Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The Boston Marathon bombings suspect currently hospitalized told FBI agents that he and his brother detonated the bombs near the finish line, the Boston Globe reports.
The Boston Marathon bombing suspect currently hospitalized admitted to FBI agents that he and his brother detonated the bombs planted near the finish line, the Boston Globe reports. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, made the reported admission on Sunday from his bed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and had not yet been given a Miranda warning, the Globe reported. A "senior police official" told the Globe that authorities were not concerned about Tsarnaev not being read his Miranda rights, which means any statements he made would not be admissible in court, due to testimony of the Tsarnaev brother's alleged carjacking victim. According to the criminal complaint filed against Tsarnaev, during the carjacking on Thursday night one of the brothers…
Saturday, October 6, 2012
A look back at some of the region's biggest stories
Mansfield Man (and '99 Stoughton High Grad) Wanted by FBI For Terrorism A local man is wanted by the FBI for conspiracy to provide material support or resource to al Qaeda in an effort to kill American soldiers. The FBI said Wednesday Ahmad Abousamra, formally of Mansfield, traveled to Pakistan and Yemen to seek military training so he could kill American soldiers. There is a $50,000 reward for Abousamra's arrest. Abousamra lived at 33 Church St. in Mansfield during his time in town. He is also a 1999 graduate of Stoughton High School. To read more, click here Stoughton High Community Mourns Loss of Senior David Wade Fielding questions after the Stoughton High football team's 25-6 win over heavily-favored Mansfield Sept. 28 at home, head …
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the arrest of Ahmad Abousamra, who is from Mansfield, and formerly of Stoughton.
A 1999 Stoughton High graduate is wanted by the FBI for conspiracy to provide material support or resources to al Qaeda in an effort to kill American soldiers. The FBI said Wednesday Ahmad Abousamra, of Mansfield, traveled to Pakistan and Yemen to seek military training so he could kill American soldiers. There is a $50,000 reward for Abousamra's arrest. Abousamra lived in Mansfield, but was raised in Stoughton, according to the Boston Globe. Abousamra was an honors student at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood for three years, according to the Globe, and attended Stoughton High School for his senior year, graduating in 1999. He is not listed in the SHS yearbook, but transcript records indicate he was at SHS for his senior year and …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Sgt. John Bonney was honored at a FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (LEEDA) conference in San Antonio on May 7.
Stoughton Police Sergeant John Bonney was honored Monday morning by the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (LEEDA) at its 21st Annual Executive Training Conference in San Antonio, TX. During the conference's opening ceremonies on May 7, Bonney was presented with the FBI’s Trilogy Award. The Trilogy Award is given to law enforcement agents who, according to the LEEDA website, “have successfully completed the...Command Institiute, Supervisor Leadership Institute and the Executive Survival: Policing in the 21st Century.” SPD Executive Officer Robert Devine said via telephone from San Antonio, “It’s a prestigious award, this year they gave out 23 of them, nationwide, and Sgt. Bonney was one of them.” Of the 23 officers …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The 6.1-mile grueling fitness challenge at the FBI academy, otherwise known as the “Yellow Brick Road,” is no match for Stoughton Police Chief Paul Shastany.
As Stoughton Police Chief Paul Shastany wraps up his 10 week elite FBI training at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA he has accomplished yet another feat, his completion of “The Yellow Brick Road”. The final test of the fitness challenge became known as the “Yellow Brick Road” when Marines used yellow bricks to mark the trail. It is described by the FBI’s National Academy as a “6.1-mile grueling run through a hilly, wooded trail built by the Marines.” “I am finally able to say, ‘I earned a yellow brick.’ I have waited over 20 years for this,” Chief Shastany wrote on Facebook. In February, the Chief was unanimously elected as one of six Section Leaders representing the 260 law enforcement officials attending this session of the …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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POLICE CHIEF GETS SPECIAL HONOR: About Town has learned that Stoughton Police Chief Paul Shastany has been elected as a Section Leader at The FBI National Academy at Quantico, VA. Shastany was unanimously elected as one of six Section Leaders representing the 260 law enforcement officials attending the 10-week training session. What's the odds? The Chief already stood tall as one of less than 1/2 of 1% of law enforcement officials who ever get asked to attend in the first place. Then, he's selected as one of six to represent the 260 attendees. In addition, after the six made their required presentations to all those gathered, Shastany was nearly elected Valedictorian of his class. He was edged out by one of Canada's top law enforcement …
Steve Marino
5:33 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013
Of course it is intent! We were fighting a war with the intent to win. You use any means that you have, including those that have the same will as ours to remove the scum that invaded that country. We had no way of knowing that some religious nut would want to fight us years later. And we killed him for it like every other enemy before him. more ›