Teen from Tennessee Arrested on Terrorism Charges for Making Bomb Threats at MA Schools

Teen from Tennessee Arrested on Terrorism Charges for Making Bomb Threats at MA Schools

5-17-15 A joint investigation by the FBI Boston Division and detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department in Nashville, TN led to the overnight arrest of a South Nashville teenager suspected of making bomb threats to three high schools in Whitman and Brockton, Massachusetts. The schools involved are: Brockton High School, Whitman-Hanson Regional High School and […]

Haverhill Police Station Sprinklers Recalled, City Officials Never Replaced Them

Haverhill Police Station Sprinklers Recalled, City Officials Never Replaced Them

By: Tom Duggan – April, 2015 Earlier this year The Valley Patriot published a report concerning the health dangers of leaking windows and the long term effects of the leaking roof at the Haverhill Police Station. These issues have existed going back to the actual construction of the station in 1998 and resulted in mold […]

Podcast of Paying Attention (4-11-15) with Special Guest Joe Ligotti, “The Guy From Boston”

Podcast of Paying Attention (4-11-15) with Special Guest Joe Ligotti, “The Guy From Boston”

DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1 DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 2 Today Tom Duggan and Paul Murano were entertained by the great Joe Ligotti (The Guy From Boston). Joe shared his opinions on the Boston Marathon bomber, the death penalty, his time on 96.9  WTKK, his views on Special Education, and our pal Neil […]

Portsmouth, NH Police Arrest Lawrence Man on Felony Drug Charges, Seize $2,800 in Heroin, $1K in Cocaine

Portsmouth, NH Police Arrest Lawrence Man on Felony Drug Charges, Seize $2,800 in Heroin, $1K in Cocaine

April, 2015 Portsmouth police arrested a Lawrence man Friday, after detectives, K-9 units and High Intensity Interdiction Team members made a drug arrest in the vicinity of the Portsmouth Rotary. As a result of this operation, police seized heroin with an approximate street value of $2,800, and cocaine with an estimated street value of $1,000.  Elieser Bonilla, […]

Lawrence Mayor Reacts to Ferguson, New York, South Carolina Incidents, Orders Use of Force Review for Lawrence Police

Lawrence Mayor Reacts to Ferguson, New York, South Carolina Incidents, Orders Use of Force Review for Lawrence Police

Lawrence Police Proactive in Gaining Community Trust Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera and acting Police Chief James Fitzpatrick announced yesterday, the ongoing efforts to avoid and prevent the wrongful use of force by officers in the Lawrence Police Department. In light of the recent national incidences of wrongful use of force by police officers, and the growing national divide between […]

BREAKING… Haverhill Police Looking for Your Help Identifying, Finding Bank Robbery Suspect

BREAKING… Haverhill Police Looking for Your Help Identifying, Finding Bank Robbery Suspect

Haverhill Police are searching for a bank robbery suspect who held up the Pentucket Bank located at 395 Lowell Ave at approx 11:45am today. Police say the suspect fled into a grey car, possibly a Hyundai Sonata with Massachusetts plates . Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call Haverhill Police at 978 373 […]

Haverhill Mayor Fiorentini’s State of the City Address 2015

Haverhill Mayor Fiorentini’s State of the City Address 2015

The State of the City of Haverhill 2015 The Haverhill of Tomorrow   Good evening and welcome.  I would like to welcome and introduce members of our legislative delegation, school committee members and other elected officials. Ways and Means Committee chair, Brian Dempsey, State Senator Kathleen O’Connor Ives, State Representatives Linda Dean Campbell and Diana Dizoglio, […]

Joe D’Amore’s Crime Notebook

Joe D’Amore’s Crime Notebook

SJC must split their decision in the Chism appeal The defense team for Philip Chism are mustering a complex set of motions in an all out assault to protect their client. Chism, the 16-year-old is charged with first-degree murder and rape of his 24 year old math teacher, Colleen Ritzer, at Danvers High School in […]

Representative Update: Legislation That I Am Filing

Representative Update:  Legislation That I Am Filing

By: Linda Dean Campbell – March , 2015 This session I am sponsoring and co-sponsoring approximately fifty pieces of Legislation targeting substance abuse prevention in the Merrimack Valley. Perhaps the most challenging legislation that I am filing is that drafted by the Massachusetts District Attorney’s Association. After meeting with DA Blodgett to discuss his perspective on […]

Hero Police and Firefighter Receive Valley Patriot Officer Tom Duggan Memorial Award at Annual BASH

Hero Police and Firefighter Receive Valley Patriot Officer Tom Duggan Memorial Award at Annual BASH

OFFICER TOM DUGGAN SR. LAW ENFORCEMENT AWARD Each year, The Valley Patriot newspaper gives awards at the annual BASH to members of the community and members of The Valley Patriot family who do outstanding things.  Throughout the evening of the Valley Patriot’s 11th Anniversary BASH, publisher Tom Duggan gave out two awards in 6 categories, […]

Newspaper Honors Woburn Police Officer Bob DiNapoli with Officer Tom Duggan Sr. Law Enforcement Award

Newspaper Honors Woburn Police Officer Bob DiNapoli with Officer Tom Duggan Sr. Law Enforcement Award

  Retired Woburn Police Officer Bob DiNapoli was given the Valley Patriot newspaper’s highest awards Friday night during the newspaper’s 11th Anniversary BASH where he was honored with the Officer Tom Duggan Sr. Law Enforcement Memorial Award. Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan is the son of former Officer Tom Duggan Sr. who was killed in […]

Member of Lawrence Kidnapping Crew, Edgar Acevedo Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

Member of Lawrence Kidnapping Crew, Edgar Acevedo Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

BOSTON—Calling his crime “heinous” and “dastardly,” a U.S. District Court Judge sentenced a Lawrence man to 16 years in federal prison yesterday for his role in a 2012 kidnapping. Edgar Acevedo, 34, was sentenced to 16 years in prison and two years of supervised release. In December 2014, Acevedo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit […]

Santander Bank Robbed in Methuen

Santander Bank Robbed in Methuen

At approximately 1:45 Tuesday afternoon, the Santander Bank at 125 Merrimack St. was robbed. Methuen Police describe the suspect as possibly a white male, 6’1″, large build wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, a black face-mask, dark sweatpants, and black sneakers. The suspect fled the area in a white Kia Sportage SUV with unknown plate. See below pictues […]

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