Stephanie Barry

SPRINGFIELD — James D. Sommers spent decades posing as someone else in order to collect 30 years worth of veterans’ benefits, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Appearing Monday in U.S. District Court, Sommers declined to provide a bona fide signatu... See more

SPRINGFIELD — New information has emerged in the case of LaMar Cook, a former Western Massachusetts aide to Gov. Maura Healey who stands accused of running drugs out of his state office and his former job at a hotel. The most startling new allegation from... See more

SPRINGFIELD — A former handyman from Great Barrington serving a six-year sentence for raping a teenager will face a federal criminal charge on his way out the state prison door. Eugenio Isidro Victoriano, 55, appeared in U.S. District Court on Wednesday t... See more

SPRINGFIELD — It may be a first, or among the few times in his post-political career that former Mayor Michael J. Albano has made such an admission. “In retrospect, I made a mistake,” the brash, five-term mayor said in a recent social media post, jumping ... See more

SPRINGFIELD — A Massachusetts State Police sergeant charged with assault after a traffic stop allegedly mistook cosmetics for illicit drugs, forcibly taking the driver to the ground and blasting her with pepper spray. This, according to an application for... See more