Police Log: Incidents from Sept. 6-15
The following are excerpts from the Wareham police log for Thursday, Sept. 6, through Saturday, Sept. 15. The log is public record and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent unless...
View ArticleOnset Fire Dept. taking part in Fire Prevention Week
ONSET - The Onset Fire Dept. is taking part in Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7-13. This year’s theme is “Look, Listen, Learn, Be aware. Fire can happen anywhere,” according to a press release. District...
View ArticleWareham Police on the job
WAREHAM – Wareham Police logged the following arrests in the past several days:- On Thursday, Oct 4, at 7:10 a.m. Sandra Jean Mahler, 43, of East Wareham, was arrested by Officer Stephen Harrison...
View ArticleWareham Walmart shoplifting suspect assaults officer, flees and is arrested
WAREHAM – Wareham Police said that on Sunday, Oct. 7, at about noon they were requested to Walmart for a report of a shoplifter in the store being watched by loss prevention personnel. Officer Nate...
View ArticleWareham Police lead dramatic night rescue of boaters thrown into waters off...
WAREHAM – A Wareham police officer leaped into the water off Stony Point Dike Monday night and swam 120 feet offshore to rescue two boaters who had been thrown into the water following a boating...
View ArticleWareham Police arrest 18-year-old man for making terroristic threats to...
WAREHAM – Wareham Police arrested an 18-year-old man for making terroristic threats to Wareham businesses Wednesday morning after serving a search warrant at his home.Police said they arrested Domenic...
View ArticleWareham Fire Dept. promoting safety in the home
WAREHAM - Today’s home fires burn faster than ever. In a typical home fire, you may have as little as one to two minutes to escape safely from the time the smoke alarm sounds. Knowing how to use that...
View ArticleWareham Police arrest 21-year-old Middleborough man for firing a shot during...
WAREHAM – Wareham Police arrested a 21-year-old Middleborough man for firing a shot during an altercation in Onset Sunday night.Police said they responded to the area of West Boulevard on the report of...
View ArticleWareham Police made the following recent arrests
On Thursday, Oct. 11, at about 10:30 a.m. Nicolas Cope, 27, of Onset was arrested by Officers Steven Joy and Ryan Gomes, as the result of a warrant being issued by the Plymouth District Court. The...
View ArticleWareham Police Officers White and Lalli honored for heroic water rescue
WAREHAM - After a heroic water rescue last week, Wareham Police officers were honored by the Board of Selectmen Tuesday night for “putting the health and safety of others first.”The board asked Officer...
View ArticleWareham Police arrest New Bedford man for strangling man during unarmed robbery
WAREHAM – Wareham Police arrested a New Bedford man Wednesday morning for choking a man to unconsciousness and pushing his female companion hard enough to separate her from her sneakers before robbing...
View ArticleWareham Police, dive unit locate gun used in Onset shooting under Point...
WAREHAM – Wareham Police say they recovered a loaded handgun Wednesday in water underneath the Point Independence Bridge that had been used in a Sunday night shooting in Onset.Wareham Police detectives...
View ArticleWareham Police arrest Cumberland Farms employee for stealing $3,400 in...
WAREHAM - Wareham Police arrested a Cumberland Farms employee accused of stealing $3,400 in lottery tickets Thursday.Wareham Police responded to Cumberland Farms on Depot Street for a report of an...
View ArticleOnset teen held on terroristic-threats charges to remain in jail awaiting...
WAREHAM - An Onset man arrested last week for making terroristic threats to area businesses will not be released on bail as he awaits a Nov. 23 hearing, Judge Edward Sharkansky said at Wareham District...
View ArticleMan posing threat at Tobey Hospital taken into custody
WAREHAM – Police have taken a man into custody who had been posing a threat at Tobey Hospital, leading to a lock down. The man was taken into custody a little after 8:30 p.m., according to emergency...
View ArticleTense standoff with man seeking suicide-by-cop ends peacefully in Wareham
WAREHAM – A tense standoff in a parking lot across from Tobey Hospital Monday night with an armed suicidal man who wanted police to shoot him ended with officers taking him into custody without any...
View ArticleWareham Police say tips led to Providence man's arrest for dragging...
WAREHAM – Wareham Police are thanking the public and media for help in the arrest of a Providence man in connection with a shoplifting incident at Walmart in which a 76-year-old employee was dragged...
View ArticleWareham police arrest Level 3 sex offender for failing to register room change
WAREHAM – Wareham Police arrested a Level 3 sex offender Wednesday morning for failing to register a room change at his current address, the Silver Lake Motel on Cranberry Highway in East Wareham.On...
View ArticleWareham Firefighters knock down car fire on Cranberry Highway
WAREHAM – Wareham Firefighters knocked down a car fire on Cranberry Highway Wednesday afternoon.Firefighters said they responded to the fire on Cranberry Highway between the Route 195 overpass and the...
View ArticleWareham Police arrest man for fleeing accident scene, open alcohol container
WAREHAM – Wareham Police arrested a West Wareham man Thursday afternoon, Oct. 25, for fleeing an accident scene and possession of an open container of alcohol in the car.Wareham Police Officer Jennifer...
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