Onset man arrested for selling drugs out of a Mattapoisett motel
MATTAPOISETT - Mattapoisett Police along with Wareham Police detectives executed an arrest warrant on Onset resident Alberto “Berto” Velasquez, 30, and a search warrant at the Hillside Motel in...
View ArticleWareham Police Log: June 26-July 4
The following are excerpts from the Wareham police log for Friday, June 26 to Saturday, July 4. The log is public record and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent unless found guilty...
View ArticleWareham Police investigate head-on dirt bike vs. small truck collision on...
WAREHAM – Wareham Police say charges are likely to be filed in connection with a crash Tuesday afternoon on Glen Charlie Road in which a dirt bike collided head-on with a small truck.Wareham Police...
View ArticleUPDATE: Three people transported to hospitals following serious accident on...
WAREHAM – Three people were transported to hospitals following a late morning accident on Swifts Beach Road, near Marion Road.Wareham Police responded to the accident at about 11:50 a.m. Three people...
View ArticleWareham Police on the job: OUI, resisting arrest, woman allegedly hits man...
WAREHAM - The Wareham Police Dept. made multiple arrests since Friday for assorted reasons.Friday, July 24:5:20 p.m. – Chad Fernandes, 22, of Onset, was arrested by Lt. Peter Flannery, Officers Eric...
View ArticleDirt bike driver in Wareham head-on crash charged with negligent operation,...
WAREHAM – The dirt bike driver who crashed head on into a small truck on Glen Charlie Road last Tuesday afternoon is being summoned to court to face several charges, including negligent operation of a...
View ArticleWareham Police on the job: OUI, warrants, shoplifting
WAREHAM – Wareham Police made the following recent arrests.• On Tuesday, July 28, at about 4:15 p.m. Officers Malik Wilkes and Hannah Salerno arrested Brittany A. Lopes-Rattigan, 30, on three warrants...
View ArticlePlainville man charged with enticement of minor
BOSTON – A Plainville man was arrested this week and charged with attempted enticement of a minor.David Cerasuolo, 47, of Plainville, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of coercion and...
View ArticleWareham Dept. of Natural Resources: Brazen outboard motor theft won’t pay off
WAREHAM: The Wareham Department of Natural Resources is investigating the theft of an outboard motor from a skiff tied to a sailboat while the owner was asleep on board.The WDNR notes in a post on its...
View ArticleMattapoisett Fire & Rescue responds to sewer-plant explosion that proves...
MATTAPOISETT – Mattapoisett Fire & Rescue responded to a reported explosion at the sewer plant on Goodspeed Island this morning that proved to be unfounded.Due to the possibility of hazardous...
View ArticleOnset Fire Dept. awarded $69,856 FEMA grant
BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced $59 million in direct assistance grants to 392 fire departments nationwide through the agency’s Fiscal Year 2019 Assistance to...
View ArticleMaine woman to be charged with reckless endangerment for leaving 6-year-old...
WAREHAM – Wareham Police are summoning a Maine woman to court on a charge of reckless endangerment of a child in connection with leaving a 6-year-old alone with a dog in a parked car left...
View ArticleWareham Fire Dept. responds to brush fire off Tony’s Lane
WAREHAM – The Wareham Fire Dept. responded to the Wareham Water Pollution Control facility on Tony’s Lane for a reported brush fire Sunday afternoon.Prior to units’ arrival, smoke from the brush fire...
View ArticleWareham Police on the job: OUI-alcohol, OUI-drugs, active warrants
WAREHAM - The Wareham Police Dept. made multiple arrests Monday, Aug. 3, and Tuesday, Aug. 4, including two individuals taken into custody for operating under the influence.On Monday, Aug. 3, two women...
View Article'Highly intoxicated' 71-year-old Marion man arrested for OUI-liquor after...
WAREHAM – Wareham Police arrested a 71-year-old Marion man Tuesday afternoon who appeared to be highly intoxicated after he drove his car into a Wareham homeWareham Police said they responded to 367...
View ArticleWareham Police Log: July 5-9
The following are excerpts from the Wareham police log for Sunday, July 5 to Thursday, July 9. The log is public record and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent unless found guilty...
View ArticleWareham Fire Dept. rated among elite departments nationally
WAREHAM - Wareham Fire Chief Matthew L. Rowley has announced that the WFD has achieved an ISO rating of 2, which places it among the elite class of fire departments nationwide.“The Wareham Fire...
View ArticleHow moving inmates across state lines could expose New England communities to...
Six inmates got off a bus in Vermont late last month after a long drive back from Mississippi — a COVID-19 hotspot — and were immediately whisked into quarantine to undergo testing for the virus.About...
View ArticleWareham Police Log: July 10-19
Friday, July 1012:06 a.m.: A noise complaint was made on Rhododendron Drive. Officers advised the parties to keep it down. Peace was restored.12:27 a.m.: Suspicious activity was reported at Onset...
View ArticleBourne man indicted on child pornography offenses
BOSTON – A Bourne man was indicted Thursday, Aug. 13, by a federal grand jury on charges of receipt and possession of child pornography.Bryan C. Mileikis, 33, was indicted on one count of receipt of...
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