Police, Fire & Courts

Reported armed robbery at Subway

The Wareham Police Department is investigating a reported armed robbery that occurred at the Subway located at 2890 Cranberry Highway, East Wareham, at approximately 10:49 AM on Friday, Sept. 29, according to a Wareham Police Department press...

Police searching for two theft suspects

The Wareham Police Department is searching for two individuals who allegedly stole over $1,600 worth of fragrances from Ulta Beauty in Wareham Crossing on Sunday, Sept. 17. The department is asking community members to come forward with any...
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Police department to sponsor blood drive

The Wareham Police Department is sponsoring a blood drive at Boston Children’s Hospital. The drive will take place Friday, Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. To make an appointment, visit bostonchildrens.org/halfpints. Use the sponsor code: WRHMPD. For...

Troopers arrest two men allegedly trafficking cocaine

Two men from Wareham were arrested Sunday, Sept. 10 by Bourne State Troopers Anthony Grasso and Christopher Taylor who discovered what is suspected to be over 60 grams of cocaine during a traffic stop, according to state police. Just before midnight...

Update with details: Wareham residents charged with trafficking Fentanyl, cocaine

On Wednesday, Sept. 6, police arrested two Wareham residents on charges of trafficking Fentanyl and cocaine, Wareham Police reported. Jade Enright, 43, and Tarah Covell, 42, were arrested at 3040 Cranberry Highway #36, East Wareham after police...

Wareham residents charged with trafficking Fentanyl, cocaine

WAREHAM — Two Wareham residents were arrested Wednesday, Sept. 6 for trafficking Fentanyl and cocaine, Wareham Police reported. Jade Enright, 43, and Tarah Covell, 42, were arrested after a warrant was served at 3040 Cranberry Highway #36, East...

Update: Former high school custodian charged with indecent assault and battery

A former custodian at Wareham High School has been charged with indecent assault and battery after he allegedly touched teenage students inappropriately. Michael Miranda, 54, of Marion, was arraigned Monday, Aug. 7 at Wareham District Court on...

Former custodian charged with indecent assault and battery

A former custodian at Wareham High School has been reportedly arraigned at the district court Monday, Aug. 7. According to Boston television reports, Michael Miranda has been charged with indecent assault and battery for the inappropriate touching...

Update: Electric car ‘spontaneously’ catches fire at Great Hill Estates

After spending over three hours and using more than 11,000 gallons of water, Wareham Fire extinguished a 2020 Chevy Bolt electric car that spontaneously caught fire due to a recalled battery Saturday morning, Aug. 5, according to the Wareham Fire...

MassWildlife firefighter returns from wildfires in Quebec

When Wareham’s Connor Fleming graduated college, he started his career in wildlife biology at a small zoo. Almost a decade later, Fleming would find himself as a MassWildlife firefighter and in Quebec assisting with the wildfires that began in late...

Onset man arrested following car chase

A two-town high-speed chase reaching reported speeds of 130 miles per hour ended with the Saturday, July 29, arrest of a 35-year-old Onset man. No one was injured, and Peter Rezendes IV was reportedly taken into custody without incident. Wareham...

Wareham, Barnstable police locate and arrest shooting suspect

Wareham officers assisted Barnstable Police in locating a 22-year-old suspect with an active arrest warrant for Assault with intent to Murder on Wednesday, July 26, according to the Wareham Police Department. During a motor vehicle stop, police...

Two killed in crash on Marion Road

Two summer residents were pronounced dead following a car accident on Marion Road Saturday, July 15. Robert “Bobby” Stocker, 17, of Woburn and Brady Petrucci, 19, of Raynham were traveling on Marion Road when their Kawasaki dirt bike collided with a...

Two locals arrested for drug-related offenses

Two Wareham residents were among drug-related arrests made by the Wareham Police Criminal Investigation Division Friday, July 7, according to the Wareham Police Department. The division, working alongside patrol officers, served four narcotic-...

One injured in Onset marina boat fire

One person was injured when a 32-foot powerboat caught fire in the Safe Harbor Marina in Onset on Friday, June 26. The cause of the fire is still under investigation but is not believed to be suspicious, said Onset Fire Department Deputy Captain...

Boat catches fire in Onset marina

A 36-foot-long boat caught on fire in the Safe Harbor Marina on Green Street in Onset on Friday, June 16. In video of the incident captured by David Curran, a thick plume of smoke can be seen rising from the boat. At around 6 p.m. on Friday, the...

Telephone pole collapses in Glen Charlie Road crash

First responders arriving to the scene of a car that crashed into a telephone pole on Glen Charlie Road on Friday, June 9 had to dodge live wires when the pole collapsed. When Wareham firefighters and a tow truck arrived, the pole snapped. The pole...

An upset in Onset Water Commissioners race

Challenger David Andrade defeated incumbent Onset Water Commissioner David Halberstadt 88-47 in the Onset Fire District’s annual election on Tuesday, May 16 — and nobody was more shocked about it then Halberstadt himself. “I wouldn’t know [Andrade]...

Red Robin mulch fire causes $30,000 in damages

The burgers weren’t the only things sizzling. A small mulch fire at the Red Robin restaurant at Wareham Crossing caused $30,000 in damages on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 17. The fire started in a mulch pile pressed up against the outside of the...

Firefighters respond to gas leak, brush fire at the same time

Firefighters called to the scene of a gas main break on Bay Point Drive in Onset on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 17 were distracted by a five-acre brush fire behind Cardi’s Furniture & Mattress on Cranberry Highway. At 2:53 p.m., the Onset...

Cranberry Plaza rapist found ‘sexually dangerous’ by jury

A jury found a Wareham man who attempted to rape a woman in Cranberry Plaza in 2010 , and kidnapped and raped a 14-year-old girl in 1994, to be a “sexually dangerous person” on Thursday, May 11, according to a statement from the Plymouth County...

Play golf fore the firefighters’ union

The Wareham Fire Fighters Local 2810 is sounding the alarm for golfers to play in its third annual golf tournament at the Atlantic Country Club, 450 Little Sandy Pond Road, Plymouth, on Saturday, June 24 at 1:30 p.m. Registering in the tournament...

Fowl play: Turkey refuses to get off of police cruiser

A local turkey wanted a ride-along with the Wareham Police Department, but Police Chief Water Correia and the bird had a fowling out. According to a Friday, May 5 Facebook post , Correia noticed the bird sitting on a police car near the Decas School...

14-year-old Sandwich Road crash victim dies from injuries

A 14-year-old Wareham boy who was hit by a car while riding his bicycle on Sandwich Road died from his injuries on Monday, April 24. That night, Town Administrator Derek Sullivan led Town Meeting in a moment of silence for Tobey Alford, who was...

Agawam Road brush fire contained to two acres

Dozens of Wareham and Onset firefighters worked to contain a two-acre brush fire in the woods off of Agawam Road, just south of the beginning of the Myles Standish State Forest, on Thursday, April 20. There were no reports of injuries or property...

Fire Department personnel help secure Boston Marathon

Two members of the Wareham Fire Department helped to provide security at the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17. Assistant Chief Patrick Haskell, a member of the Massachusetts Hazardous Materials Response Team, patrolled the route of the marathon...

Cat rescued from two-alarm Atlantic Avenue fire

A man and his cat escaped unharmed from a two-alarm house fire at 1717 Atlantic Ave. in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 23. Firefighters received a call shortly after midnight from the home’s owner, who managed to evacuate the house safely...

Crews respond to brush fire on Route 495

Seventeen Wareham and Onset firefighters responded to a half-acre brush fire on Route 495 in Wareham on the afternoon of Thursday, April 13. According to Wareham Assistant Fire Chief Patrick Haskell, the fire started in the area between Exit 1,...

New engine, station roof among upgrades approved at Fire District meeting

Voters at the Wareham Fire District’s annual meeting on Monday, April 10 unanimously approved a host of equipment upgrades and infrastructure repairs. Voters approved $1.2 million for a new fire engine to replace the current Engine 5, which has 144,...

Town’s newest police officer wants to get to know community

Twenty-four-year-old Lindsey Vermette, Wareham’s latest police officer, has lived in town for three years. However, she is discovering some parts of Wareham for the very first time now that she’s on the force. “[I discovered] how big and how busy it...