Investigators determined that a failure of the chimney and wood burning furnace caused the fire that took the lives of two residents. The Berkshire District Attorney s Office has identified the victims as 75-year-old James Boltrom and 66-year-old Dorene Boltrom. On behalf of our firefighters and the town of Sheffield, I offer our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the victims, Chief Ullrich said. We re all neighbors in this small town. The fire in the log cabin style home started inside the chimney and spread to nearby combustibles. Investigators were able to find several areas where smoke and heat breached the chimney and piping system from the furnace and entered the home. There was a significant amount of wood and kindling next to the wood-burning furnace in the basement.
DA: Fatal shooting by trooper at Newbury gas station was justified [The Daily News of Newburyport, Mass.]
Jan. 15 NEWBURY A report by the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office this week says the fatal shooting of a Dracut man by a state police trooper at a Byfield gas station last February was justified.
Thomas C. Murray, 31, was shot to death by Trooper Steve Buccheri on Feb. 16, at the A.L. Prime gas station off Interstate 95 in Byfield.
“Based upon the facts presented, the case law pertaining to the use of deadly force necessary to defend oneself or others, and the independent evaluation of a Certified Force Science Analyst, our office has determined that the force used by Trooper Buccheri in this incident was appropriate and lawful,” the DA’s Office report reads.
Man dead after wrong-way driver slams into car on I-195 in Somerset, police say Charlie McKenna
A wrong-way driver slammed into another car on Interstate 195 in Somerset Wednesday morning, killing a man from Portsmouth, R.I.
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, was killed in the crash, which occurred at 3:45 a.m., after a head on collision with the alleged wrong way driver, a 50-year-old man from Bristol, R.I., according to a statement from State Police spokesman David Procopio.
Thibeault was driving a Nissan Sentra westbound on I-195 when the 50-year-old man, driving eastbound in a Volvo XC90 struck his vehicle, causing the Nissan to become engulfed in flames, the statement said.