Feds Bust Worcester Man In Identity Theft Case

Feds Bust Worcester Man In Identity Theft Case

WORCESTER — A week after federal agents busted up an alleged illegal-alien-driven identity fraud ring operating out of a Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles office, Justice Department officials charged a Worcester man with identity theft — in addition making death threats to his victim.

Jose Agosto, who officials list as being born in 1960, was arraigned on charges related to Social Security fraud Wednesday afternoon in Worcester U.S. District Court.

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Keep Indian Mascot, But Involve Indian Tribes in Design, Supporter Says

Matthew McDonald

School officials who run Turners Falls High School in north central Massachusetts are thinking about ditching the schools' Indian mascot, but a supporter suggests altering the design so that it's accurate and respectful, and consulting with Indian tribes in Vermont and Lowell, Massachusetts to do it. Voters in one of the two towns in the district, Montague, in May backed the Indian mascot.

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