WEBSTER — A traffic stop resulted in two men’s arrest on methamphetamine trafficking charges. Randy Murhammer, 36, of Woonsocket, R.I,, and 26-year-old Kevin Wood of 55 Dudley Hill Road, Dudley, were arrested Thursday and arraigned Friday in Dudley District Court. According to a police press release, Officer Michael O’Leary saw Mr. Murhammer driving on...
STATE v. ARMSTRONG
Appellate Court of Connecticut. STATE of Connecticut v. William ARMSTRONG. No. 24120. Decided: December 28, 2004 WEST, DiPENTIMA and MIHALAKOS, Js.Jeanne M. Zulick, special public defender, for the appellant (defendant). Eileen F. McCarthy, assistant state’s attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Patricia M. Froehlich, state’s attorney, and Vincent J. Dooley, senior assistant state’s attorney,...
Electronic voting at Webster town meeting receives positive feedback
WEBSTER — The public’s response from the town’s first-time use of electronic voting during the recent special and annual town meetings was extremely positive, according to Town Clerk Robert Craver. In past years, the meetings have been a venue for spirited and lengthy debate, including last year’s filibuster on the town budget. “When was...
Webster voters advance museum plan, reject loan for Bartlett High offices
WEBSTER – Empowered with electronic voting for the first time, voters on Monday approved a nearly $42.5 million municipal budget for fiscal 2018, a 5 percent increase from the present fiscal year; an $810,000 loan for the extension of a water main, and a businessman’s plan to put a museum in an unused town-owned...
Webster police charge four with multiple drug offenses
By Megan Bard WORCESTER NEWS – MASSLIVE.COM Webster police detectives arrested four people Thursday morning, charging them with multiple drug offenses, the result of a several-week-long investigation. According to Webster Police, detectives James Hoover and Steven Cacciapouti, along with officers Robert Ela and Christopher Trainor, executed a search warrant at 126 North Main St. Apt....
Couple charged in scam; Pair allegedly duped many over police aid, DARE.
WEBSTER – Dudley District Court issued arrest warrants yesterday for a man and woman who allegedly duped more than 40 people, nine of them elderly, out of thousands of dollars while pretending to collect money for the State Police Association of Massachusetts. Jason Fontaine, 34, whose last known address is 151 School St., and...
High Speed Chase
Two local, 20-year-old females were placed under arrest in the early hours of Monday morning following a high-speed police chase through Webster, MA, according to a report from the Webster Police Department. Police say that an officer was conducting traffic enforcement on Route 193/Thompson Road in the vicinity of the Exit 1 intersection with...
Police detail alleged theft of IDs by former UMass Memorial employee
WEBSTER — A former employee of the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester and her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend allegedly stole the identities of approximately 22 people to buy cellphones and utility services via the Internet, investigators said. Nine of the alleged victims were patients. Two victims live in Mississippi, police...
Webster Police Charge Four with Multiple Drug Offenses
Webster police detectives arrested four people Thursday morning, charging them with multiple drug offenses, the result of a several-week-long investigation. According to Webster Police, detectives James Hoover and Steven Cacciapouti, along with officers Robert Ela and Christopher Trainor, executed a search warrant at 126 North Main St. Apt. 1R, at 10:30 a.m. and found...
Man crashes stolen school bus into cars
A stolen Auburn school bus in Webster hit two parked cars on Whitcomb Street yesterday, dragging them across the road before the driver abandoned the bus and ran away, according to Webster Police Sergeant Thomas Ralph. Police sent a K-9 unit to track the man after they received the call at 12:12 a.m., but...