Police, Fire & Courts

Police Association stuffs cruisers with almost 1,000 gifts

The Wareham Police Association collected almost 1,000 toys and gifts donated by local residents during this year’s Stuff-a-Cruiser event on Saturday, Dec. 3. “I think the turnout was better [than last year],” said Police Association President Calib...

“Careless disposal of smoking materials” likely caused Main Street fire

“Careless disposal of smoking materials” most likely caused the devastating fire at 426 Main St. on Saturday, Nov. 19, a Fire Department representative said in a phone call with Wareham Week. Eight people lost their home when the multi-family...
Most Popular

UPDATE: Three-alarm fire displaces eight, hospitalizes two

A three-alarm fire gutted a multi-family house at 426 Main St. on Saturday, Nov. 19, displacing eight people and sending one civilian and one firefighter to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Reports of the fire first came in at 11:19 a...

One hurt, two homes damaged in fire at Onset Trailer Park

One person suffered minor injuries and two mobile homes were damaged in a fire at Onset Trailer Park on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 8. The fire started towards the back end of trailer 17 between trailers 17 and 18 at 3036 Cranberry Highway...

Wareham Police Association hosts blood drive for Rochester child

The Wareham Police Association hosted a blood drive on Wednesday, Oct. 26 in honor of a local child’s battle with a chronic illness. Rylie Dion is a Rochester resident and patient of Wareham Pediatrics who is struggling with Chronic Cervicofacial...

Police Department adds two electric vehicles to fleet

Wareham Police Chief Walter Correia remembers when, shortly after his Police Department purchased two 2022 Ford Mustang Mach E electric cars in January and May of this year, one skeptical resident asked him: “That’s what my tax dollars are going for...

Raynham teen killed in Wareham crash

A 16-year-old Raynham girl died in a single-vehicle crash on Route 495 in Wareham on Monday, Oct. 17, state police reported. According to police, the girl’s 2008 Toyota Sienna was driving southbound when it veered off the road, into the grass median...

Wareham native found dead in apparent murder-suicide

A Wareham native and his wife were found dead on Sunday, Oct. 9, in what the Kingston Police Department believe to be a murder-suicide. The couple were identified as Colin Canham, 45, and Sara Emerick, 45. Canham is a Wareham native and a graduate...

Middleboro Police charge Wareham man with illegal firearm possession

MIDDLEBOROUGH – A Wareham man was charged with illegally possessing a firearm after he was placed in protective custody, Police Chief Joseph Perkins said. Andrew Labbe, 20, of Wareham was charged with possession of a firearm with a defaced serial...

Motorcycle crash reported on Cranberry Highway

A pickup truck and motorcycle collided at the intersection of Redbrook Road and Cranberry Highway in Wareham around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The crash happened near the 7-eleven convivence store at 3106 Cranberry Highway. The motorcycle driver...

Police identify alleged Red Bull thief

The Wareham Police Department identified a man suspected of stealing a shopping cart full of energy drinks from a Shaw’s supermarket on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The department has not released the name of the suspect at this time. The suspect was...

Smoke at Walgreens prompts firefighter response

Wareham fire crews responded to reports of smoke inside the Walgreens on Marion Road this weekend. The Wareham fire department sent several fire engines and firefighters to the pharmacy around noon on Sunday, Sept. 4. Firefighters found the smoke...

Firefighters respond to flaming car crashed off Rt. 495

Wareham firefighters put out a car fire Wednesday morning after a vehicle reported crashed into a wooded area on Route 495 at Route 58, officials say. Several fire crews responded to a reported car crash a little before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the...

Board of Selectmen recommends Town Administrator moves forward with building shuffling

The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday night to recommend that Town Administrator Derek Sullivan move forward on his proposal to move around town departments between the Multi-Service Center, Town Hall and the now-vacant Decas school...

Double fatal shooting reported in Onset

A double fatal shooting that “appears to be a murder-suicide” was reported in Onset earlier this evening, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office. Wareham Police contacted Massachusetts State Police around 5 p.m. on Friday, the...

Former Wareham selectman arrested on child assault charges

Former Wareham Select Board member James Potter was arrested by Bourne Police on Thursday, Aug. 11 on multiple charges, including a count of child rape, according to Bourne police. Bourne police confirmed on Tuesday that Potter, 44, was arrested on...

Trailer erupts into flames early Monday morning

A trailer caught fire on Marion Road earlier this morning, which Wareham fire officials dealt with before the flames extended to nearby residences. Fifteen firefighters battled the fire, which fully engulfed the camper, around 3:15 a.m. on Monday...

Wareham, Onset fire departments battle mobile home blaze

As smoke rose into the air, a fire burned the inside of a residence at the Great Hill Estates mobile home park Thursday afternoon. Neighbors gathered in the street along Windswept Road to watch as Wareham and Onset firefighters battled the blaze at...

Firefighter taken to hospital after battling Wareham blaze

A fire late Sunday night sent one firefighter to the hospital, according to fire officials, and the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. The Wareham Fire Department responded to a fire at 11:10 p.m. on Sunday at a residence on Longmeadow...

Woman files lawsuit after alleged incident at Wareham Stop & Shop

A Plymouth County woman has filed a civil lawsuit against two people and their company after they allegedly yelled racist slurs and threatened to run her over in the Wareham Stop & Shop parking lot, a complaint filed on Thursday reads. The...

Car-motorcycle crash reported on Glen Charlie Road

A crash on Glen Charlie Road Saturday afternoon left at least one person seriously injured and medflighted to the hospital, a Wareham official confirmed Sunday afternoon. A car and motorcycle reportedly collided Saturday. The crash happened at the...

Wareham police looking for armed robbery suspect

Wareham police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a man who reportedly robbed the Old Navy at Wareham Crossing on Thursday night, police say. Officers responded to the store a reported armed robbery around 8:50 p.m. on Thursday,...

Main St. partially closed as crews fix gas leak at Tobey Hospital

Traffic was blocked from the section of Main Street roughly between the Narrows Bridge and Cumberland Farms at 3 pm Wednesday while crews worked to repair a gas leak. Wareham Fire and National Grid crews appeared to be making repairs near the end of...

Car towed from the bay near Onset Pier

A man’s car came to a rest in the water off Onset Pier just after 10:30 p.m. on Friday night, necessitating his rescue and a complex tow operation. Wareham Police and Onset Fire responded to the pier, where one police officer entered the water to...

Wareham Natural Resources officer graduates police academy

Wareham Natural Resources Officer Morgan Mattioli graduated from the Cape Cod Municipal Police Full-Time Academy on July 15. The Wareham Department of Natural Resources posted details about Mattioli’s graduation, held at Joint Base Cape Cod, on its...

Police confiscate three firearms after raucous Onset party

Wareham Police responded to a raucous party at a home on East Central Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. on Friday night, confiscated several firearms and arrested one young woman. According to police logs, more than thirty people were present — many of...

Sea wall replacement underway behind Wareham Fire Department

Have you seen the big pit behind the Wareham Fire Department recently? Come September’s end, residents will find a new sea wall wrapping around the fire department’s property, assistant chief Patrick Haskell said. “The wall actually surrounds the...

Car careens down 30-foot embankment in Onset, injures 5

Five people were taken to hospitals across the South Coast after their car hit a tree and went down a 30-foot embankment near 181 Onset Avenue around 5 a.m. on Friday. Wareham EMS Director David Evans arrived first, according to an Onset Fire...

Lightning strikes home in Swifts Beach; no injuries reported

Lightning struck at least one home on John Street in Swifts Beach earlier this evening, a fire official said Thursday night. The Wareham Fire Department responded to reports of one house – with the possibility of a second – being struck by lightning...

Town officials, bystanders rescue person after boating accident

Several town agencies, along with nearby boaters and bystanders, helped rescue a boater who fell overboard and was reportedly struck by their vessel on Sunday. The Wareham Department of Natural Resources, police department, EMS and fire department...

Wareham, Onset fire departments help in regional response to Middleboro fire

A late night fire in Middleboro saw a massive response from several nearby fire agencies, including those from Wareham and Onset, and took most of the night to extinguish. Fire departments first responded to the fire just up I-495 at 481 Wareham St...

Fire department puts out train car fire

Firefighters put out a flaming train car on Freight House Road on Tuesday night. Wareham Fire Department Engines 4 and 5 and Squad 2 responded to the scene of the fire, according to a fire Department Facebook post. The firefighters quickly...

Residents urged to ID their kayaks, boats

Every year, the Wareham Department of Natural Resources runs into the same problem, harbormaster Garry Buckminster said: errant canoes or kayaks floating around, sans identification. “Put your identification on it,” Buckminster urged residents. When...

Missing woman found after search by land, air and water

A 61-year-old missing woman came home of her own accord after several hours of exhaustive searching by first responders from across south-east Massachusetts. The search centered around Marks Cove, and included searches by land, by air — courtesy...

Wareham mother says police racially profiled her son

Jody Santagate wants people to know that she loves Wareham, that she has great respect for law enforcement and that members of her family have served in the force. But the way her youngest son was treated when he was stopped by Wareham police on...

Wareham Fire helps clean up fuel spill

The Fivestar Gateway Gas Station was the site of an accidental fuel spill on Thursday. Wareham Fire, led by Captain Mark Rogers, responded to the Cranberry Highway business where they saw a truck off-loading fuel had accidentally spilled some. The...