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CHARLTON – Bounding up the sidewalk to St. Joseph’s Church, suit jackets in their arms on a hot day, high school friends of Auburn Police Officer Ronald Tarentino Jr. walked closely together.When they entered the church parking lot, after a walk from another parking lot a mile away in anticipation of large crowds Thursday, the friends encountered a line of people outside the church doors. Police… → Read More
WORCESTER – Jorge A. Zambrano only made five of his nine appointments with the Probation Department since his release from custody in March for a violent offense case.With numerous charges on his record, including allegations of assault and battery on a police officer and a reported assault on his girlfriend, Mr. Zambrano was continually released from custody on a promise he would keep… → Read More
WEST BOYLSTON – Math can be so fun that sometimes it leads to the destruction of property in an exciting live demonstration.The consensus among 40 police officers from across the state who were in training here this week was that calculating formulas and crunching numbers can be a blast. Then again, their number-crunching was only warranted after the officers crashed a Harley-Davidson, with a… → Read More
AUBURN - Detective Sgt. R. Scott Mills confirmed that the weapon used by gunman Jorge A. Zambrano in a deadly Oxford shootout Sunday had been stolen. → Read More
WORCESTER – The girlfriend of Jorge A. Zambrano said she is "shocked and stunned" that her boyfriend shot Auburn Officer Ronald → Read More
CLINTON – Just three months before he allegedly shot and killed an Auburn police officer, Jorge A. Zambrano received a warning from a Clinton → Read More
WORCESTER – Court records show the man killed Sunday after he fatally shot Auburn Police Officer Ronald Tarentino Jr. had a lengthy criminal history, with at least 70 cases in the court system, and at least two incidents where he fought with police.Jorge A. Zambrano, who lists multiple addresses in Worcester, spent about seven years imprisoned on a cocaine trafficking conviction.Mr. Zambrano,… → Read More
WORCESTER – For a ceremony that several people in the room called historic, the chamber in City Hall was packed with those who wanted to catch a glimpse of the future of the Worcester Police Department.The city held a promotion ceremony Thursday to swear in eight police officials, including a black man promoted to captain, the highest rank a minority officer has achieved in the… → Read More
WORCESTER – A teenage girl who attended Bancroft School has been summoned to Central District Court for allegedly passing threatening notes to → Read More
WORCESTER – When Steven M. Sargent walked through the doors of police headquarters Monday morning, his first day on the job as the new chief, he → Read More
SHREWSBURY - A Worcester man was arrested after allegedly trying to break into several houses and leading police on a chase in a stolen car. Shuyler → Read More
BOYLSTON — A Holden man picketing at the Verizon facility on Shrewsbury Street suffered non-life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a → Read More
WORCESTER — A Becker College student already under investigation for allegedly possessing child pornography was arrested and accused of → Read More
WEST BOYLSTON – They were told to stay calm. They were told not to panic.And while the young men and women in the newest class of recruits for → Read More
WORCESTER – Surveillance video released Friday of events before and after the tasing of a Fitchburg man last summer - who died hours later - → Read More
WORCESTER — The sudden loss of a dear friend and committed youth worker has inspired Ike McBride to ensure the young man’s commitment → Read More
WORCESTER – Lt. Richard Sargent, the father of new Police Chief Steven M. Sargent, said he was very proud of his son Thursday.The new chief was → Read More
WORCESTER - Three days before the two-state chase that ended with the videotaped apprehension of a Worcester man - sparking claims of excessive force by → Read More
A Worcester man wanted on arrest warrants led state and local police on a car chase Wednesday afternoon that began in Holden and ended in Nashua, New Hampshire, with his videotaped capture appearing to show some officers punching the suspect.Richard Simone, 50, was the subject of warrants charging assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, larceny and failing to stop for police, state police… → Read More
WORCESTER - A cab driver was robbed at gunpoint on Preston Street on Friday, police said.There have been no arrests.Officials said in a news release Monday that a cab driver was robbed about 5:45 p.m. Friday. The driver told police he was dispatched to Preston Street and a man got in the back seat. The passenger sat directly behind the driver and placed a gun to the driver's head and demanded… → Read More