Crime

A Southwick man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for sending two packages, containing white powder, to federal agencies in Springfield. Kevin A. Johnson, 47, was indicted on two counts of conveying false information and hoaxes and one count of mailing threatening communications to a federal law enforcement …

An Assistant Chief Probation Officer for Lynn District Court was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with child exploitation. Brian Orlandella, 46, of Beverly, was charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of transfer of obscene material to a minor. Orlandella …

Christopher Hansen, a 32-year-old New Bedford man, was convicted after a jury trial on November 15, 2018, and sentenced in the Fall River Superior Court on December 4, 2018 for firearms offenses stemming from a search warrant of the defendant’s apartment, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. …

State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, Norton Fire Chief Paul J. Schleicher, Wheaton College President Dennis M. Hanno, and Wheaton College Director of Public Safety Christopher Santiago are asking for the school community’s help solving two fires set in two bathrooms in a Wheaton College residence hall early Sunday morning. …

Last evening, at approximately 9:45 p.m., troopers from the State Police Middleboro Barracks responded to reports of a crash involving a school bus, Route 24 southbound, south of Exit 11 in Berkley. Upon arrival, Trooper Paul Martin discovered that there was a crash, or crashes, involving a school bus and …

Fairhaven High School was vandalized Friday night and Fairhaven police are looking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects: “We have eliminated the person and the truck that we previously posted so this post has been modified. Still on the lookout for anyone with information about this incident. This …

A Southwick man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Springfield, Mass., for sending four packages, two of which contained white powder, to federal agencies. Kevin A. Johnson, 47, was charged by criminal complaint with two counts of conveying false information and hoaxes and two counts of mailing …

A Cape Cod woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to her role in a fraudulent lottery scheme. Ashley Barrett, 26, of Hyannis, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for Feb. 26, 2019. On March 29, 2018, …

A retired Massachusetts State Police Trooper pleaded guilty on Thursday to collecting over $29,000 in overtime pay that he did not work. Paul Cesan, 50, of Southwick, who was previously arrested and charged on June 27, 2018, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement from an agency receiving federal funds. …

Goldie Vorce, 47 years old of Taunton, was sentenced on November 26, 2018 in the Fall River Superior Court for robbing a Dollar Tree Store clerk in Taunton, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. On June 5, 2018, the defendant, Goldie Vorce entered the Taunton Dollar Tree …