Authorities announced Dejan Dante Belnavis, the man wanted in the shooting deaths of Chasity Nunez and her 11-year-old daughter, Zella, in Worcester, has been taken into custody in California. Law Enforcement officials say Belnavis was picked up by U.S. Marshals in San Diego on Monday evening. Massachusetts State Police VFAS, Worcester Police, and US Marshals […]
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Worcester celebrates the season with St. Patrick’s Parade
WORCESTER — It’s not often that the music of Irish folk band The Dubliners, marching bands, and Uilleann pipes can all harmonize even over the rumble of 18-wheeler trucks and revving motorcycles. That is unless all those sounds come from the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Sunday, thousands lined Park Avenue for the annual Worcester County […]
Suspects in murders of mom, daughter in Worcester have lengthy criminal histories: Read the charges
The two suspects in the murders of a mother and daughter who were found shot to death in a bullet-riddled SUV in Worcester earlier this week have lengthy criminal histories , court documents showed. Karel Mangual, 28, has since been arrested and arraigned on charges of armed assault to murder and carrying a firearm without […]
Worcester police identify suspect wanted in connection to the murders of a young mother and daughter
Worcester Police are investigating a double murder of a young mother and her daughter who were found shot inside their parked SUV Tuesday night. The victims, who police identified as a mother and daughter, were rushed to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead. A family member identified the victims as Chasity Nuñez and […]
One in custody, another man sought in connection with Worcester double murder
WORCESTER ― Police have issued an arrest warrant against a Worcester man, Dejan D. Belnavis, in connection with the fatal shooting of a mother and her daughter Tuesday inside an SUV on Englewood Avenue, and have separately arrested another man in connection with the shooting. The police also identified the victims as Chastity Nunez and […]
Family identifies 11-year-old girl and mother shot to death inside their car in Worcester
A family member identified the mother and daughter who died after they were found shot inside a bullet-riddled vehicle in Worcester on Tuesday, investigators announced Wednesday. Officers responding to a report of shots fired in the area of Lisbon Street and Englewood Avenue just after 3 p.m. found two female gunshot victims inside a parked […]
Two women injured in daytime Worcester shooting
Authorities are investigating after two women were injured in a Tuesday afternoon shooting. Officers responding to the area of Englewood Avenue around 3:10 p.m. for a report of shots fired found two female victims who sustained injuries, according to Worcester Police. The extent of the victims’ injuries is unknown at this time. An SUV was […]
Worcester County real estate transfers, Sunday, March 3
Ashburnham $380,000, Willard Rd, Sallie C Thoma RET, and Thoma, Sallie C, to Ray-Tek Construction LLC. Athol $380,000, 131 Everett Ave, Alicea, Maria B, to Fernandez, Roberto.$260,000, 74 Patrick Ave, Hitchcock, John K, and Hitchcock, Karen L, to Whalen, Nicholas S, and Gerde, Jillian.$150,000, 111 Brickyard Rd #C1, Bredesen Susan C Est, and Andaloro, Steven […]
Worcester gas station sells winning $1 million ticket
Two arrested in Gardner in connection to Worcester shooting that killed teen
Two people were arrested in Gardner Friday night in connection to a Worcester shooting that claimed the life of a 17-year-old earlier this month. Worcester Police officers and the Violent Fugitive Apprehension Squad arrested 21-year-old Kidam Oquendo and 18-year-old Alexis Medeiros following a “lengthy investigation”, a Worcester PD spokesperson said Saturday. A Boston 25 News […]
Federal class-action lawsuit filed in Worcester over illegal state trooper recordings
WORCESTER – Four of the more than 200 criminal defendants state police recorded illegally using a cellphone application during undercover investigations filed a federal class-action lawsuit Friday against Motorola and the state police colonel. Interim State Police Col. John Mawn Jr. The 19-page lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Worcester, alleges Motorola and interim […]
Five horses from disbanded Worcester PD Mount Unit hoof it to new homes
Five horses that once trotted under the logo of the Worcester Police Department were donated to four different police departments following a decision by the police chief to retire the Mounted Unit. The University of Massachusetts Amherst Police Department now has two of the horses and the Providence Police Department and the Columbus, Ohio, Police […]