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By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Tea Guys had two bank accounts frozen this week when a Franklin County Superior Court judge granted a pair of motions filed on behalf of a Baltimore tea company that is suing the Whately business.Judge David Hodge put a freeze on accounts...

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GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge on Thursday declined to adjust the bail of one of the Holyoke men facing drug and gun charges after allegedly leading police on a vehicle chase and foot pursuit in January 2022.Judge David Hodge...

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GREENFIELD –- A Franklin County Superior Court judge has set a tentative August date for a rescheduled bail hearing for the Bernardston man who has pleaded not guilty to witness intimidation and violating a restraining order aimed at protecting a...

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GREENFIELD — Four of the men connected to a cocaine trafficking syndicate that partially operated out of a Greenfield barbershop officially started their prison sentences Tuesday morning.Brothers Daniel Rice Jr., 40, and Brandon Rice, 37, as well as...

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GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man found guilty last week of four child sexual abuse charges has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of a...

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GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man was found guilty of four child sexual abuse charges last week and is due for sentencing on Wednesday.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of...

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GREENFIELD — Two men connected to a cocaine trafficking syndicate that partially operated out of a Greenfield barbershop changed their pleas in Franklin County Superior Court on Thursday.David Gallegos, 30, of Deerfield, admitted the prosecution has...

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GREENFIELD — Opposing attorneys and a Franklin County Superior Court judge convened Tuesday afternoon to work toward determining the fate of a Gill man who was deemed not competent to stand trial for allegedly shooting at another man and that man’s...

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GREENFIELD — A mid-level operative in the cocaine trafficking syndicate that operated, in part, out of a Greenfield barbershop was granted a stay to his sentence so he can train the employees who will take over for him at his Turners Falls...

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GREENFIELD — A Greenfield woman was sentenced on Tuesday to three to five years in state prison for abusing her baby in 2021 and causing injuries that included bite marks, as well as jaw and skull fractures. Alexis C. McClure, 25, pleaded guilty in...

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GREENFIELD — The final of six North Quabbin residents facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from an alleged Feb. 1 incident was arraigned in Franklin County Superior Court this week after his case was transferred from Orange District...

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GREENFIELD — A man facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from a Feb. 1 incident was arraigned Friday afternoon in Franklin County Superior Court, where his case was transferred due to its severity.Brian A. Chamberland, 38, of Athol,...

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GREENFIELD — A man whose defense attorney said was “at the very bottom of (the) totem pole” in a busted cocaine trafficking syndicate changed his plea Friday afternoon, but his case will be continued without a finding for one year.Damien D. Johnson,...

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GREENFIELD — Two men connected to the Greenfield barbershop that served as part of a cocaine trafficking syndicate are each expected to serve three to five years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges this week.Nathan M. Ortiz, 40, and David...

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GREENFIELD — Four of six North Quabbin residents who are facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from an alleged Feb. 1 incident were arraigned Monday afternoon in Franklin County Superior Court, where their cases have been transferred...

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GREENFIELD — Three of a dozen people arrested in 2021 in connection with a cocaine trafficking syndicate operating out of a Greenfield barbershop changed their pleas Tuesday regarding their involvement in the operation and another had her case...

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GREENFIELD — The state opted Monday to drop its case against a Level 3 sex offender and former fugitive to spare the named victim the trauma of taking the witness stand in a trial.Jeffrey Cancel-Muniz, 42, formerly of western Massachusetts, has been...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge deemed an abutter had standing to appeal the special permit for three proposed solar arrays on Pine Meadow Road in Northfield, setting up a future trial.In a flurry of decisions, Judge Karen Goodwin...

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GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge has taken under advisement a defense attorney’s request to allow his client, who is facing assault charges, to be released during the case’s proceedings.Judge Michael Callan wanted a second chance to...

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GREENFIELD — A Southampton man facing sexual assault charges pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court on Monday and was released on the same conditions imposed by the Hampshire County Superior Court judge who handled his arraignment on...