Police, Fire & Courts

Trail of blood leads to arrest of two juveniles for store break-in

Officers investigating a break-in at a 7-Eleven on Barker Road followed a trail of blood more than half a mile before locating two teenagers who were arrested for the crime. The incident occurred Feb. 18, when a burglary alarm activated at the store...

Bourne woman charged with stealing from parked cars, discarding loaded gun

A 34-year-old Bourne woman, identified as Cassandra Lewandowski. was charged with breaking and entering a vehicle, larceny and various firearm charges after an incident at Stop and Shop in Wareham on Feb. 16. Wareham Police Officers responded to a...
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Police conduct multiple drug busts resulting in two arrests

Police conducted drug busts at multiple locations in town Tuesday, Feb. 11 resulting in the arrest of two residents and finding half a kilogram of what they believe to be cocaine. Police executed six search warrants during the drug busts seizing...

East Wareham neighborhoods lose power after vehicle strikes power lines

Neighborhoods in East Wareham lost electricity after a vehicle struck power lines Saturday, Feb. 8 on Cranberry Highway. According to the Wareham Police Department, the driver of the truck was a Plympton man and he will be summoned to court for...

Wareham man arrested following alleged stabbing, home invasion

29-year-old Ian Hill of Wareham forcibly entered a Woods at Wareham apartment Friday, Feb. 7 and allegedly stabbed a man inside. Hill is being charged with home invasion and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. The victim...

Wareham man leads police on car pursuit through town

A Wareham man led police on a car pursuit through parts of Onset and Wareham before being placed into custody Saturday, Feb. 1. Lovell Johnson, 35, led police on a car pursuit after a Wareham police officer attempted to pull Johnson over on Minot...

Police seek help locating a missing man

The Wareham Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating William MacMillan who was last seen on Jan. 28. He is a 64-year-old white male with grey hair and green eyes. MacMillan should be operating a tan 2017 Lexus RX with...

Residents needed for new fire station study committee

The Wareham Fire District needs volunteers for a study committee which will make a recommendation on the replacement of the aging fire station on Main Street. The study committee will assess whether the fire station at 273 Main Street should be...

Wareham woman sentenced for fentanyl distribution that resulted in death

A Wareham woman was sentenced to over four years in prison for selling fentanyl to a 42-year-old man who died of an overdose. Kayla Nightingale, 37, will also have to pay $7,868 in restitution to the victims family for funeral expenses and will...

Wareham Fire Department rescues man who fell through ice

Wareham firefighters rescued a man who fell through the ice on a frozen pond near Charge Pond Road on Jan. 12. A bystander pushed a kayak to the man before rescue teams arrived. Two off-duty firefighters were first on the scene and reported the...

West Wareham man charged with receiving and owning child pornography

A West Wareham man was charged with, and agreed to plead guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography in federal court Wednesday, Jan. 8. Joshua Roe, 37, has been in federal custody since...

Jan. 5 four alarm fire caused by lithium ion battery

Recently released security camera footage confirmed the fire at a commercial building on Cranberry Highway Jan. 5 was started by a lithium ion battery. The footage shows smoke emitting from a battery on a shelf in Wreckless Hobbies, one of several...

Update: Four alarm fire on Cranberry Highway in Onset

A fire charred most of the interior of a commercial building on Cranberry Highway Jan. 5, destroying several stores. At 11:38 a.m., the Onset Fire Department received an alarm for the building at 3086 Cranberry Highway in Onset which houses...

Police make second shoplifting arrest in three days

A Middleboro woman was arrested Thursday, Dec. 19 outside of Target after police received a call about a second shoplifter in three days from the store. At approximately 2:45 p.m. Thursday, police were dispatched to Target for an active shoplifter...

Shoplifter with five outstanding arrest warrants arrested at Target

A New Bedford man with five outstanding arrest warrants was arrested outside of Target Monday, Dec. 16. John Vacchino Jr., 65, was charged with shoplifting, two counts of unlawful removal of deactivation/anti-theft device, unlawful Possession of...

Plymouth man arrested after high-speed chase from Wareham to Brockton

Police arrested Lashii Ortiz, 29, of Plymouth, early Dec. 15 following a high-speed chase that began in Wareham and ended in Brockton. At approximately 2:45 a.m., Wareham police attempted to stop Ortiz, who was driving a vehicle with out-of-state...

Wareham resident sentenced to prison for dealing fentanyl that killed one man

A Wareham resident was sentenced to over seven years in prison for selling fentanyl to a 42-year-old man who died of an overdose. Troy Jones, 40, was sentenced to 92 months in prison and three years of supervised release Wednesday, Dec. 11. Jones...

Fire suppressant system at Shell station malfunctions

The fire suppression at the Shell service station on Cranberry Highway malfunctioned around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 and coated the parking lot and pumps in white powder. No one was injured, and police and fire fighters responded quickly to the...

Fire Department extinguishes fourth brush fire since drought began

A brush fire ignited about an acre of woodland on Holly Tree Lane, a residential street off of Fearing Hill Road, on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Nobody was injured and no personal property was damaged, according to officials. Captain Chris Smith said the...

Wareham officer to receive Lifesaving Medal for actions

An off-duty Wareham police officer pulled the driver of a burning vehicle to safety after the driver nearly missed the officer and struck a bridge abutment on June 12, 2024. Attendees of the Oct. 28 Town Meeting and the Select Board thanked Lt. John...

Wareham police officer injured in ATV accident

Wareham Police Officer Lindsey Vermette, 25, was injured in an ATV accident while riding in Jericho Mountain State Park in Berlin, N.H. on Saturday, Oct.19. Vermette was pinned beneath the vehicle after rolling it on a “particularly rocky” section...

Wareham Police Association donates to childhood cancer organization

The Wareham Police Association is donating $5,000 to the Cops for Kids with Cancer organization. The Wareham Police Association hosts an annual golf tournament to raise money for the organization and this year, they raised $5,000. This marks the...

Man in wig and mask charged with attempt to rob bank

An East Wareham man was charged after bank employees and customers reported a suspicious male wearing a mask and wig near the Rockland Trust and Santander banks at Cranberry Plaza, Wareham Police reported. James Morrison, 33, was charged on Monday,...

Pocasset man arrested in East Wareham for possession with intent to distribute

Police arrested 49 year old Pocasset resident Nathaniel Bagge outside of the seven eleven located at 3106 Cranberry Highway in Wareham Saturday, Sept. 28. Bagge was found to be in possession of 200 pills, and police suspected he had cocaine as well...

Van strikes vacant home on Marion Road

A van struck a vacant home on Marion Road the evening of Sunday, Sept. 8, catching fire and causing significant damage to the building. According to Wareham Police Public Information Officer Bryan Whalen, the driver appeared to have a medical...

Injuries reported after GATRA bus, SUV collide

Several people were reportedly injured and transported to the hospital after a GATRA bus and an SUV collided in Onset. The collision took place in the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 3 around 3:16 p.m. on Main Avenue at Riverside Drive. Onset Fire...