State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan and Fire Chief Charles Doody announced the graduation of Firefighter/Paramedic Keith Flavin with the 205th class of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Recruit Firefighting Training Program on December 6. Flavin and his fellow recruits received classroom training in all basic firefighter skills. They practiced first under non-fire conditions and then during […]
A Canton man is facing an assortment of drug charges after he was arrested last week following a months-long investigation into the sale of illegal narcotics from his Bayberry Road home. On Thursday, December 12, at 9 p.m., Canton detectives and the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (MetroLEC) SWAT team executed a search warrant at 15 […]
Canton Police have issued an arrest warrant for a West Roxbury man who led police on a chase from Route 138 (Washington and Randolph streets) to Route 128 north, where he fled into the woods after crashing his vehicle. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. on Friday, December 13. The suspect, later identified as Lamont […]
A Portland, Oregon man is facing drug distribution charges after he was arrested this week in Canton with a large amount of marijuana. Acting on a tip that a delivery was going to be made via an unsuspecting transport company, plainclothes and uniform personnel from the Canton Police Department, joined by partners from the Drug […]
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 […]
