentenced to prison Mass. man accused of sharing child sexual abuse videos of children 2 to 8 years old Boston student used Molotov cocktail to set Tesla Cybertrucks on fire, feds say
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18-04-2025
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Three teens arrested after spray of bullets damages Salem street in targeted attack
Salem police arrested three teenagers Friday morning in connection with a Monday shooting during which at least 66 shots were let loose on a public street. Boston resident Ronnie Cato, 19, Quincy resident John King-Marshall, 18, and Somerville resident Richardson Frederic, 18, are each facing three counts of armed assault with intent to murder, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon and several firearms charges, Salem police said in a press release. On April 14, Salem police responded to Albion Street shortly before 7 a.m. for multiple reports of gunshots, the department said. No one was injured during the shooting, but the bullets struck cars and buildings in the area, and everyone nearby was endangered. The suspects fled Salem after the shooting, police said. Officers recovered 66 shell casings at the scene. Investigators determined that this was a targeted attack on multiple victims that had been carried out by three suspects, police said. They soon identified the suspects and obtained arrest and search warrants. Detectives executed the warrants for the three suspects around dawn Friday morning and arrested them at their homes, police said. Investigators also recovered two guns. Man pleads guilty in Mass. State Police commercial driver's license scheme Ex-Keolis engineer who stole over $8.5M for MBTA sentenced to prison Mass. man accused of sharing child sexual abuse videos of children 2 to 8 years old Boston student used Molotov cocktail to set Tesla Cybertrucks on fire, feds say Beverly man faces OUI charge in connection with Worcester County pursuit
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18-04-2025
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Three teens arrested after spray of bullets damages Salem street in targeted attack
Salem police arrested three teenagers Friday morning in connection with a Monday shooting during which at least 66 shots were let loose on a public street. Boston resident Ronnie Cato, 19, Quincy resident John King-Marshall, 18, and Somerville resident Richardson Frederic, 18, are each facing three counts of armed assault with intent to murder, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon and several firearms charges, Salem police said in a press release. On April 14, Salem police responded to Albion Street shortly before 7 a.m. for multiple reports of gunshots, the department said. No one was injured during the shooting, but the bullets struck cars and buildings in the area, and everyone nearby was endangered. The suspects fled Salem after the shooting, police said. Officers recovered 66 shell casings at the scene. Investigators determined that this was a targeted attack on multiple victims that had been carried out by three suspects, police said. They soon identified the suspects and obtained arrest and search warrants. Detectives executed the warrants for the three suspects around dawn Friday morning and arrested them at their homes, police said. Investigators also recovered two guns. Man pleads guilty in Mass. State Police commercial driver's license scheme Ex-Keolis engineer who stole over $8.5M for MBTA sentenced to prison Mass. man accused of sharing child sexual abuse videos of children 2 to 8 years old Boston student used Molotov cocktail to set Tesla Cybertrucks on fire, feds say Beverly man faces OUI charge in connection with Worcester County pursuit
