Murder suspected arrested in Springfield

June 21, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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In a turn of events, a man who has been on the run since May 21, when he was suspected to have stabbed 32-year-old Carlos E. Beslanga in the chest, turned himself in to the Springfield police yesterday around 9 a.m. Luis Manuel Cintron, 37, was arraigned yesterday, charged with Beslanga’s murder. He was ordered [...]

Conn. man murdered in Springfield

May 22, 2011   Leave a Comment  

SPRINGFIELD — Police responded to an alleyway in Springfield on Saturday where they found a man fatally stabbed in the chest. Carlos Gonzalez Beslanga, 32, of Newington, Conn., suffered the fatal stab wound that pierced his heart and a lung in the alleyway between 62 and 66 Cumberland Street at 4:30 p.m. after he angered [...]

Somerville man held without bail after allegedly cutting girlfriend’s fingers off

April 6, 2011   Leave a Comment  

A 32-year-old Somerville man was ordered held without bail yesterday, accused of cutting off three of his girlfriend’s fingers in a grisly act of domestic violence, prosecutors said. Jose Gonzalez, 32, was arraigned yesterday and charged with mayhem. He was ordered held under the state’s so-called “dangerousness statute,” said Erika Gully-Santiago, a spokeswoman for Suffolk [...]

Chinese doctors remove knife stuck in man’s head for 4 years

Feb. 18, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Surgeons at a hospital in southern China said they successfully removed a rusty knife end from the skull of a man who didn’t know it was there for four years, the Associated Press reported. Yuxi City People’s Hospital in Yunnan Province said Friday that Li Fuyan, 30, was suffering severe headaches, bad breath, and breathing [...]

Autopsy can’t determine cause of death in horrific Milton homicide

Nov. 16, 2010   Leave a Comment  

MILTON — The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy Tuesday on the body of a young man found butchered on an upscale street. But officials, even with results in hand, still don’t know how the young black male met his demise. “Following that examination, the OCME has informed the Norfolk District Attorney’s [...]

Arrest made in Sunday’s fatal stabbing in Everett

Nov. 9, 2010   Leave a Comment  

A 20-year-old Everett man was arrested Tuesday, charged with fatally stabbing another man on Main Street, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone and Everett Police Chief Steven Mazzie said. Jamar Leaston was charged with murder and assault and battery. He will be arraigned Tuesday afternoon in Malden District Court. Police issued a warrant for Leaston’s arrest [...]

Chelsea stabbing victim identified

Nov. 1, 2010   Leave a Comment  

The 16-year-old Chelsea boy who was stabbed in the heart and killed Sunday morning was identified by authorities as Cesar Jeronimo Umana. Chelsea and State police responded to Umana’s Grove Street home around 1:30 a.n. and found him mortally wounded. He was taken to Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett where he died. Police are investigating [...]

State Police investigating bodies found in Chelsea, Revere

Oct. 31, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Hours after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Chelsea early Sunday morning, police in Revere found a man in a marsh near Route 107 in neighboring Revere. Authorities do not believe the deaths are connected, but Chelsea police have noted an upswing in gang-related violence and are investigating the first death as a [...]

16-year-old boy stabbed to death in Chelsea

Oct. 31, 2010   1 Comment  

A bloody year in Chelsea continued Sunday morning after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death on Grove Street in the sixth homicide this year in tiny city bordering Boston to the north. Police responded around 1:35 a.m. to 60 Grove Street where they found the victim unconscious, with a single stab wound to the [...]

Violent weekend in Providence

Oct. 18, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Providence police are investigating the aftermath of a violent weekend in Rhode Island’s capital that left three people shot and one stabbed. One was killed, but it represents a spike in violence in a city that has seen a decline in violent crime in recent years. Police responded to shootings on DeSoto Street, Wadsworth Street, [...]