6-16-17 Lawrence Police responded to a domestic violence call late Friday night where the caller stated a man was beating a woman outside the home of 4 Andover St. When police arrived, however, they determined there was no domestic assault and the call was false. While at the address officers discovered a missing 13 year old named […]
By: Tom Duggan – June 15, 2017 State Police shot and killed a man late Thursday night after a high speed chase that started in Malden, through North Andover on Rte 114W, and lead officers from multiple cities and towns down Route 495 North to Amesebury and Merrimac. The suspect was wanted for sexual assault […]
Legislation Honors Work of Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, Survivors of the Boston Marathon Bombing and Victim Advocates Bill Text (PDF)VIDEO: Watch Patrick and Jessica share their story Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today introduced the Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes Act to provide victims of terrorism […]
Up to $100,000 Reward Offered for Information Leading to Arrest or Recovery of Remains The Federal Bureau of Investigation is releasing newly acquired photographs as we continue to ask for the public’s assistance in locating long-time fugitive Donald Eugene Webb. Webb, one of the longest tenured fugitives ever to appear on the FBI’s “Ten […]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrz5J6UpXTA&feature=youtu.be&h=280&w=380] 6-12-17| 2am PHOTOS: Valley Patriot News Spotter Reinaldo Troya (c) Valley Patriot Lawrence Police were called to the Dubai Nightclub on Jackson Street for calls of shots fired inside the nightclub. Police found 35 shell casings in what one officer called “quite the shootout” near last call early Monday morning. One shooting victim was hit […]
PHOTO GALLERY VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 A call to 147 Benington St for a fire Sunday afternoon had Lawrence Police scrambling to get people out of a building that set off a chain reaction of fires on Bennington and Saratoga Streets that reached 6 alarms and drew firefighters from more than a dozen communities. By our […]
6-11-17 Lawrence Police were called to the Lawrence General Hospital Sunday for reports of a gunshot victim who was shot on the highway. Police notified state police, investigated the report and determined that the man had come to Lawrence to purchase drugs and met with drug dealers in an alley behind Bailey St. The Drug […]
BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in two separate heroin trafficking rings operating in southeastern Massachusetts. Francis Gonsalez-Romero, a/k/a Sam, 41, a Dominican national residing in Providence, R.I., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. to 84 months in prison and […]
Ex-wife of man charged in $1.5 million Quincy real estate scheme arrested in Florida BOSTON – The ex-wife of a man who was a fugitive for 20 years until his arrest in April 2017, has been charged with lying about the whereabouts of her former spouse prior to his arrest. Cecily Sturge, 69, of Delray […]
How CNN Proved Every Day that They Are Fake News With all that talk about “fake news” these days it’s hard to know what to believe anymore. So many news outlets have abandoned the idea that journalists are to report facts objectively, free of political propaganda and personal opinions. Today, reporters do not report, they […]
MERRIMAC, MA- Chief Eric M. Shears reports that the suspect who fled from police after a traffic stop on Saturday afternoon before crashing has died from his injuries. Police and the Essex County District Attorney’s office are continuing to investigate and have not yet been able to identify the driver, who died at approximately 8:20p.m., […]
May 31, 2017 11:59PM Lawrence Police got a call for a fight at Sam’s Store on Broadway near the intersection of Broadway and Holly St Late Friday but when a state trooper arrived it became clear that a shooting had just taken place. Witnessing the the shooters flee the scene the Trooper gave chase. Not […]
BRAINTREE, MA – The Powerball jackpot for the Saturday, June 3 drawing is an estimated $337 million. The cash option on the prize is an estimated $209.1 million. Saturday night’s drawing will be the eighteenth since the Powerball jackpot was last hit on April 1. Saturday’s $337 million jackpot is the game’s highest since a […]
5-31-17|5;30PM BREAKING… An accident occurred on Avon St. in Lawrence on Wednesday afternoon turning into a shooting with at least two in custody…..more….. Witness on video says he saw shooting outside his friends home
By: Tom Duggan, May 30, 2017 all photos: Tom Duggan (c) Copyright, 2017 The Valley Patriot Federal, state, county, and federal law enforcement officials conducted a major drug and immigration sweep in Lawrence Tuesday. Officials say more than 2 1/2 kilos of fentanyl (representing over 100,000 bags) and six weapons were seized in morning raids that […]