Hampden County

There's not a whole lot of info on this as of now, but what we do know is that police Friday night were shot at while they were pursuing a suspect in a shooting.

Yesterday, March 14, in Springfield, a Pittsfield man was sentenced in federal court to three years in prison for not doing one...simple...thing.

Yesterday, members of local law enforcement, as well as several other law enforcement agencies, worked together to arrest five members of a violent drug gang.

Doesn't anyone take that old(but true) adage, "Crime Does Not Pay" seriously anymore? Apparently not, as more criminals get caught in some stupid shenanigans.

Boy, Mass State Police have been on the warpath lately in Western Massachusetts on the hunt for illegal firearms and recently Lady Luck joined in on the search.

This past Friday morning, police seized a firearm(along with at least one shell casing), approximately 30 bags of heroin, and more than $1500 in cash.

Recently, last Thursday as a matter of fact, the Holyoke Police Department discovered a major marijuana grow operation worth about $1.6 million.

In the latest round of tragic news, it appears that the gunshot victim found last week in Vermont has finally been identified as a teen from Massachusetts.

A Western Massachusetts man was recently arrested after cops found he was in possession of over 1,500 bags of heroin and stacks of cash.

Breaking news from earlier this morning in what is already the second officer-involved shooting in Western Massachusetts this month.