Police, Fire & Courts

‘Combative’ man arrested in Onset after call for mental health evaluation

A call for a mental health evaluation ended in an arrest on Jan. 15, after the subject of the call was combative towards officers and attempted to take an officer’s gun. Two officers responded to the call in Onset at about 10 p.m., and called a...

Juvenile arrested for armed robbery

A juvenile robbed Cape Cod Gas at knife point on Saturday afternoon, according to Wareham Police. At about 5:03 p.m., the boy entered the store, located on Cranberry Highway, with a bandana over his face and armed with a knife, demanding cash and...
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Two people arrested in Wareham in connection to New Bedford armed robbery

Two people wanted for an armed robbery in New Bedford were arrested in Wareham early on Friday morning, Jan. 17. Kerstyn Gross, 22, and Luis Santos, 21, were placed into custody at separate locations by Wareham officers on the midnight shift. Gross...

Man arrested for slashing 24 tires at Shenanigans

A man has been arrested after slashing 24 tires at Shenanigans Bar and Grill and shoplifting. As reported by Shenanigans staff , a man with two black eyes and a broken nose entered the restaurant at about 11 p.m. on Thursday night. When the...

Man on bike slashes car tires at Shenanigans

The staff at Shenanigans Bar and Grill on Cranberry Highway are asking for the public’s help following an unusual incident at about 11 p.m. Thursday night. A man with two black eyes and what appeared to be a broken nose arrived by bike to the...

Wareham Fire District announces elections, annual meeting

The Wareham Fire District is preparing for its annual meeting and election. The annual meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 13, and the warrant will close on Friday, March 13. The district’s annual election will be held on Saturday, April 18. Two...

Police make 45 arrests in twelve days

Wareham Police arrested or charged 45 people in the first 12 days of the year. On Thursday, Jan. 2, Heather King, 33, of Wareham, was arrested at 2:48 p.m. by Wareham Police Detectives after they observed her in a car on Onset Avenue. The detectives...

Three arrested in marijuana raid

Three people were arrested following a raid at 18 Leisure Lane, during which Wareham Police confiscated a “large quantity” of marijuana found in the home, as one suspect jumped out a window in an attempt to flee the scene. Police raided the property...

Pete’s Master Muffler involved in 3-alarm fire

Pete’s Master Muffler repair shop at 3125 Cranberry Highway was the site of a three-alarm fire on Thursday afternoon, resulting in no injuries but significant damage to the building and several vehicles. At 3:52 p.m., the Onset Fire Department...

Police seek public’s help in search for missing teen girl

Update: Police have identified the teenage boy mentioned in the initial release, and he is helping police with their efforts to find Jones. The Wareham Police are investigating a report of a missing girl, identified as Sadie Jones...

Fire districts review 2019 by the numbers

Both fire districts in Wareham took a statistical look at 2019. The Wareham Fire Department logged 3,495 calls and wrote 2,594 incident reports. Among those calls, 19 were for marine incidents. The district responded to 32 motor vehicle fires and 35...

Wareham Police Department: a year in review

Wareham Police logged more than 50,000 calls in 2019, as they fulfilled their duties by conducting vehicle stops, responding to 911 calls, and working to stop and solve serious crimes. Police compiled statistics to help the public get a sense of the...

Wareham man falls off Bourne roof

A 31-year-old Wareham man fell off a roof on Head of the Bay Rd. in Bourne on Friday, January 3. When first responders arrived, the man was unconscious, but breathing. He was transported to Mass Maritime Academy by Bourne Rescue, and was later...

Firefighters honor fallen Somerset chief

Firefighters across the South Coast honored Somerset Fire Chief Scott Jepson of Dighton as his funeral procession traveled down Rte. 195 on Sunday. Pictured, Wareham Firefighter Evan Moretti salutes from an overpass.

Recent arrests for lewdness, operating under the influence, false 911

The Wareham Police Department has made a number of arrests in recent days for charges including open and gross lewdness, driving under the influence, and making a false 911 call. On Thursday, December 26, at 10:18 p.m., Ricardo Montejo Jr., 25, of...

Police solve a not-so-cold case

Police arrested a suspect who left a cooler containing a loaded gun at the scene of the crime on Dec. 23. A caller reported that a strange man was on the back porch of the home, but he fled before police arrived, leaving the cooler behind. Officer...

Man found in clothes dryer arrested

A suspect was caught between the law and a hot place when he was arrested by Wareham Police on Dec. 19 after being found hiding in a clothes dryer at 227 Charge Pond Rd. At about 2:25 p.m. on Dec. 19, Wareham Police responded to the home to arrest...

Recent arrests

The Wareham Police Department made a number of arrests in recent weeks. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, Erin Pardi, 23, of Wareham was arrested for an active warrant on Main Street by Officers Lorenzo Grosso and Christopher Corner. Marvin Flye, 37, of East...

Car crashes into stream

At 7:17 a.m. on Wednesday, a car drove off Island Brook Drive and plunged down a hill, through the woods, and into a small body of water. The driver was able to get out of his vehicle before the Wareham Fire Department arrived and was transported by...

Families’ holidays brightened by ‘Shop with A Cop’

Many families may already have gifts under the tree for their children this Christmas but for some in Wareham they are unable to provide. That’s where members of the Wareham Police Association stepped in. Every year, School Resource Officer Karl...

Police arrest man caught with suspected cocaine, heroin

Wareham Police arrested Elie Finklea, 36, of Falmouth, for possession with intent to distribute both suspected cocaine and heroin. Juvenile Detective Karl Baptiste spotted Finklea sitting in a parked car at the corner of Onset Avenue and Grove...

Woman and her pet saved following rollover crash

Firefighters rescued a woman — and her pet ferret — from a car that crashed into a small ravine on Thursday in Wareham. The woman had accidentally driven off a bridge on Barker Road, according to firefighters. She was Medflighted to a Rhode Island...

Update: Hunter mistakenly shoots another hunter, victim released from hospital

One hunter shot another near Charlotte Furnace Road on Wednesday, according to the Massachusetts Environmental Police. Both were wearing “hunter orange.” The hunter who was shot was treated for non-life threatening injuries. The incident is under...

Man charged with 9 counts of assaulting police officers

A Plymouth man is facing multiple charges, including nine counts of assault and battery on a police officer, following a disturbance in the emergency room at Tobey Hospital. At 4:52 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, police responded to the hospital, where...

Wareham man dies in rollover crash in Raynham

Spencer Rogers, 23, of Wareham, died following a single-vehicle accident in Raynham on Sunday morning. At about 12:15 a.m., Raynham Police and Fire Departments responded to South Street East near Williams Avenue and found that a Ford F-350 pick-up...

State Trooper’s cruiser rolls over on Rte. 25

In what is at least the third rollover accident on Rte. 25 in the last two weeks, a State Trooper’s cruiser rolled over in a single vehicle accident in Wareham near the Plymouth rest area at about 8:30 p.m. on Sunday. The trooper called in the...

Recent arrests: assault and battery, sex offender fails to register

Wareham Police responded to the Star Light Motel on 3102 Cranberry Hwy. for a reported fight on Thursday, Nov. 19, at about 10 p.m. At the scene, Officers Charles Pillsbury and James White encountered a man who said he had been attacked by another...

Police make arrests for assaults on officers

Wareham Police have charged three women in recent weeks with assault and battery on a police officer. At 7:21 a.m. on Tuesday, November 12, Officer Justin Silveira stopped Dianne M. Brophy, 49, of East Wareham, and found her driver’s license was...

Man sentenced for 2018 hit-and-run that injured firefighter

On March 2, 2018, an Onset Firefighter was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene while he was working to clear debris from the road during a fierce nor’easter. The driver, Paul J. Durgin, 30, of Sandwich, was sentenced to time in state prison on...

Second rollover in two days on Rte. 25

Amidst heavy rains on Sunday morning, the driver of a sports utility vehicle lost control and rolled over on Rte. 25 eastbound near the Glen Charlie Road exit, and landed on the side of the road. The driver of the vehicle appeared to suffer minor...

Update: Rollover crash on Rte. 25 leaves driver with serious injuries

Editor’s Note: On Sunday, State Police incorrectly reported that the driver involved in this accident had died. He is in serious condition in a Boston-area hospital. The State Police report that a single-vehicle accident...

Face tattoo helps police find suspect

A face tattoo gave away a Wareham resident who tried to rob a convenience store in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on Nov. 14. The Pawtucket police said that two people entered the store at 248 West Ave., at around 10 p.m. Both suspects had bandanas...

Fugitive tasered, arrested with friend in Wareham

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Wareham police arrested a Rhode Island fugitive and his female friend on November 16 after receiving a tip that the man was at a house in town. Police received information at 5:42 p.m. on November 16 that a man with multiple warrants — including one...

Recent arrests: Active warrant, shoplifting

On Thursday, Nov. 14 at 6:55 a.m., Officer Scott Cowan arrested Cedric Andrews II, 38, of East Falmouth at an address on High Street for an active warrant. Later, at 11:14 a.m. Officer Cowan went to Walmart to investigate a shoplifting incident in...

Recent arrests: Putting a ladder to good use

Wareham detectives used a ladder to confirm the presence of two suspects wanted on active warrants. Wareham detectives went to 227 Charge Pond Rd. to serve arrest warrants on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 3:00 p.m. The detectives were specifically looking...

Man crashes into a vehicle while driving his car under the influence

An East Wareham man was arrested for allegedly striking another vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol. On Friday, Nov. 8, at 11:08 p.m., Wareham Police responded to Cranberry Highway near Chili’s restaurant for a motor vehicle...

Man assaults officer during arrest

After resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer, an Onset man who repeatedly threatened officers was placed into custody by Wareham Police. After receiving multiple 911 calls about a disturbance on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 3:26 a.m., Wareham...

Updated with photo: Man arrested for fatal stabbing being held without bail

David Robbins, the Onset man arrested for the murder of Yves Roux Jr., was ordered to be held without bail in Wareham District Court on Tuesday morning. The prosecutor said the stabbing was the result of a traffic dispute between men who did not...

Update: Man arrested with stolen car, firearms, in connection with missing juvenile

A 19-year-old Wareham man was arrested on Friday night following a bizarre series of events, including a stolen car and weapons and a missing girl. Tyler Rakoski was arrested when police found him driving a 2007 Jeep Liberty which had been stolen...

Wareham Police arrest man following chase in stolen car

Wareham Police arrested a man following a chase in a stolen vehicle on Friday morning. Police received a call reporting a vehicle being stolen from Chuck’s Auto at 281 Onset Ave. on Friday, Nov. 8, at about 10:40 a.m. The car’s owner saw an unknown...

Man arrested for murder following early-morning stabbing

The State Police arrested a man Friday after one person was found stabbed on Main Street early Wednesday morning . The victim, 33-year-old Yves Roux Jr. of Wareham, succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning. David Robbins, 65, of Wareham, is due...

Updated with details: Stabbing on Main Street

The victim of a stabbing was found on Main Street, near Center Street, after an accident at 4:55 a.m. on Wednesday morning, police report. Police are not yet certain whether the stabbing took place on Main Street, in the car, or at another location...

Arrests for fraud

On Monday, October 28, at 10:00 p.m., Officers Nate Aronson and Joseph Cardoza arrested Michelle Burton, 32, of no certain address, an active warrant. Burton will also be charged with identity fraud, because she had tried to obtain services from a...

Man and woman arrested for Onset larceny

Wareham Police arrested a man and a woman for breaking and entering into an Onset home on Saturday night. At 7:32 p.m., officers responded to 4 West Central Ave. to a report of a break-in in progress. When Officer Charles Pillsbury arrived, he saw a...

Wareham man killed in rollover crash

A 34-year-old Wareham man, identified as Joshua A. Golbranson, was killed in a rollover crash at 4:58 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, on Rte. 24 Southbound in Freetown. The man was a passenger in a 2003 Ford Escape which had left the travel lane off to the...

Man leads police in high-speed chase with outfit changes

Joshua Jenkins, 34, of Fall River, was arrested by Wareham Police on Sunday, Nov. 3, following an alleged high speed chase, numerous moving vehicle violations, and shoplifting. According to the prosecutor in Wareham District Court on Monday morning...

False alarm turns violent at Union Pond

Wareham first responders were called to a false alarm at the Union Pond Apartments at 7:40 a.m. on Saturday to what turned into a strange and violent incident. Here’s what police say happened: When crews from the Wareham Fire Department and...

Rollover accident on Cranberry Highway leaves two injured

Last night, a rollover crash in front of the “Slice of Heaven” restaurant on Cranberry Highway sent two people to the hospital with serious injuries after one was ejected from the car. The accident only involved one car, and the 911 call was placed...

Recent arrests

Wareham Police have made a number of arrests in recent weeks. On Sunday, Oct. 13, at around 8:55 p.m. Officers Christopher Corner and James White arrested Jared Hamblin, 52, of East Bridgewater for shoplifting at Walmart. On Monday, Oct. 14,...

Police say a new station is needed

The Wareham Police Department will be asking voters at Monday’s Town Meeting to approve funding for a new Public Safety Complex. The department opened its doors to the public for tours in an effort to show the constraints of the current space. The...