Just posting a quick link to a story about a large brawl downtown early this morning.
I’m not working on this but I’ve tried to give a lot of coverage to issues downtown, so I wanted to make sure this made the blog.
Also, I heard about this early this morning thanks to another tip from a reader. I can’t emphasize enough how helpful these kinds of tips are to all of us in the newsroom.
These tips not only helps us find out about stuff, they also helps us understand what kind of stuff our readers are interested in.
Anyone who spots something that they think is newsworthy can always catch me at rmills@lowellsun.com, or call me in the newsroom Saturday to Wednesday at 978-970-4674.
I’m an addict who always checks his email though. You can email me anytime.
Some incidents will be minor and maybe not something that I end up reporting on, but I’ll always try to at least get the tipster a couple of answers.
I owe another thank you to Laura, who’s friend Greg tipped me off to this. You two are both great.
Monthly Archives: April 2010
A Little Story I Heard Tonight
I’m sure anyone who’s been reading the blog today remembers the story of Jason Kasilowski, who was arrested for trying to steal the Jimmy Fund collection can from the main desk at Lowell PD.
I just heard a little story, though.
A few hours after Kasilowski’s arrest, a man walked into the main desk and identified himself as one of Kasilowski’s family members.
The man held up a pair of $20 bills, and said “this is his bail money.”
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The man then inserted both bills into the Jimmy Fund collection can, and told police they were welcome to let Kasilowski know where his bail money went.
Power Outage
According to National Grid’s power outage website there are currently 2,676 buildings without power in Dracut, 1,954 without power in Lowell and 267 without power in Tyngsboro.
UPDATE: I just spoke to a National Grid spokesman who tells me the outage is caused by a ‘technical problem’ at the substation on Hoover Street in Lowell.
Crews are at the site. They don’t have a specific cause yet, but they believe it can be fixed within 30 minutes to an hour.
UPDATE: National Grid just called back and said everyone should have power again.
Car Shears Pole and Closes Street
Princeton Street at in the area of Brouilette Street has been closed in Chelmsford this afternoon because a minivan veered off the road and sheared off a utility pole at it’s base, according to Chelmsford Police.
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Both photos are by the illustrious Tori Germann.
Police couldn’t identify the driver yet, but said a woman in her 40′s was alone about 1:45 p.m., when her minivan veered off the road and struck the pole.
The woman reportedly got out of the vehicle on her own before collapsing, and she was in and out of consciousness after that.
She was taken to Lowell General Hospital with what were believed to be non life-threatening injuries.
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Might want to avoid Princeton Street in that area. Traffic is being detoured around the scene while utility crews fix up the pole.
Smooth Operator
Based on the press release I got from Capt. Humphrey at Lowell Police today, it appears that combining this…
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with this…
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…leads to this.
Maybe not a surprise, though. A check of the archives here at The Sun turns up a fairly long history of shoplifting arrests for Mr. Kasilowski, although few arrests of a more serious nature.
