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GoFundMe to support Mass. State Police trooper's family blows past $15k goal
A GoFundMe set up for the family of a Massachusetts State Police trooper who died last week has blown past its goal.
The campaign for Enrique Delgado-Garcia’s family originally had a goal of raising $15,000. As of 3 p.m. on Tuesday, it’s received $26,193.
The family received one donation of $1,000, followed by four $500 donations, three $200 donations and 10 $100 donations.
“We appreciate everyone’s prayers!” organizer and Delgado-Garcia’s mother Sandra Garcia wrote. “Humbled and thankful for everyone’s concerns, donations, and contributions as we mourn the unexpected loss of our dearest and beloved son, brother, cousin, and friend, Enrique! May God bless all who have shown care, concern, and support in any way during this time of irreparable loss!”
Delgado-Garcia, 25, of Worcester, died after becoming unresponsive during a defensive tactics training exercise at the Massachusetts State Police Academy in New Braintree, state police said previously.
“We know it was in a boxing ring, it was videotaped,” Worcester County District Attorney and Delgado-Garcia’s former employer Joseph Early Jr. told reporters on Monday.
Delgado-Garcia, part of the 90th Recruit Training Troop, was set to graduate on Oct. 9 at the DCU Center, state police said. A police department commissioner delivered the trainee’s oath of office hours before Delgado-Garcia died.
On Saturday night, Delgado-Garcia’s body was moved from the hospital to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Westfield, state police said. He was accompanied by a procession.
“He was a dedicated victim witness advocate who joined our office, and he was with us for about a year and a half before he left our office to fulfill his lifelong dream of joining the Massachusetts State Police,” Early said Monday.
Donors to the GoFundMe page shared their condolences to the family. One commenter said she knew Delgado-Garcia through her daughter when the two attended the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
“He came and volunteered to be Santa at the tutoring program I ran at a homeless shelter in New Bedford,” she wrote. “He was such a genuine soul. I am so sorry that this happened to him. It is so wrong. Please take solace in knowing that you raised a wonderful human being who was taken from us way too soon.”
Another commenter who said she was a former police officer wrote that she “cannot comprehend any sort of ‘training exercise’ that would put a police recruit at risk of serious injury or death.”
While Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to Early’s office continue to investigate Delgado-Garcia’s death, Early said his office will not have a role in the investigation due to a conflict of interest. He added that it would not be appropriate for another district attorney’s office to handle the matter.
On Tuesday, State Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell said she was “in conversation” with Early’s office about who will have jurisdiction over the investigation. She told GBH Boston that “it was possible her office could take on the investigation, or that it could be assigned to another county district attorney elsewhere in the state.”
She said she hoped there is a decision soon, but it is complicated since her office and county prosecutors all have State Police personnel assigned to them.
Campbell told the station that she was “talking to everyone.”
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Pot Shop’s Arbitration Agreement Upheld by Massachusetts Court
A medical cannabis dispensary can enforce its arbitration clause that strips a former worker of his ability to sue over discrimination, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled Tuesday.
Mayflower Medicinals Inc.’s agreement “definitively” requires former employee James Rosencranz to arbitrate any claims arising from his offer letter or his employment, the unpublished opinion said. “This language is clear and, in our view, unmistakably includes claims of discrimination,” the panel of justices held.
The agreement at issue in the case is distinguishable from Supreme Judicial Court precedent set in Warfield v. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which requires a contract to …
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MassDOT starts overnight work on major highway interchange
A major highway project is underway in Massachusetts that could have a big impact on your commute.
It’s taking place at the interchange between the Massachusetts Turnpike and Interstate 95 in Newton and Weston.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has started overnight work as part of the ambitious project, which involves the rehabilitation of eight bridges. Five of them will be replaced entirely.
Drivers will notice the biggest changes on the access ramps. The on-ramps between the Pike and I-95 have been reduced to a single lane of traffic to help keep construction crews safe.
The work is expected to take some time, wrapping up in the fall of 2028 as the country is preparing for the next presidential election.
Ramp closures will take place from 11p.m. until 4 a.m. They’ll occur as needed during the course of the project.
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