PDF of The December 2024 Valley Patriot
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Homeless Advocates Say Homeless Betrayed As Kelly Frazier Working with Police to Identify Homeless Locations
11/21/24 Lawrence’s embattled homeless coordinator Kelly Birchall Frazier has spent the last three years working the streets of the city, getting a count of the number of homeless, gaining their trust, and getting them to reveal where their encampments are hidden throughout the city. She also has gained enough of their trust to learn personal […]
Lawrence Homeless Coordinator Kelly Frazier Working with Police to Identify Homeless Locations
11/21/24 Lawrence’s embattled homeless coordinator Kelly Birchall Frazier has spent the last three years working the streets of the city, getting a count of the number of homeless, gaining their trust, and getting them to reveal where their encampments are hidden throughout the city. She also has gained enough of their trust to learn personal […]
Lawrence Rep. Moran Secures $750K for Lawrence Police
State Representative Frank A. Moran (D—Lawrence, Andover, Methuen) today announced that a state grant program the representative filed in this year’s state budget has resulted in over three quarters of a million dollars in increased funding to hire more police officers in the City of Lawrence. This year was the sixth that Representative Moran has filed this […]
ATF, Lawrence Police Recover Weapons Stolen from NH, Arrest Dangerous Gang Leader
August 18, 2018 In November of 2017, Detective O’Keefe of the Lawrence Police Department along with Special Agent Ryan Griffin of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives interviewed a confidential informant regarding an individual that was trafficking firearms to known Gangsta’ Disciples and Kings of Tenney (KOT) members in Lawrence and Methuen, MA. […]
Lawrence Police Arrest 3 For Home Invasion
Early this morning, Wednesday June 20th, Lawrence Police responded to 182 Dawes Street for a report of a possible home invasion in progress. As officers arrived on scene, Sergeant Ariel Montas and Officer Edward Mejia proceeded up the front stairs of the residence, while Officer Carlos Aguirre proceeded to cover the rear/side entrance of the […]
Lawrence Carjack Suspect Rams 3 Police Cars, Injures Two Officers
Two Lawrence Police officers were injured last night after a man rammed three police cars before crashing into a tree. (VIDEO 1) (VIDEO 2) Witnesses say that Lawrence police officer Charlie Saindon, – assigned to the auto theft task force – pulled the vehicle over near Philips and Exeter Streets after the license plate came […]
Lawrence’s Rep. Moran Secures $700K for More Lawrence Police
State Representative Frank A. Moran (D—Lawrence) today announced that a state grant the Representative filed in the state budget has resulted in almost three quarters of a million dollars in increased funding to hire more police officers in the City of Lawrence. This year was the fifth that Rep. Moran has filed this amendment […]
Four in Custody After Stolen Car Driver Rams 2 Police Cars, Dangerous Foot Chase
By: Tom Duggan – Dec. 13, 2017 LAWRENCE – Four men are in custody this morning after leading police on a chase through North Lawrence in a car stolen from Farnham St. Lawrence Police Officer Saindon spotted the car with four individuals inside it near Haverhill and Broadway and ran the plate. The plate came […]
State Declares Lawrence Police Officer Eugene Scanlon Killed in the Line of Duty 45 Years Later
By: Tom Duggan, Jr. – Dec. 1, 2017 Earlier this year The Valley Patriot learned about Lawrence Police Officer Jeremaiah O’Connor had died in the line of duty back in the 1950’s but his sacrifice was never recognized. Officer O’Connor has since been declared a line of duty death and his family given the “last […]
Bill Green’s Not So Excellent Adventure ~ Paying Attention with Tom Duggan
In the mind of fired Lawrence Police Officer Bill Green he is the ultimate victim. Nothing bad that has ever happened to Bill has ever been his fault. Ever. THE GRAND CONSPIRACY Bill is so damned important that it takes a conspiracy of the entire police department, all of city hall, the Mayor, the […]
Lawrence/State Police Gang Unit Arrest Three on Heroin Distribution Charges
Sept. 28, 2017 LAWRENCE – Lawrence Police and the Massachusetts State Police Gang Unit arrested two men and a woman on Wednesday for trafficking heroin, illegally possessing firearms, and one for driving without a license, among other charges. The combined state and local police gang units conducted surveillance and followed Baez-Arias, and Elvin Santo after […]
Lawrence Police Recover 13 Year Old Girl Missing From DCF Custody in Methuen
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 […]
Feds Sweep Lawrence, Surrounding Towns, Arrest 34 In Fentanyl Ring
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 […]
FIRED! Lawrence Police Officers Green and Melendez Fired For Corruption
May 14, 2017 Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera finally pulled the trigger this week and fired embattled Lawrence police officer William Green for a host of corruption offenses including theft, threats on other police officers, abandoning a prisoner who escaped, refusing to show up for scheduled shifts, and falsely accusing another police officer of committing an […]