WAREHAM – A car-break victim helped in locating the two suspects early Monday morning.Police said they responded to the Locust St. area in Onset Monday about 3 a.m. regarding a reported B&E into a motor vehicle in progress. It was further reported that a male victim was chasing two male suspects on foot toward Onset Avenue. The victim later reported noticing the interior light of his vehicle on, which prompted him to check the situation, at which time two suspects fled from [...]
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Onset car-break victim helps chase down suspects
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Wareham Police make arrests on outstanding drug warrants
WAREHAM – Wareham detectives and troopers assigned to the Mass. State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section arrested two people with outstanding warrants at Apt. 5 at Woods at Wareham Monday around 11:30 a.m.Police said Jason Michael Sprague, 32, a resident of 102 Stanhope Road, Waquoit, was arrested on three outstanding default warrants issued by Falmouth District Court after failing to appear for various felony drug cases, including distribution of a class A substance [...]
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Plymouth Police arrest Wareham couple
PLYMOUTH – Police arrested two Wareham residents on drug charges early Friday after finding them about to snort cocaine in a vehicle downtown.Officers in the street crimes squad found the couple preparing lines of cocaine on a CD case in a vehicle on School Street just after 12:30 a.m.Cassandra Bond, 24, and Derek Alfone, 26, both of 44 Barlow Ave., Wareham, were charged with possession of a Class B substance, cocaine.
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Wareham Police arrest five in warrants sweep
WAREHAM - Wareham Police Dept. detectives, patrol officers, and troopers assigned to the Mass. State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section arrested five Wareham residents for warrants issued for failing to appear at court regarding various criminal charges early Friday morning.The following individuals were arrested Steven L. Fernandes, 29, (motor vehicle stop in West Wareham) – New Bedford District Court warrant – larceny over $250; Michael Medeiros Jr., 39, [...]
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Wareham police log: Aug. 13 - 19
The following are excerpts from the Wareham police log for Saturday, Aug. 13, through Friday, Aug. 19. The log is public record and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.Saturday, Aug. 132:11 a.m.: Suspicious activity was investigated on Cedar Street.8:20 a.m.: A disturbance was reported on Onset Avenue.9:05 a.m.: A motor vehicle accident was reported at Plymouth and Sandwich roads.9:36 a.m.: Larceny [...]
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Charges against Mattapoisett man for shooting son dismissed
WAREHAM – Prosecutors have dismissed charges against 63-year-old Michael McCarthy in connection with shooting his son in the shoulder in August at his Mattapoisett home.The charges against McCarthy - assault and battery by discharging a firearm, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building and assault and battery on a household member – were nol prossed by the state in Wareham District Court on Sept. 29, meaning they will not go forward with prosecution. [...]
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Plans for new Onset Fire Station proceeding
ONSET – The Onset Prudential Committee and the Onset Fire Station Building Committee have made great strides since the voters at the Onset Fire District Annual Meeting approved $100,000 for a fire station feasibility study.The Building Committee has contracted with the Plymouth County Commissioners’ Office to assist in the procurement of a consultant to answer critical questions concerning what a new fire station would include compared to the current 55-year-old station. [...]
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UPDATE: Police seek white Ford pickup truck in fatal Cranberry Highway accident in Wareham
WAREHAM - State Police Detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s Office and Wareham Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed Monday by a motorist who fled the scene, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz and Wareham Police Chief Kevin D. Walsh have announced.At 8:25 p.m. on Monday, Wareham Police received two 911 calls for a report of a pedestrian struck near 3020 Cranberry Highway in Wareham. The callers reported that the victim was [...]
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“Teardrop Bandit" bank robber pleads guilty, admits to Wareham robbery
HARTFORD, Conn. - The so-called “Teardrop Bandit" has pleaded guilty to robbing a Connecticut bank and has admitted to robbing a Wareham bank in 2015.Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that Robert Chadronet, 38, formerly of East Providence, R.I., pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one count of bank robbery and admitted that he committed two bank robberies in Connecticut and one in Wareham, Massachusetts. [...]
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UPDATE: Police seek driver of white Ford pickup in fatal Cranberry Highway accident in Wareham
WAREHAM - State Police Detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s Office and Wareham Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed Monday night on Cranberry Highway by a motorist who fled the scene, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz and Wareham Police Chief Kevin D. Walsh have announced.At 8:25 p.m. on Monday, Wareham Police received two 911 calls for a report of a pedestrian struck near 3020 Cranberry Highway in Wareham. The callers [...]
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Onset Firefighters complete training program
WAREHAM – Three firefighters of the Onset Fire Department recently graduated from the Fire Officer I Training Program sponsored by the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy and held at its headquarters located in Stow.According to a press release, Peter DiPasqua, Derek Fortes and Justin Harrington successfully completed a five-week program that “teaches officers to effectively manage emergency-scene operations, supervise personnel and communicate with the public.” [...]
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Wareham Police Log: Aug. 20 - Aug. 26
The following are excerpts from the Wareham police log for Saturday, Aug. 20, through Friday, Aug. 26. The log is public record and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.Saturday, Aug. 207:46 a.m.: A motor vehicle accident was reported on Cranberry Highway.10:27 a.m.: A motor vehicle accident was reported on Depot Street.11:26 a.m.: Larceny was reported on Pleasant Street.11:41 a.m.: A motor [...]
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Wareham man charged in connection with Cape Cod drug trafficking ring
BOSTON – Two Cape Cod men and a Wareham man were charged in connection with a drug and gun trafficking ring Friday in U.S. District Court.This is a second superseding indictment in connection with the “Nauti-Block” drug trafficking ring, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office. It brings the total number of defendants charged in federal court in this, and related cases, to 19.The second superseding indictment charges three [...]
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Prescription drugs can be brought to Wareham Police station Oct. 22 on Drug Take Back Day
WAREHAM - The Wareham Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public its opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs on Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Those wishing to participate can bring their pills for disposal to WPD Headquarters at 2515 Cranberry Highway. The DEA cannot accept liquids or needles or sharps, only pills or patches. The service is free and [...]
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Tips help Wareham Police nab bank robber in the act
WAREHAM – Anonymous tips helped police nab a bank robber in the act this afternoon.Police said that detectives received information from an anonymous source Tuesday morning about a man planning a bank robbery during the day at an unspecified time and place.Wareham-area banks were notified of the situation, police said, as detectives and patrol officers patrolled bank locations throughout Wareham.At approximately 12:30 p.m., detectives received further anonymous [...]
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Wareham Police Log: Aug. 27 - Sept. 2
The following are excerpts from the Wareham police log for Saturday, Aug. 27, through Friday, Sept. 2. The log is public record and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.Saturday, Aug. 276:27 a.m.: Suspicious activity was investigated on Union Avenue.8:21 a.m.: A motor vehicle accident was reported on Marion Road.11:22 a.m.: A motor vehicle accident was reported on Sandwich Road.12:13 p.m.: A [...]
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Plymouth man accused of masterminding Lindsey's Restaurant robbery acquitted
PLYMOUTH – A Plymouth man accused of masterminding the Lindsey’s Restaurant robbery after installing its security system was acquitted this week following a four-day trial in Plymouth County Superior Court.David M. Reed Jr., 29, of 60 Little Sandy Pond Road, who worked for an alarm company, had been charged with unarmed robbery and breaking and entering in connection with the Nov. 9, 2014 robbery in the well-known Wareham restaurant.Two masked men entered the [...]
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Wareham Police advocate against bullying
WAREHAM – Officers Ashley O’Brien and Aaron Pacheco of the Wareham Police Department recently visited the Gleason Family YMCA of Wareham and spoke to members of its After-School Care program “about anti-bullying awareness and treating others with respect,” according to a press release. “The officers were very happy to speak with the children and the children were very attentive and really appeared to get the message,” it was reported.
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Wareham Police observe National Drug Take Back Day
WAREHAM – Unlike many other police departments throughout the United States, Saturday was just a normal day for Wareham’s finest.On a national level, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration sponsored its twice-annual “National Drug Take Back Day,” on Saturday, which allows people “to rid their homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs,” according to a press release. At police stations from coast to [...]
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Wareham Police make service special
WAREHAM – Contemporary law enforcement officers possess multiple and valuable skills, but balancing service trays amidst a rush-hour crowd in the cramped aisles of a busy restaurant is not typically a common one for the men and women in blue.However, several officers of the Wareham Police Department – including Chief Kevin Walsh – did just that and adroitly for some seven hours Saturday at the Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & Brews Restaurant in Wareham Crossing. [...]
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