Man killed by Leicester police Sunday had confrontation with police last fall
By John R. Ellement Globe Staff,Updated May 13, 2021, 4:23 p.m.
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The man shot and killed by Leicester police Sunday had a confrontation in the fall with officers who were following the trail of a car that had been reported driving on three tires and a metal wheel rim.
Officers tracked Zachary M. Richardson to his home by following gouged streets and a 50-foot-long line of rocks that had been pulled into the street by an SUV, according to a police report.
When officers confronted Richardson outside the home on Trenton Street that he shared with his parents around 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 24, he called the officers â[expletive] pigs,â raised a single finger on each hand in their direction, and ordered them to get âoff my [expletive] property.â
Leominster man faces charges after drug raid on Mount Elam Road
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A Leominster man is facing a variety of drug charges after police found cocaine, marijuana, drug-laced candy and more than $200,000 in cash during a raid.
Matthew M. Heinecke, 41, of 1052 Mount Elam Road, Leominster, was charged Feb. 24 with trafficking in 36-100 grams of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, trafficking in 50-100 pounds of marijuana, possession of a Class D drug with intent to distribute, possession of a Class C drug with intent to distribute, and possession of a Class C drug.
Heinecke will be back in Leominster District Court March 25 for a pretrial conference, according to Timothy Connolly, a spokesperson for Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.
David A. Carlyle, 62, of Orange, died on Thursday, according to Timothy Connolly, spokesman for the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office. The death is not suspicious, Connolly said.
Carlyle, a school psychologist in Templeton and Athol, graduated from Algonquin Regional High School in Northboro, according to his obituary.
His death remains under investigation by the state police, according to Narragansett Regional School District Superintendent Chris Casavant.
In a letter sent out to the community last week, Casavant revealed that a member of the school’s psychology team had died at the school.