CRIMINAL JUSTICE

A State Political Convention Snub And Campaign Finance Promises

By • Feb 8, 2019
Governor Charlie Baker and Mayor Domenic Sarno visited Forest Park Middle School in Springfield, Massachusetts, in May 2017.
Don Treeger / The Republican / Masslive.com/photos

The Massachusetts Democratic Party is bringing its convention this year to Springfield, but the city's mayor, Domenic Sarno, is not invited to speak. 

For Women In Berkshire County, Being Held On Bail Means A 'Long Distance Lockup'

By • Feb 6, 2019
Stephanie Westover, left, and her cellmate Kelly Belcher talk in their cell at the Western Massachusetts Regional Women's Correctional Center in Chicopee.
Stephanie Zollshan / The Berkshire Eagle / berkshireeagle.com

Women in Berkshire County who are being held on bail are sent to a regional facility for females in Chicopee, instead of in their own county. 

Connecticut Tribes Forging Ahead With East Windsor Casino, And A Pot Bust Raises Questions

By • Feb 1, 2019
A rendering of the proposed Tribal Winds casino in East Windsor, Connecticut.
Tribal Winds / Stu Loeser and Co.

The operators of the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos in Connecticut say they want to move ahead with a joint casino in East Windsor, designed to compete with the MGM Springfield resort, just a few miles away. 

Exoneree Runs Smoothie Chain, Making Up For 27 Years Of Lost Entrepreneurship

By • Jan 30, 2019
Mark Schand scoops ice cream at his Sweetwater smoothie cafe in New Britain, Connecticut.
Karen Brown / NEPR

From his prison cot, for 27 years, Mark Schand plotted out a retail empire he’d been envisioning since well before his arrest.

CEO of N.H. Gun Maker Facing Five Years in German Prison for Alleged Arms Deal

By • Jan 10, 2019

High ranking members of the Colombian National Police found themselves in Exeter, N.H., in the spring of 2009. They were there to visit arms maker Sig Sauer, which had just secured a contract worth up to $306 million to provide Colombian law enforcement with nearly 100,000 pistols. 

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