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A true act of kindness was caught on camera last month when a Springfield police officer reunited a baby deer with its worried mother. On the evening of May 20, three Springfield Police Department ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Springfield Police Department’s Ordinance Unit, in partnership with the City of Springfield, conducted a coordinated “park and walk” sweep on Thursday.
Springfield police responded to 2100 N Clifton Avenue just before 4 p.m. for a well-being call and found two adults dead. Police determined that Andrew Calton, 21, shot and killed Katrina Dotson ...
Detective Andrew Carney was suspended without pay for one day and demoted from detective to the uniform bureau, according to a letter West Springfield Police Chief Jay Gearing sent Carney.
Springfield police arrested Emmanuel K. Watts, 38, of Springfield on March 8, for first degree murder, aggravated battery, discharge of a firearm and possession of drugs and weapons by a convicted ...
Springfield Police arrested Emmanuel K. Watts, 30, for the shooting death of Calvin Bell, 47, of Springfield. Watts has not yet been charged by the Sangamon County State's Attorney's office ...
Springfield Police Chief Andrew Shearer, right, accepts an employee of the year award from Mayor Sean VanGordon during the city’s State of the City event held Jan. 30 at the Richard E.
Springfield Police Chief Andrew Shearer, who joined the department in 2021, will resign effective March 14. City officials praised Shearer's leadership, citing his role in policy advancements and ...
Accident on Watts Avenue. Loitering on Seargent S ... Held without bond. Thomas Andrew Willhite, 48, Warsaw Woods Road, Byhalia, on charge of failure to stop vehicle pursuit to officer’s ...
Nearly a dozen Springfield Police officers are hitting the road and heading to the nation’s capital to boost security during the presidential transfer of power. Ten officers and one lieutenant ...
Tavion W.L. Brooks, 26, violate/protection order, innocent, continued, no contact cond of bond, OR Bond, violate/protection order, innocent, continued. Mary C. Coit ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Demonstrators are currently gathered outside the Municipal Center East building in Springfield to demand accountability from the Springfield Police Department.