Granby Police Department Blog

On Friday, May 21, the Granby Highway Department will be milling  on West Street between Amherst Street and the cemetary. One lane will be closed from approximately 7am to 3pm. Monday the road will be paved, weather permitting.

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At 10:50 PM last night,  CARLA D. HOLSTROM, age 34 of Turners Falls MA,  was arrested on several warransts charging her with armed robbery. She was arrested at the Granby Motel on West State Street without incident. Officers from the Granby Police Department and Easthampton PD served the warrants.  The charges stem from armed robberies in Easthampton and Greenfield Mass.

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High School Graduation time is rapidly approaching. Parents are reminded that Massachusetts State Law prohibits them from furnishing alcohol to minors. The legal definiton of furnishing includes situations where the parents in control of the premises knew or should have known that minors were in possession of alcohol. We havem, and will, charge parents who supply or allow minors to drink alcohol on their property.

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The new Public Safety facility is nearing completion. We are still  on targt for a completion date of early June, witht he Departments occupying the facility sometime during that month. The landscaping is well underway and the interior is alsmot finished. We look forward to an open house so the residents may see the new building.

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A motor vehicle operated by Harry O Brooks, age 76, of Amherst Ma struck a utility pole on Rte 116 at the     Granby/S. Hadley line. Brooks was injured and transported to the hospital by the S. Hadley ambulance. The operator stated that he had fallen asleep.

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High winds knocked down trees and casued power outages on Tuesday afternoon. according to National Grid over 800 homes were without power for about an hour. The wind damage included the above truck on Carver Street.

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The Department is investigating numerous car breaks which occurred sometime Monday night or early Tuesday morning.  The vehicles were located in the rte 116 area of Town. Over 17 cars were reported broken into, as well as some in South Hadley.  Taken were cell phones, loose change, and other small items. Please remove valuables from your vehicle.

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Granby DARE will  be holding its annual Cheer Camp on July 28, 29 and 30 from 9am until 12 noon. Fee is $40.  The camp is open to girls  from all surrounding Towns, grades 3 and up ( grade as of 9/10). Applications are available at the Granby Pd or on line at the Department web site. Camp is held at the Granby JR/SR High School.

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At 2:09 AM the Police Department received a 9-11 call of a structure Fire on East State Street. Responding units found an unoccupied building at #423 R, totally involved in flames.  Rte 202 was closed until approximately 4 AM while firefighters batttled the flames. The structure was a total loss. Origin of the fire is unkown and it is under investigation by Granby Police and Fire Officials  as well as the State Fire Marshall.

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At approximately 4pm, the Police Department received a call concerning a dirt bike accident on Turkey Hill, near the Belchertown line. Police and Fire units responded and found that CRAIG AMELISKO, age 20, of Dressel Ave Belchertown, had apparently lost control of his dirt bike and had struck a rock.  He was removed from the scene by Granby Fire and Police Personnel in the Fire Department Kubota, and was transferred to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The Environemntal Police were called to the scene . The incident was investigated by Ptl Gary Poehler and Ptl Kurt Carpenter.

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