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Former leaders of Holyoke Soldiers' Home change pleas in neglect case
Two former leaders at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home faced a judge Tuesday, changing their not guilty pleas in the neglect cases against them to an admission of sufficient facts. Right now, neither man is set to face jail time — a result families say is a miscarriage of justice. Bennett Walsh, the former head of the home, made the change…
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Ex-Holyoke Soldiers' Home leader set for change-of-plea hearing in COVID outbreak case
Former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh is set for a change-of-plea hearing in a criminal case over the deaths of dozens of elderly veteran residents of the facility in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Walsh’s change-of-plea hearing in the case — he faces five counts of neglect — is scheduled in Hampshire Superior Court for Tuesday afternoon….
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Holyoke Soldiers' Home Employees Allege ‘Criminally Catastrophic Decisions' in COVID Outbreak
Workers have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, where dozens of veterans died and many more were sickened at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Former National Guard Col. Tapped to Lead Holyoke Soldiers Home
The trustees that govern the Holyoke Soldiers Home have tapped its first permanent leader since the aftermath of a COVID-19 outbreak that killed dozens of veterans died there, sources tell the NBC10 Investigators. Mike Lazo, a licensed nursing home administrator, was appointed by the Board of Trustees, sources say. He is a former colonel of the Massachusetts National Guard who…