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‘Violent extremism’, Dalton man has bail extended after photos found on phone of burning Black Lives Matter sign
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
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Dalton native, Lonnie Durfee was in Berkshire Superior Court on Friday accused of violating his bail agreement from the burning of political signs and property in the lead up to the presidential elections, according to court documents.
The 41-year-old Durfee had his conditions extended because of an “escalating pattern of behavior,” according to the Berkshire District Attorney’s office. The conditions were initially in place until Jan. 20. An hour after Biden was sworn into office.
“The Superior Court required that the GPS/curfew provision remains in effect until one hour after the inauguration of the new president,” court documents read. “The presumption at the time was that the political climate, including the rise in violent extremism, would have dissipated by the Presidential Inauguration.”
But, there are a number of places that still are stocked, so, there is a little time.
âWe sold more trees on Thanksgiving weekend than all of last year,â said David Morin, past president of the Massachusetts Christmas Tree Association and owner of Arrowhead Acres in Uxbridge. He noted that there has been a shortage, âbut I havenât heard of any higher prices than last year, so, thereâs been no price gouging that I know of.â
Morin charges $70 per tree, and he has sold about 1,100, with about 500 left. He said more people were buying trees earlier because of the acute effects of the past year. As a result, people are gravitating to the holiday spirit earlier than in most years.