Massachusetts
Retired Massachusetts State Trooper sentenced for overtime abuse
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BOSTON (WWLP) – A retired Massachusetts State Police (MSP) Trooper was sentenced in federal court docket Thursday for extra time abuse on the Massachusetts State Police.
The trooper, 60-year-old Daren DeJong of Uxbridge was sentenced to 2 years of probation. The primary six months will probably be served in dwelling confinement. DeJong has to pay a fantastic of $5,500 and $14,062 in restitution. In January 2019, he pleaded responsible to 1 depend of embezzlement from an company receiving federal funds.
DeJong is a retired trooper that was assigned to Troop E which was accountable for implementing site visitors laws and implementing prison legislation alongside the Massachusetts Turnpike. It was eradicated in 2018 because of a scandal the place a number of troopers within the unit have been submitting and being paid for extra time shifts they didn’t work.
DeJong acquired extra time pay for shifts that he left 1 to 7 hours early from or shifts he reportedly workd however didn’t. He acquired extra time pay for selective enforcement initiatives such because the Accident and Damage Discount Effort program (AIRE) and the “X-Crew” initiative. Each initiatives are suppose to scale back accidents, crashes and accidents on the Pike via extra Massachusetts State Police Trooper presence and goal autos which might be touring too quick.
DeJong was required to work the complete period of the shifts and honestly report the dates, instances and sectors of deployment on the citations that have been issued in the course of the shift. DeJong was capable of conceal the fraud by submitting citations that have been issued outdoors the extra time shift, altering the citations to make them appear like the citations got in the course of the extra time shift and/or submitting citations that didn’t happen or by no means issued.
In 2015 and 2016, the MSP acquired annual advantages from the U.S. Division of Transportation in extra of $10,000, which have been approved to fund varied federal grants. DeJong earned $200,416 in 2016, together with $68,394 in extra time and $14,000 was accredited to X-Crew and AIRE shifts that DeJong by no means did or left early from.
DeJong is the ultimate defendant of eight to be sentenced within the MSP Troop E extra time abuse case.
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Massachusetts
Two from Massachusetts allegedly break into a dispensary, then a restaurant
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They say marijuana can give you the munchies. That may explain the alleged break-in spree of two from Massachusetts.
According to police, on Saturday, at approximately 5:36 a.m., Blackstone Police received multiple reports of car break-ins on Michelle Lane and Ascension Street, and break-ins at multiple businesses including, First Choice Dispensary and Casa Burrito.
Officers responded to the area. Through a preliminary investigation, which included reviewing surveillance footage and through the cooperation of the public, officers were able to identify two juveniles, a 15-year-old male and 17-year-old male both from Blackstone.
Both juveniles are being charged with the following:
- Breaking and Entering into a Vehicle in the Nighttime
- Breaking and Entering into a Building in the Nighttime (Two Counts)
- Larceny from a Building
- Larceny under $1,200
- Larceny of a Credit Card
- Malicious Destruction Under $1,200
- Trespassing
- Larceny Under $1,200 by False Pretense
Both juveniles are expected to be charged in Milford District Court next week.
Massachusetts
Trump campaign HQ opens in Massachusetts
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A new campaign headquarters opened up in Massachusetts for former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign on Sunday.
The office is located at the DeMello International Center on Union Street in New Bedford.
Massachusetts GOP Chair Amy Carnevale and former Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, chairman for Trump’s campaign in Massachusetts, delivered remarks.
Another office in Massachusetts opened up a couple of weeks prior in Northborough.
Massachusetts
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Massachusetts throughout Sunday
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A week after a tornado watch was issued to Massachusetts and some parts of New England, more inclement weather could hit the region Sunday.
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 7 p.m. Sunday for the Bay State, Rhode Island and most of Connecticut, according to the National Weather Service Forecast office. Southern New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont face a hazardous weather outlook.
A detailed forecast for Massachusetts shows a chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday afternoon after 2 p.m. with a high around 84 degrees and winds from the southwest coming in around 16 mph.
“Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall.” the forecast reads.
This evening, showers and thunderstorms remain likely throughout the state, mainly before 10 p.m. The forecast calls for cloud coverage in the early portion of the evening which should clear up later on. The temperature could drop as low as 61 degrees with winds coming in from the west around 11 mph.
Total rainfall on Sunday could range from a little over an inch to almost three, according to the forecast.
Additionally, the National Weather Service’s storm prediction center upgraded the southern part of New England to an enhanced risk (a level 3 out of 5) for severe weather on Sunday.
“Areal coverage of storms will increase this afternoon with damaging wind the primary threat, but large hail and an isolated tornado is also possible,” NWS said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
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