WORCESTER A Worcester man is facing charges of manslaughter and distribution of a Class A substance in connection with the March 2022 overdose death of a 36-year-old woman, according to a press release from Worcester County District Attorney Joseph.
Luis Tiru-Romero, victim in July Worcester shooting, dies; 32-year-old Jose Antonio Merced now charged with murder
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
A 32-year-old man has been charged with murder after the victim in a July 9 shooting in Worcester, identified in court records Monday as Luis Tiru-Romero, died over the weekend, months after being shot in the chest and head, authorities said.
Jose Antonio Merced, who had previously been arrested on assault to murder charges hours after the shooting on Mount Pleasant Street in Worcester, was ordered held without bail during his arraignment in Worcester District Court on Monday, according to prosecutors.
Police responded to the shooting at 6 Mount Pleasant St. shortly after 4:50 p.m. on July 9 and found a man inside the hallway suffering from gunshot wounds to his chest and head, authorities wrote in a police report. He was in critical condition.
UpdatedMon, Jan 4, 2021 at 3:52 pm ET
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U.S. 6th Congressional District challenger John Paul Moran and four other Republicans contend the allowance of no-excuse mail-in ballots, early voting and drop boxes violated the state constitution. (Scott Souza/Patch)
SALEM, MA The Republican challenger in the 2020 U.S. 6th Congressional District race is pushing forward in a lawsuit against the state over election results on the basis that the allowance of no-excuse, mail-in ballots, ballot drop boxes and early voting because of the coronavirus health crisis violated the state constitution.
John Paul Moran, who unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Democrat Seth Moulton, was one of five candidates who moved the lawsuit previously filed in federal court to state court on the advice of a federal judge, the candidates said.
‘I had to do it, they jumped me’: John Guzman told police he was attacked, spurring double shooting in Worcester, prosecutors said
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 23, 2020
John Guzman was charged with two counts of assault and battery by gun, two counts of armed assault to murder, use of a firearm in a felony, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, possession of a firearm without an FID card, possession of a large-capacity firearm, possession of a large-capacity feeding device, possession of a loaded firearm without a license.
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Two men were arraigned via Zoom in Worcester District Court on Wednesday in connection with a double shooting in the city that occurred earlier in the day.