A Dorchester man is facing drug possession charges after he was arrested in Canton over the Thanksgiving holiday. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 28, near Cynthia Road on the Canton-Randolph line. Two off-duty police officers noticed the suspect — who was later identified as Michael Scanlon, 45, of Dorchester — acting […]
Two men were transported to Norwood Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and a third was injured but did not require medical transport following an altercation at the intersection of Neponset and Fuller streets on Friday, November 23, around 1 a.m. The incident reportedly stemmed from an earlier altercation at a beer pong tournament on Thursday evening […]
Canton police detectives, working in conjunction with a special task force of local law enforcement officials and State Police, arrested a Dedham man last week and charged him with armed robbery (handgun) in connection with a pair of robberies at the Dunkin Donuts on Neponset Street in June and July. Isaiah Murphy, 23, was arrested […]
Canton Police Chief Ken Berkowitz accepted an award on behalf of the Police Department from outgoing Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis at the recent 100 Club Awards Dinner for first responders of the Boston Marathon bombings
Rocky’s Ace Hardware and the Canton Firefighters Local 1580 are working together to provide free carbon monoxide detectors to Canton homeowners. The detectors retail for $25 each, and firefighters will even install the units free of charge upon completion of a home inspection, which is also free. During the inspection, a firefighter will look at […]
A 16-year-old juvenile is facing motor vehicle charges following a drag racing accident on John Road on Saturday, November 9, around 9 p.m. Police reported that the car hit a tree, although both the driver and his passenger were able to walk away from the crash unharmed. The juvenile was charged with operating a motor […]
Police have identified the pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run accident on Chapman Street on Thursday, November 7, as Sandra Johnson, 63, of 563 Chapman Street. The accident occurred at 6:20 p.m. in cold, rainy conditions on a busy part of Chapman Street near the Canton Junction train station. Police Chief Ken Berkowitz said Johnson was […]
A Canton woman was taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital for gas exposure after her neighbors at the Davenport Avenue apartment building off Royall Street smelled gas on Saturday, November 2. Fire Lt. Donnie Lester said the department received a 911 call from neighbors around 11:15 p.m. When firefighters arrived, they took a gas […]
Sixteen firefighters, including some who were off duty at the time, and a crew from Stoughton responded to an equipment fire at Sika Sarnafil, located at 100 Dan Road, in the early morning hours on Saturday, October 26. Fire Lt. Donnie Lester said firefighters arrived shortly before 5 a.m. and found heavy smoke at the […]
A mysterious late-night shooting incident that has gone unsolved for six months now appears to be drug-related after the victim, a 29-year-old Canton man, was arrested last month on drug distribution and weapons charges. Daniel Dipp of 646 Chapman Street, Apartment 2, was arrested near his home on September 17 following an alleged drug transaction […]
