November 4, 2025 – Springfield, Massachusetts – At the October meeting of the Hampden County Addiction Taskforce (HCAT), members heard from several local organizations now implementing new strategies to combat substance use and support recovery — initiatives made possible through recent allocations from the City of Springfield’s Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund (ORRF). Guest speakers included […]
November 3, 2025 – Longmeadow, Massachusetts – Staff from Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni’s Community Safety & Outreach (CSO) Unit visited Longmeadow’s Glenbrook Middle School and Williams Middle School over the course of two days, Oct. 20 and 21, to deliver the office’s internet safety presentation, emphasizing the permanence of online activity and practical steps for […]
October 30, 2025 – Springfield, Massachusetts – Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni has announced that Armoni Davis, 16, of Springfield, has been charged in connection with a January 12, 2025, homicide on Oakland Street in Springfield. Davis was arraigned in Hampden Superior Court on Monday, October 20, 2025, and ordered held without the right to […]
October 29, 2025 – Springfield, MA – Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni announced today that an ongoing investigation has resulted in the arrest of Lamar Cook, 45, of Springfield. The investigation is being conducted by the Massachusetts State Police Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction Enforcement Team (CINRET West), the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to […]
October 28, 2025 – Springfield, MA – Staff from Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni’s Community Safety and Outreach Unit visited Springfield International Charter School on Wednesday, Oct. 15, to deliver the office’s Stop the Swerve presentation, which addresses the dangers and life-altering consequences of impaired and distracted driving. The Stop the Swerve program, designed for students […]
October 27, 2025 – Springfield, Massachusetts – Wilfredo DeJesus, 49, of Holyoke, has been convicted and sentenced in Hampden Superior Court in Springfield for a 2022 shooting that left his son seriously injured. On Sept. 30, 2025, DeJesus was convicted of Assault to Kill, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Unlawful Possession […]
October 24, 2025– Chicopee, Massachusetts — The Hampden District Attorney’s Office and the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office are encouraging residents to safely dispose of their unneeded or expired medications during a Drug Takeback event on Saturday, October 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Price Rite parking lot, located at 1600 Memorial Drive in Chicopee. […]
October 23, 2025 – Brimfield, Massachusetts – Thirty-two years have passed since 10-year-old Holly Piirainen left her grandparents’ home in Sturbridge to see a litter of puppies and never came back. Her disappearance in the summer of 1993, and the discovery of her remains that October in a wooded area off Five Bridge Road in Brimfield, […]
October 22, 2025 – Springfield, MA – Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni has announced that Malachi Williams, 19, of Springfield, has been ordered held without the right to bail following a dangerousness hearing held in Springfield District Court on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. A District Court judge ordered that Williams be held pending further proceedings […]
October 21, 2025 – Wilbraham, Massachusetts – A Wilbraham man has been held without the right to bail following an armed standoff earlier this month that prompted a shelter-in-place order and a multi-agency law enforcement response. On October 3, 2025, at approximately 7:12 a.m., the Wilbraham Police Department received a 911 call from a victim in […]
