Wareham Police Dept. hosting open house Oct. 24, and Oct. 26
WAREHAM - The Wareham Police Dept. will be hosting an open house on Thursday, Oct. 24, from 6 – 8 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Acting Chief John Walcek said, “We want to give the...
View Article19-year-old Carver man killed in I-195 crash in Wareham
WAREHAM – State Police said a 19-year-old Carver man was killed early this morning on I-195 Eastbound before Exit 21 following an accident after which he got out of his car to check damages and was...
View ArticleWareham Police apologize for early-morning, non-emergency phone calls to...
WAREHAM – Police apologized for two early-morning phone calls that went out to residents this morning at 4:25 and 4:30 a.m. regarding Main Street being closed to traffic in the wake of a car accident,...
View ArticleFairhaven Police Dept. investigating hit-and-run crash involving cyclist
FAIRHAVEN - Chief Michael J. Myers reports that the Fairhaven Police Dept. is investigating after a driver allegedly fled after striking a teenage cyclist this morning.At 6:45 a.m., Fairhaven Police...
View ArticleWareham Police Log: Sept. 15-23
The following are excerpts from the Wareham police log for Sunday, Sept. 15, to Monday, Sept. 23. The log is public record and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent unless found...
View Article‘Suspicious person’ call nets Wareham Police fentanyl-trafficking arrest
WAREHAM – A suspicious person call netted police more than 12 grams of fentanyl, and a trafficking arrest on Sunday, Oct. 20.Officer Charles Pillsbury responded to Tractor Supply, 3017 Cranberry...
View ArticleFoul play not suspected in case of recovered ‘skeletal human remains’ in Wareham
WAREHAM – A forensic anthropologist with the state Medical Examiner’s Office is working to determine the identity of skeletal human remains recovered near the Cranberry Plaza, 2991 Cranberry Highway,...
View ArticleWareham Police Dept. to participate in National Drug Take Back Saturday
WAREHAM - The Wareham Police Dept. will be participating in the 18th National Take Back, which is scheduled for this Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. This drop-off location will be at the...
View ArticleWareham Police Dept. hosts open house in cramped quarters
WAREHAM – The first thing you notice on a tour of the Wareham Police station is the cramped quarters.That’s when you enter the lobby, which is more lobby in name than an actual room sizable enough to...
View ArticleVIDEO: Wareham Police Dept. hosts open house in cramped quarters
WAREHAM – The first thing you notice on a tour of the Wareham Police station is the cramped quarters.That’s when you enter the lobby, which is more lobby in name than an actual room sizable enough to...
View ArticleEast Wareham man accidentally shoots neighbor’s house
WAREHAM – An East Wareham man will be summoned into court after accidentally firing a gun in his home and striking a neighboring home with the bullet which traveled through a wall and landed on a...
View ArticleWareham Police Association presents $6,000 check to Cops for Kids with Cancer
WAREHAM – The Wareham Police Association presented a check for $6,000 to Mike Weir, from the Cops for Kids with Cancer organization, on Friday, Oct. 25. Weir is the retired Dedham police chief.The...
View ArticleWareham police log, Sept. 24-30
The following are excerpts from the Wareham police log for Tuesday, Sept. 24, to Monday, Sept. 30. The log is public record and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent unless found...
View ArticleWareham firefighters knock down car fire on I-195
WAREHAM – The Wareham Fire Dept. responded to a vehicle fire at the rest stop on Interstate-195 East Sunday night. Assistant Chief Patrick Haskell (C2), Engine 1 (duty crew) and Engine 2 responded,...
View ArticleWareham Police on the job: shoplifting, OUI, car hits building
WAREHAM – Recent arrests by the Wareham Police Department:Sunday, Oct. 13:8:55 p.m. – Jared Hamblin, 52, of East Bridgewater, was arrested for shoplifting at Walmart by Officers Christopher Corner and...
View ArticleAnalysis: Crime data shows spike in Halloween holiday vandalism
From 2009 to 2018, pranksters across the country committed some 19,900 vandalism offenses on Halloween according to data from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System.
View ArticleViolent melee involving Wareham police, firefighters, EMS touched off by...
WAREHAM – Police say an underwear-clad West Wareham man touched off a melee involving police, firefighters, emergency personnel and residents at the Union Pond Apartments Saturday morning after he...
View ArticleBail set at $2,500 for Wareham man charged in connection with melee with...
WAREHAM – Bail was set at $2,500 for a West Wareham man accused of activating a false fire alarm at the Union Pond Apartments Saturday morning and engaging in a melee with responding police,...
View ArticleFall River man’s failure to stop for red light escalates into Wareham police...
WAREHAM – Wareham Police said a Fall River man’s failure to stop for a red light escalated into a police chase involving area police departments, and multiple charges including three counts of assault...
View ArticleWareham Police arrest pair for Onset B&E
WAREHAM – Wareham Police said they responded to a breaking and entering in progress Saturday night in Onset, arrested one suspect on the scene and the second on Monday in Onset Center.Wareham Police...
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