BOSTON – An employee of the IRS Service Center in Andover was charged today with filing over 500 false tax returns for herself and other individuals. Jennifer Beth True, 44, of Lawrence, was charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. True made her initial appearance today in federal court in Boston. According to charging documents, […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation via payal BOSTON – A Lawrence man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston for selling fentanyl to an undercover officer. Jonathan Marquez, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of distributing fentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing for […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation via payal BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to heroin trafficking. Alexander Martinez-Peguero, 38, who resided in Lawrence, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. […]
BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Santos Obispo Guerrero Lara, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to time served (approximately seven months). In October 2019, Guerrero Lara pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent […]
BOSTON — Massachusetts has one of the highest hourly requirements for in-service police training in the nation, at 40 hours of in-service training annually. However, a study released today by State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump notes the state does not provide enough training opportunities to allow officers to meet this requirement and has no […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation UPDATED December 27, 2019 The suspect in the Christmas Eve shooting on Broadway and Center Street has been taken into custody less than 48 hours after the incident that sent a Methuen resident to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Methuen police took a 17 […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation December 18, 2019 Methuen Mayor Jim Jajuga has asked the courts to delay – once again – the December 16th arbitration of the Police Superior Officer’s Union Contract dispute. The city has asked for the postponement until March 10th-12th putting the controversy square in the […]
BOSTON – Two men were arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, and charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Steven Perez, of Lowell, and Anthony Holloway, of Methuen, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Following an initial appearance in federal court in Boston, Perez and Holloway were […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation As part of the ongoing arbitration between the Methuen Superior Officer’s Union and the City of Methuen, the union is asking for a financial award of damages for what they say is retaliation. The superior officers says that there is a pattern of actionable claims […]
November 30, 2019 A 28 year old Rowley man is under arrest today after leading police on a chase through the city and onto Rt. 495. Police say they saw Jacob Potts doing drugs in the parking lot of Holy Family hospital early Saturday afternoon. When officers Keating and Sawyer approached the suspects car he tried […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation All photos/video (c) Copyright Valley Patriot, Inc, 2019 LAWRENCE – In the early morning hours Friday, members of the Massachusetts State Police Gang Task Force, the FBI, Essex County Sheriffs Department and other federal agencies descended onto Lawrence picking up Trinitario gang members and others […]
Oct 21, 2019 (6:10pm) The Methuen Police will charge a juvenile in connection with the hit-and-run crash that killed a Methuen man last week. Methuen Police arrested a 16 year old (juvenile), male from Lawrence on charges of: Manslaughter Operating Recklessly Causing the Death of Another Leaving the Scene of a Personal Injury Collision Causing the […]
October 1, 2019 The Methuen Police Superior Officers Union has issued a public statement disputing public claims that there was sleight of hand or that two different contracts were used to deceive the city council. The claim is, one contract had “stacking language” in it which grew the police salaries larger than the contract that […]
September, 2019 This month marks the one-year anniversary of the Columbia Gas explosions that rocked Lawrence, Andover and North Andover. For those who lived through it, it will be something we will never forget. Homes and businesses blew up, caught fire and the magnitude of the disaster eventually resulted in the evacuation of all of […]
Hello Valley Patriot Readers, The devastating events of September 18, 2018, which destroyed homes and buildings in communities in North Andover, Lawrence and Andover will be long remembered. With negligible assistance from the Columbia Gas, residents turned to social media for help and called daily for relief from my office. Not only was restoration […]