Select board declines to comment on selectmen Jared Chadwick

Following allegations of   indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years old, selectmen Jared Chadwick did not appear at the Tuesday, Dec. 16 Select Board meeting.

Select Board members declined to comment on the allegations.

Chadwick appeared in court Wednesday, Dec. 10 for a brief pre-trial hearing. He has pleaded not guilty to both charges. 

A Select Board member since 2022, Chadwick was reelected in May. In his campaigns, he has spoken about his support for youth athletics and was president of the Wareham Tigers Athletics Association, a youth sports organization, as recently as 2022.

Chadwick was arraigned July 15 of this year for an incident on Aug. 1, 2020 in which he is accused of groping a pre-teen girl.  The second charge involves an incident with another pre-teen girl. Chadwick is accused of striking her buttocks on Jan. 1, 2019. 

Chadwick declined to comment on the charges. He is due back in court March 25, 2026.