Northwestern District Attorney's Office

Eight people were seriously injured Sunday when a man who was allegedly driving high veered into a group of motorcycles in western Massachusetts, authorities announced. Ryan O’Farrell, 32, of Westerly, Rhode Island, was arrested on scene with two kids in his car following the crash in the area of 272 Main Street in Northfield, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s…

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is investigating another incident involving emails containing racist, hateful language, the school said Tuesday. Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy said in a statement that several individual Black students and one campus office received an email Tuesday evening containing deeply racist, hateful language similar in tone to an email sent to Black student groups last semester. “We…

A 25-year-old Springfield man was killed in a crash in Hadley, Massachusetts, early Thursday morning. The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said it happened on Mill Valley Road around 2 a.m. A police officer first spotted the vehicle taking a wide turn onto Mill Valley off Route 9, at one point going off the road onto the grass. The driver then…

A 20-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday night and arraigned Thursday in connection to the hit-and-run crash that left a University of Massachusetts Amherst student badly injured earlier this week. Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan announced that the suspect, Jacob A. Delisle, of Northampton, appeared in court Thursday where he pleaded not guilty to several charges, including leaving the scene…

A 59-year-old man from Orange, Massachusetts, was killed Monday night in Athol after he collided head-on with another vehicle, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said. Authorities said the man lost control of his car while driving on a curved road near 49 South Main St. around 8:30 p.m. The man was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, and…

A Massachusetts man was ordered held without bail Tuesday in the murder of a Leominster woman whose body was found last week near a wastewater treatment plant in Athol.

A Massachusetts man faced a judge Tuesday in the murder of Leominster woman whose body was found last week near a wastewater treatment plant in Athol. Keith Hamel, 23, of Athol, was arraigned on a single count of murder in Orange District District.

A woman found dead Monday morning near a wastewater treatment plant in Athol, Massachusetts, has been identified. The body of 26-year-old Kelsey Clifford of Leominster was found near the entrance to the facility on Jones Street, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.

A woman found dead Monday morning near a wastewater treatment plant in Athol, Massachusetts, has been identified. The body of 26-year-old Kelsey Clifford of Leominster was found near the entrance to the facility on Jones Street, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.

Police are investigating a suspicious death in Athol, Massachusetts.

A criminal investigation is underway after the body of a woman was found near the entrance to a wastewater treatment plant in Athol, Massachusetts, early Monday morning. The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said the death is considered criminal in nature.

A 34-year-old Belchertown man has died in a motorcycle accident after a collision on Route 181 in Belchertown at about 7:45 p.m. on Saturday. Police said the man, who was driving a motorcycle southbound on Mill Valley Road, appeared to have lost control of the vehicle while passing several cars “at a high rate of speed around a bend.”

A 34-year-old Belchertown man has died in a motorcycle accident after a collision on Route 181 in Belchertown at about 7:45 p.m. on Saturday. Police said the man, who was driving a motorcycle southbound on Mill Valley Road, appeared to have lost control of the vehicle while passing several cars “at a high rate of speed around a bend.”

Authorities say a 19-year-old man is in custody in connection with a fatal two-car crash in north-central Massachusetts. The accident happened on Route 63 in Erving shortly after 6:30 a.m. Saturday. A spokeswoman for the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office says a 68-year-old man died in the wreck.

Authorities say the deaths of two people found Thursday inside a home in Northampton, Massachusetts were the result of a murder-suicide.

Police are investigating after two people were found dead inside a home in Northampton, Massachusetts. The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said the people were found dead inside a residence on Village Hill Road. They said there is no concern for public safety.

A Massachusetts man died Tuesday morning from injuries sustained while cutting down a tree in Amherst. Authorities said the 38-year old man from Easthampton, who has not been identified, had been cutting down a tree on Sand Hill Road at about 9 a.m. when the incident occurred.

A Massachusetts man is facing charges in connection with an apparent home invasion in Athol Tuesday night, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.

A parachutist injured in an accident over the weekend in western Massachusetts has died.

The man found dead on the campus of Amherst College early Thursday morning has been identified.