Police, Fire & Courts

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...
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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...

Wareham man charged with soliciting a minor in Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH, RI — A Wareham man was arrested and charged with a felony and two misdemeanors after traveling to Portsmouth, Rhode Island to solicit sex from an underage girl on Thursday, Aug. 29. According to the Portsmouth Police Detective Division,...

Flags at half-staff honor fallen Wareham naval officer

It’s not uncommon to see the American flag flown at half-staff as a sign of honor. On Thursday, Aug. 29, flags across Massachusetts were lowered in honor of a Wareham resident, Kyle Thomas Duffy. Duffy, 23, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Aug...

New Bedford man acted ‘paranoid’ before Marriott Hotel shooting

A New Bedford man who allegedly fired three shots at Wareham Police Officers from his hotel room at the Marriott Towne Place Suites on Friday, Aug. 23 was acting “paranoid” in the weeks leading up to the incident, according to court documents. On...

New Bedford man charged after Marriott hotel shooting

Three gunshots rang out from a hotel room at the Marriott Towne Place Suites in Wareham just after 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23. Two bullets whizzed through the hotel room door, narrowly missing two Wareham Police Officers who were there to investigate...

Reports of shots fired at Wareham Police Officer, suspect in custody

For the latest on this story, click here . An unknown person reportedly fired multiple shots at a Wareham police officer at TownePlace Suites by Marriot - Rosebrook Place on the evening of Friday, Aug. 23. It is not yet known what...

Small boat fire quickly extinguished at Safe Harbor marina

A small fire in the engine room of a boat docked at the Safe Harbor marina in Onset Bay brought fire engines to the wharves during the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 13. “Fortunately, it was a small fire and it was extinguished quickly,” said Onset Fire...

Three arrested for stolen vehicle, firearms charges

Three New Bedford and Fall River residents were arrested by the Wareham Police Department on Sunday, Aug. 11 after officers found a Glock handgun in a suspicious vehicle that was later found to be stolen. Rodney Jette, 23, and Davon Hudson, 29, both...

Dumpster fire brings emergency response to Cherry Street

The Wareham Fire Department closed down Cherry Street the morning of Sunday, Aug. 11 responding to a dumpster fire. The Department got a call at 10:33 about a dump trailer which had caught on fire, said Wareham Fire Department Captain McIntosh...

Two arrested following Middle School break-in

The Wareham Police Department arrested and charged two young adults after discovering a broken window at the Wareham Middle School. Jacob Silva, 18, of Wareham and Aubrey Ferreira, 19, of New Bedford were charged with breaking and entering,...

Former Sewer Commissioner killed in Middleboro crash

Malcolm White, 71, a former Wareham Sewer Commissioner, has been confirmed as the victim of a multi-vehicle crash on I-495 north in Middleboro on the morning of Friday, Aug. 2. Current Chair of the Sewer Commission, Jim Giberti, confirmed White...

Firefighters in hot demand

Editor’s note: This article as originally published mis-stated the age limit for call-firefighter applicants to the Wareham Fire Department. According to Massachusetts General Law, all full-time or call firefighters are required to leave or...

Good samaritans, first responders lift spirits after two-car crash

Wareham resident Jillian Yates was less than a mile from home when she and another car collided on Sandwich Road outside Nessralla Farmstand and Greenhouse on the morning of Friday, July 26. Yates, 27, said she drives up Sandwich Road, “nearly every...

Delivery truck lodged in woods after high-speed crash

A delivery driver was hospitalized after he drove down a dead end road, hit a trailer and continued into the woods on Friday, July 26. The driver, identified as Josh Medina, is an Amazon employee who was scheduled to deliver packages when the truck...