Angel Nieves of Springfield died in a shooting in Cambridge, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s office.

I just think I can’t hold myself back because I’m scared of what other people might think.” "I was sitting in the bleachers when a young man — probably around 30 years old — came up to me and asked if I had a second to talk.

Ali Ghaffar, 23, of West Springfield, lured six women into his car with the promise of money, drugs or rides, then threatened and raped them in 2021 and 2022.

Monster” victim statements read during West Springfield serial rapist sentencing

In 2022, police charged Ali Ghaffar with raping and leaving women near West Springfield's Bear Hole reservoir.