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Flag man “Out of Control” and cursing at motorists

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October 16, 2009
Flag man “Out of Control” and cursing at motorists

Essex Police/Fire: Flag man, motorist exchange words September 26, 2009 05:31 am — ESSEX — A motorist contacted police to complain about a flag man directing traffic during the Route 133 construction project. The driver called police at 1:37 p.m. Thursday to report a flag man was “out of control” at the intersection of...
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Police release new photo of New Britain Jane Doe

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October 15, 2009
Police release new photo of New Britain Jane Doe

Copyright 2009 The New Britain Herald Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:46 PM EDT By LISA BACKUS Staff writer NEW BRITAIN — Police have obtained a newly retouched photo of a woman found murdered near a dumpster in 1995 in the hopes of discovering her identity and that of a woman found in Massachusetts in...
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SPAM Pushes for Collective Bargaining Change

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October 8, 2009

More than 40 State Police officers packed into a small State House hearing room Tuesday morning to show support for a change in state collective bargaining law that would block the department’s commanding officer from wielding what they say is excessive authority. The State Police Association of Massachusetts say they want to preserve the...
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OUR GREEDY GHOSTS ARE TERRIFYING

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October 5, 2009

By Michele McPhee I love fall in New England. There is no better time of year then fall. We have haunted houses galore — like the Witch’s Woods at the Nashoba Valley Ski Resort, which I visited this past weekend. Screeching at the creepy clowns and the blood-streaked ghouls in Westford on Saturday night...
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Officials Rescue Tobin Jumper

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September 16, 2009
Officials Rescue Tobin Jumper

Officials rescue Tobin jumper By O’Ryan Johnson and Stuart Cahill Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Photo by Stuart Cahill Boston firefighters and the state police made a dramatic, high-altitude rescue last night when an apparently suicidal man jumped from the Tobin Bridge. The man, whose name was not released, leapt from the upper deck of...
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Rockwell cover makes trooper an icon

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September 14, 2009
Rockwell cover makes trooper an icon

Man who posed for painter makes stop at Delaware police museum By J.L. MILLER • The News Journal • September 12, 2009 DOVER — You probably wouldn’t recognize Richard J. Clemens’ face, but if he turns his back to you — as he did to a group of state troopers Friday — you just...
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With charges pending, man is arrested again

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September 10, 2009

Berkshire Eagle Staff Updated: 09/10/2009 08:38:41 AM EDT Thursday, Sept. 10 LEE — A Great Barrington man with two pending criminal cases had his bail revoked Wednesday after he was charged with driving while intoxicated Tuesday night. According to officials at the Massachusetts State Police barracks in Lee, Bobby Hall was behind the wheel of...
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Troopers ask Patrick for audit of State Police

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September 9, 2009
Troopers ask Patrick for audit of State Police

Link to Boston Globe Article The State Police union has urged Governor Deval Patrick to order an independent audit of the agency to investigate its complaint that the force is top heavy, with too many highly paid superior officers and not enough troopers… …“If there is any waste at the top with overstaffing of...
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Vermont man arrested with trash bags filled with marijuana in Whately

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September 6, 2009

by The Republican Newsroom Sunday September 06, 2009, 11:22 PM WHATELY – A 23-year-old Brattleboro, Vt., man was arrested on charges of distributing marijuana after a state trooper found between 10 and 12 pounds of the drug stuffed in trash bags in his car. Samual D. Schwartzkopf was initially pulled over at 6 p.m.,...
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Accused bank robber was employed as civilian flagger

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July 28, 2009
Accused bank robber was employed as civilian flagger

Sunbeam Television Corp. (WHDH): BOSTON — Troubling new information about two accused bank robbers has raised a red flag for police. Police said the two men have been arrested more than 70 times, and that one of them was working as a civilian flagger directing traffic. http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO118506/
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