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City man pleads not guilty to 13 counts of possession of child pornography
The Hampshire County Courthouse at 15 Gothic St., Northampton. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 2/24/2021 2:59:14 PM
NORTHAMPTON A city man was arraigned and pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Hampshire Superior Court to 13 counts of possession of child pornography in connection with a police raid at his Bridge Road home in September.
Philip H. Brocklesby, 58, was released on several conditions and the same $1,500 bail he posted after his initial arraignment on a single charge of possession of child pornography in Northampton District Court.
Northampton police began investigating Brocklesby last May after receiving a tip about child pornography uploaded to Facebook that had been reported by the social media company to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Northampton Police Detective Corey Robinson was assigned to investigate the tip, which was sent to the Massachusetts State Police Internet C
Excessive force lawsuit alleges Chicopee police fractured man’s skull
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
A man is accusing four Chicopee police officers of twice knocking him to the pavement with so much force that it fractured his skull into multiple pieces.
A lawsuit filed in November in U.S. District Court in Springfield by Rey L. Augustine Jr. accuses Officers Timothy Brodeur, Mickey Dumais, Frank McQuaid and Joseph Brunelle of using unnecessary force and conspiring to cover up the incident. The suit also names the city, Police Chief William R. Jebb and 10 other unnamed officers as defendants.
It accuses the city of violating Augustine’s civil rights of protection from cruel and unusual punishment and unreasonable searches.