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Florida student arrested after allegedly stabbing teacher with pencil

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:34 GMT

(CNN) – A middle school student has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a teacher, stabbing her hand with a pencil and striking her over the head with a backpack in Collier County.The incident unfolded when the teacher, attempting to address an issue with the student over scissors, prompted the student to become emotional and cry. The teacher planned to send the student to the counselor and, as she reached to hand him a pass, he unexpectedly stabbed her hand with a mechanical pencil.When the teacher tried to remove the student from the classroom, the student hit her over the head with a backpack. Meanwhile, other students were relocated to a secure area.The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has arrested the student on charges of battery on a public or private education employee and disruption of a school function.

Sheriff: Fort Lauderdale man arrested for trespassing at Key West International Airport

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:34 GMT

A Fort Lauderdale man was arrested on charges of trespassing at Key West International Airport, officials said.Ross James Lund, 30, faces two felony trespassing counts, one for breaching airport security and another for trespassing at a construction site within the airport premises.Monroe County Sheriff’s Office personnel, assigned to airport security, spotted Lund in a restricted area around 5 a.m., Wednesday. He was taken into custody with incident. No reports of missing items or property damage have been made at this time.

Police in Holyoke, Massachusetts are investigating after multiple people were reported shot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:34 GMT

HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — Multiple people were reportedly shot Wednesday afternoon in the downtown area of Holyoke, Massachusetts, police said.Holyoke Police Detective Beben told WWLP that multiple individuals had been shot, but did not indicate how many. Police said it was an active, ongoing investigation. The public is being asked to avoid the intersection of Sargeant and Maple streets.Police said they received a 911 call shortly before 1 p.m. and also received notifications from ShotSpotter.Holyoke is about 90 miles west of Boston.

Tractor-trailer rollover spills garbage, closing Mass Pike/I-495 ramp in Hopkinton for hours

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:34 GMT

Multiple emergency crews responded to a tractor-trailer truck rollover in Hopkinton that closed a ramp on the eastbound side of the Mass Pike Wednesday morning.The Hopkinton Fire Department said its fire engines and an ambulance were called to the ramp connecting I-90 to I-495 around 9 a.m., where a tractor-trailer truck ended up on its side.Officials shared an image from the scene, showing the truck taking up more than half of the roadway while its cargo appeared to spill over the side of the ramp.Massachusetts State Police also shared an image on social media, stating that the truck’s driver had suffered minor injuries and that the truck itself had been hauling trash.MSP spokesperson Dave Procopio said the truck was later removed around 11:30 a.m. and that an investigation into the crash was ongoing.According to Procopio, the driver of the truck, a 28-year-old man from Fitchburg, was expected to be summonsed for motor vehicle offenses.The ramp was opened back up to traffic ...

95-year-old artist who was evicted from Cape Cod dune shack gets a five-year reprieve

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:34 GMT

(CNN) — Artist Salvatore Del Deo and his family are back in the dune shack they’ve occupied and cared for on Cape Cod National Seashore for nearly 80 years.An agreement has been reached with the National Park Service after the artist, 95, was evicted from the historic shack this summer, according to his son Romolo Del Deo, who spoke to CNN about the deal.Through lawyers acting pro bono on behalf of the Del Deo family with cooperation from the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Del Deos now have five more years in the shack through a special use permit under which they will pay rent and take care of the structure.The negotiations butted up against what looked like an imminent federal government shutdown, Romolo Del Deo said, and the DOI and National Park Service rangers “worked very proactively to, in a matter of a few days, wrap everything up, restore our ability to get into the shack … literally right up to the wire of when the government was potentially shutting down.”“It ...

Chief Asks Holyoke Residents To Report Gunfire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:34 GMT

Police officials in Holyoke made a push Wednesday to get citizens to call 911 when they hear gunshots, pointing to data that shows only about 12 percent of potential shooting incidents picked up by a new surveillance system were reported by residents.There were 117 activations of the ShotSpotter gunfire detection technology that Holyoke deployed across about two square miles in the first six months it was in use, from March through August, according to monthly reports made available by the police department.The system, which includes microphones that detect and triangulate the location of potential gunfire, detected a cumulative 454 rounds fired but Holyoke Police Chief David Pratt said the city got only 14 calls to 911 reporting those potential shootings.“That’s the one that has us saying we need to get the word out to the public. And we totally understand why people do not call or are hesitant to call in these instances. But we need your help. We need to publ...

Boston City Council approves $3.4 million for BRIC, police intelligence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:34 GMT

The City Council voted to approve $3.4 million in grant funding for the Boston Regional Intelligence Center, after a lengthy discussion that determined the need for public safety outweighs past harms created by the entity’s gang database.The body’s 7-5 vote on Wednesday releases four years worth of funding to the intelligence arm of the city’s police department, money that has been earmarked by the state since fiscal year 2020, but had been held up by the City Council.“At the end of the day, BRIC helps solve crimes, particularly violent crime, homicides,” City Councilor Michael Flaherty said. “BRIC brings justice and some solace, a little bit of peace and a little bit of closure to those that have had a loved one killed in the streets of Boston.”The funding will go toward improving technology aimed at fighting crime, gangs and terrorism. It will allow the intelligence center to hire eight additional analysts, four of which will “monitor active events and communicate in real time,” M...

Mansfield police successfully deescalate violent threat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:34 GMT

Mansfield Police successfully resolved a stressful situation in which a local man allegedly armed with a gun was holed up in an area hotel and threatening to harm himself.The man’s mother called the police a little before 4 p.m. Tuesday to report that her son “was under the influence and armed” at an address matching that of the local Fairfield Inn and Suites, 50 Reservoir St., and “threatening to harm himself or law enforcement if anyone tried to intervene,” according to the Mansfield Police Department.MPD called in help from the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council, which has a Crisis Negotiators Team and a mental health clinician, the agency said. Negotiators worked for four hours until the male in question “agreed to accept help and was peacefully transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.”

Bruins make cuts, but questions remain

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:34 GMT

The Bruins continued to pare down their training camp roster, but some key roster battles are still to be officially determined.The B’s placed Jayson Megna on waivers for the purpose of assignment while Trevor Kuntar, Marc McLaughlin and Georgii Merkulov were assigned to Providence.But there are still so many questions.Matt Poitras, 19, is still with the big club, which is not a surprise given his performance thus far, which included the game-tying goal in the B’s 5-4 preseason loss to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday. If he doesn’t make the big club, the teenager would have to be sent back to his junior club in Guelph. But as of now it would be a stunner if the B’s didn’t at least utilize the nine-game window before they have to make a final decision on him.If the highly skilled Poitras can prove that he’s ready for the physical grind of the NHL, that could create a fairly major ripple effect up and down the lineup. It would seem useless not to...

Software upgrade let to rail outage affecting thousands of commuters: CN

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:34 GMT

The massive outage on Canadian National Railway Co. lines that delayed thousands of Toronto-area commuters during the evening rush hour Tuesday can be traced to a software upgrade, the company says.“At this time, our teams have determined that this was caused by an internal systems upgrade, which affected CN’s ability to connect to the internet,” CN spokesman Jonathan Abecassis said in an interview.“There’s no indication of a cybersecurity incident whatsoever. At no time was the safety of the public compromised, and at no time was data impacted.”The digital blackout “made it impossible for CN to connect to the internet,” he clarified. It also barred regional transport authority Metrolinx and its GO Transit trains from connecting to CN servers — essential to digital communications that direct locomotives where to move — Abecassis said. GO Transit trains run partly on CN-owned tracks.Partial connectivity was restored at about...