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By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — Police Chief Kristin Burgess is taking a leave of absence from her position overseeing the department, according to an email sent by the Selectboard to residents Thursday night.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After a six-hour police standoff, Franklin County Regional Special Response Team officers apprehended Greenfield resident William Judd, who was alleged to have been armed and barricaded himself in an Elm Street home Friday morning.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A former Leyden police chief must pay $10,950 in restitution after having been found in possession of town-owned equipment received through a program that transfers excess military equipment to nonmilitary law enforcement agencies.

1:03 p.m. — Caller states a taxi almost hit her and two other people while they were crossing the street while on a crosswalk on Avenue A. Area checked, unable to locate vehicle.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Department heads voiced frustration last week about potentially having to sustain 15% budget cuts as Orange once again grapples with financial woes.

2:23 a.m. — Caller reports he sneezed and drove into a parked vehicle on the side of the road on Third Street. Damage to other vehicle’s mirror. Officer advised.

2:55 p.m. — Vandalism reported at the Olive Street Parking Garage. Services rendered.

9:53 a.m. — Vehicle fire extinguished at Sanderson and Federal streets.

3:56 p.m. — Reporting party from Station Street states that a dual-wheeled truck keeps running over the corner of his property and damaging the lawn. Reporting party has no description, but states it has happened multiple times in the last month.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WARWICK — The driver of a Jeep was transported by helicopter for treatment of serious injuries Friday evening following a crash on Winchester Road near its intersection with Flower Hill Road.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — An online petition seeking to remove Detective Tucker Jenkins from the Shelburne Police Department following an investigation into his relationship with a Mohawk Trail Regional School student has gathered 158 signatures.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

BERNARDSTON — A man was taken to Baystate Franklin Medical Center with minor head, neck and shoulder injuries Thursday after a mechanical failure caused the back wheel of his motorcycle to lock, throwing him across Brattleboro Road, according to Bernardston Police Sgt. Thomas Chabot.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — With the Selectboard’s approval in hand, the town will use $5,580 from its D.A.R.E. account to replace the police substation’s router.

3:42 p.m. — Illegal dumping reported on Federal Street. Services rendered.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — A Whately resident was transported to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield by South County EMS Friday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle while she was cycling.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Montague Police Lt. Christopher Bonnett was suspended last month after a private investigation found he violated four Police Department policies while conducting an internal affairs investigation involving another officer in August 2024, according to an 84-page report obtained by the Greenfield Recorder.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Police Chief Erik Demetropoulos will be sticking around for the next three years, as the Selectboard has unanimously approved a new contract.

7:52 a.m. — Vandalism reported on Phillips Street. Report issued.

6:28 p.m. — Disturbance reported at McDonald’s on the Mohawk Trail. Services rendered.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — Tucker Jenkins will keep his job as a Shelburne police detective, following a 10-week investigation into the relationship between Jenkins and a student at Mohawk Trail Regional School.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Anti-Crime Task Force and Greenfield Police arrested Greenfield residents Amber Judd, 38, and Tony Carr, 48, on cocaine trafficking charges following a drug bust at Heather Court and Harrison Avenue Tuesday morning.