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A Haverhill man who scratched a $1 million-winning Lottery ticket five weeks ago saw his luck go bad Wednesday when cops raided his subsidized apartment and found cocaine, a pot-growing operation, brass knuckles, a machete — and EBT cards in his and his wife’s names, authorities said. Gary L. Bond, 32, pleaded not guilty yesterday in Haverhill District Court to cocaine possession and trafficking charges, and marijuana possession charges. His wife, Fritzlaine Liautaud, 30, pleaded not guilty to similar charges Wednesday and posted $7,500 bail. Yesterday, Liautaud posted her husband’s bail, after asking a court administrator, “The $50,000 has to...

<p>HAVERHILL, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts teenager has been found guilty of motor vehicle homicide and negligent operation for causing a fatal car crash while texting on his cellphone.</p> <p>It was the first time someone had been tried in Massachusetts for the crimes while sending or receiving a text message.</p>

Yesterday in a Haverhill courtroom, jurors heard a taped police interview of Aaron Deveau admitting he was “tired,” “distracted” and speeding when his Blue Chevy Malibu hit the red Toyota Corolla driven by 55-year-old Donald Bowley Jr., who was killed, and Luz Selena Roman, 58, who was severely injured. But Deveau, 18, denied he was talking on the phone or texting, though he is accused of vehicular homicide in the state’s first texting-while-driving case. Attorneys here clearly expect many more of these cases — and more survivors of those injured to sue for damages from not just texting teens but...

HAVERHILL (Ma.)-- An allegedly drunk Haverhill dental assistant told police, “I killed somebody. Shut the (expletive) up. This is going to change my whole life,” after crushing a saintly church leader to death with her car early yesterday morning, prosecutors said this morning. Lisa Leavitt, 37, was ordered held today on $50,000 cash bail after tearfully pleading not guilty to motor vehicle homicide while drunk and negligent operation for causing the death of Karen LaPierre, 63, of Haverhill. LaPierre was a longtime foster mom who had cared for more than 160 kids, collected Christmas presents for 1,000 needy children and...