CT Man Known As 'Scoot' Sentenced For Role In Drug Ring, Feds Say
A 30-year-old man had been sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in a Connecticut-based drug trafficking ring.
Tyrese Stanley, also known as “Scoot,” of New Haven, was sentenced Tuesday, Jan. 26, to prison time, followed by four years of supervised release, said John Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Stanley was also ordered to serve the first three months of his supervised release in home confinement.
According to Durham, the matter stems from an investigation headed by the FBI’s New Haven Safe Streets/Gang Task Force and New Haven Police Department that targe…
Covid-19: Where Are The Hot Spots? Infection Rates Down In Most Central/Western MA Big Cities
COVID-19 rates went down in 7 out of 10 of Massachusetts’ largest cities west of I-495.
The COVID-19 infection rates per 100,000 people went down in Worcester, Springfield, Chicopee, Leominster, Fitchburg, Amherst, and Shrewsbury, according to town-level data released by Massachusetts’ Department of Public Health on Thursday, Jan. 21.
All of these communities, except for Amherst, are in the “red” - meaning they are at the highest risk for the spread of the virus.
Amherst is in the yellow category.
Massachusetts's color-coded risk system has four levels. They are, from most to least risk, …
Forecast: Expect Snow Today, Wednesday, Dec. 30 - Rain on NYD
Snow is on the way for today, according to the most recent forecast by the National Weather Service.
It won’t add up to much, but meteorologists are predicting light snow in the region today, Wednesday, Dec. 30.
The snow will be heaviest in Central Massachusetts and the Northern Berkshires with the Worcester, Fitchburg, Pittsfield, and North Adams areas expected to receive an inch of snow.
In Western Massachusetts, the southernmost part of Central Massachusetts, and Berkshires South County are expected to receive less than an inch of snow.
The snow could become rain Wednesday night or ear…