Saturday, May 18, 2013
This week's "Wanted" involves a counterfeit $100 bill.
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Each week, we'll feature a different outstanding criminal case from around the region. Information is courtesy of MassMostWanted.com. If you have any information regarding the case, contact your local police department. Theft - Case No. 130112 February 18, 2013 Mansfield: Shaw's Grocery Store Case Details: At 1:18pm the suspect purchased a small bag of Doritos, Dentyne chewing gum and two 16oz Cokes for a total of $6.52 and passed a counterfeit $100 bill. The suspect was a white or Hispanic male, thin, with chin strap facial hair. He was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a baseball hat with a gray visor with a large sticker on it. If you have any information about the identity of this person, please contact: Mansfield Police Department: (508…
Friday, May 17, 2013
The following excerpts are from the Hingham police log from May 15-16. The arrest information does not indicate a conviction.
Wednesday, May 15: At 3:57 p.m. a caller reported a hit and run accident at the Panera on Derby Street. Thursday, May 16: At 9:35 a.m. a caller reported a hit and run accident on Stoddard Road. At 3:36 p.m. a caller reported a squirrel was trapped in her bathroom on New Bridge Street. At 4:36 p.m. paramedics transformed a male from Westmoreland Road to the hospital after his finger was sliced off. At 5:10 p.m. police arrested a 75-year-old Weymouth man on Crooked Meadow Road for driving with a suspended license. At 8:17 p.m. a caller reported a strong gas odor on Downer Avenue. At 8:49 p.m. a caller reported a power outage on High Street.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The following excerpt is from the Hingham police log from Monday, May 13 to Tuesday, May 14.
Monday, May 13: At 1:05 p.m. a caller on Golf View Drive reported her home’s window was tampered with. At 6:46 p.m. a caller reported a cell phone was stolen at Hingham High School. Tuesday, May 14: At 8:28 p.m. a caller reported a van was on fire in the Penniman Hill Farm’s parking area. At 9:38 p.m. a caller reported a hit and run accident in the Stop & Shop parking lot.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Police said Patrick Graney, age 26 of Milton allegedly entered six unlocked vehicles on Bradley Hill Road and stole electronics, money and jewelry.
Police believe a Milton man and Quincy woman targeted a Hingham neighborhood early Sunday morning to steal valuables from unlocked vehicles. Police said Patrick Graney, age 26 of Milton allegedly entered six unlocked vehicles on Bradley Hill Road and stole an iPod, GPS units, head phones, various phone chargers, greeting cards, a watch, a silver claddagh ring and $24 cash. Police were called to neighborhood at 1:47 a.m. Sunday after a resident was awoken by his barking dog, according to Sgt. Steven Dearth. When the resident looked outside he spotted Graney, who fled the area, Dearth said. Three of the vehicles near his home had their driver’s door open with their glove compartment and center consoles open and the interior lights on. …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The following excerpt is from the Hingham police log from Friday, May 10 to Sunday, May 12. The arrest information does not indicate a conviction.
Friday, May 10: At 2:43 a.m. police arrested a 20-year-old Weymouth man for driving with a revoked license on East Street. At 11:55 a.m. a worker was transported to the hospital with head and back pain after he fell eight feet from a home on Martins Lane. At 12:19 p.m. a caller reported two men were pulling a turkey apart and skinning it on Downer Avenue. Police could not locate the men. At 2:17 p.m. a caller on Meadow View Road reported high school students were driving too fast. At 3:05 p.m. a caller reported two shoplifters at Kohl’s Department Store. At 3:15 p.m. a caller reported illegal dumping on Miles Road. At 5:34 p.m. a caller at the Stop & Shop on Lincoln Street a caller reported a man took money from the cash register. At 7:15…
Monday, May 13, 2013
In case you were away last week, here's what you missed in Hingham.
Most Read Stories: April 6-12 1. Budgets of Hingham Town Offices 2. Newsweek Ranks Hingham High School as #729 in America 3. Hingham School Takes Caution After Suspicious Man Spotted By Children 4. Union Fish Expected to Open This Week in Hingham 5. Suspect Leads Hingam Police on High Speed Chase After Stealing Vehicle 6. Wahlburgers’ New Burger to Benefit Boston Marathon Bombing Victim 7. Hingham Construction Worker Falls 25 Feet, Injures Wrist 8. One Fund Concert Sells Out in 5 Minutes, Wahlberg Expected to Perform 9. Taste of Hingham Returns For 9th Year 10. Hingham Native Named General Manager of NBA Team Hingham Officers and Paramedics Honored Hingham Heroes Honored For Responding to Boston Marathon Explosions Four Hingham Police …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Our weekly round-up of police and court news from the South Shore, Cape Cod and the Vineyard.
Editor's note: The following information is from police departments, courts and state agencies serving Patch towns. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Cape Codder takes live cannonball to Falmouth Public Library. Machete-wielding Oak Bluffs Dad gets probation. Argument about cell phone in Milton. Hingham construction worker falls 25ft., injures wrist. Woman with a bat in Weymouth. Braintree man drives with three tires, arrested for drunken driving. Plymouth man arrested on prescription drug charges. Cape Cod man arrested, charged with attempted murder.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Plymouth Police Department.
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Saturday, May 11
Have you seen this man and woman who are suspected of stealing a gas grill? Each week Patch will feature a different outstanding criminal case from a Massachusetts police department. All information is courtesy of MassMostWanted.com. Theft - Case No. 130223 April 22, 2013 Plymouth The suspects entered the garden area of Walmart, after shopping in the store, and loaded a 5-burner gas grill and propane tank into a red, older model pickup truck. If you have any information about this man and woman, please call the Plymouth Police Department at (508) 830-4218, extension 236.
Friday, May 10, 2013
The officers provided security for hospitals, infrastructure and for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden during their visits. They also participated in the house to house search of suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Watertown on Friday, April 19
Lt. John G. Norkaitis, Lt. David Jones, Sgt. David Horte and officer Jeffrey P. Kilroy of the Hingham Police Department were all assigned to assist Boston after the marathon explosions. The officers provided security for hospitals, infrastructure and for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden during their visits, Hingham Police Chief Michael Peraino explained. They also participated in the house to house search of suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Watertown on Friday, April 19. Each of the four officers worked 12-16 hour shifts leading up to the arrest of Tsarnaev. “Each of these officers performed dangerous and difficult and sometimes tedious tasks with discipline, dedication and professionalism,” Peraino said. “I’m very …
Four Hingham police officers and two firefighter paramedics were honored at Thursday evening’s selectmen meeting.
Four Hingham police officers and two firefighter paramedics were honored at Thursday's selectmen meeting for their roles in helping the city of Boston during the week of the Marathon explosions. Hingham firefighters James Sheard and Kaitlyn Shinney each received certificates of accommodation for saving lives during the marathon. Shinney was at the finish line when the bombs exploded. Instead of taking caution, she immediately ran towards the explosions, identified herself as a paramedic and began performing triage and stabilizing patients, Chief Mark Duff explained. “Her reactions directly resulted in the saving of lives and the calming of patients who were severely inured,” Duff said. Sheard was also at the marathon, Duff explained. He …
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