Fire Chief Charlie Doody said the training session on pre-hospital instruction given to all members of the Fire Department worked to perfection last week as police, EMTs and paramedics — and even the 911 caller — worked together to revive a cardiac arrest victim who had collapsed on the 17th hole of the Ponkapoag Golf […]
A 90-year-old Chapman Street resident was watching television on Sunday night, May 26, around 8:30 p.m. when he was confronted by an alleged intruder who had broken into his home along with two accomplices, according to Deputy Police Chief Helena Findlen. The man told police that the intruder had approached him from behind and ordered […]
A 24-year-old Stoughton man was arraigned from his hospital bed at Boston Medical Center on Monday on charges stemming from a one-car crash on Bolivar Street late Friday night that killed his passenger and friend, Evan Bard, 20, of Agawam. Sean Jackman, a resident of Howland Street in Stoughton, was charged with motor vehicle homicide, […]
The Canton Fire Department responded to a transformer fire on Washington Street near Wildewood Drive on Sunday night, May 5, around 10 p.m. The primary electrical wire was on the ground. Engine 6 secured the scene until the power company repaired the line. (Tim O’Connor photo) Dry weather causes brush fires The recent stretch of […]
Editor’s note: Police Chief Ken Berkowitz submitted the following summary of the Canton Police Department’s involvement in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, including the subsequent manhunt for the second suspect on Friday, April 19, in Watertown. The town of Canton is part of a law enforcement continuum called the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council. […]
A Middleboro man was arrested last week on burglary charges after police responded to a call from a York Street resident and found the suspect inside the home. The resident, about to enter her driveway, saw the man on her porch and went to a neighbor’s house to call police. Police responded and arrested James […]
Deputy Police Chief Helena Findlen said police are close to identifying a suspect who may have started two small fires at a Sherman Street residence on April 2 and 5. The fires did not need involvement from the Fire Department but apparently were set, according to Findlen. The first fire was in a trash barrel […]
A 35-year-old Stoughton man was arrested on Friday, March 29, in connection with an attempted armed robbery of Austin’s Mobil on Route 138 in Canton. Carlos Omar Santiago was arrested without incident at his Manor Drive residence within hours of the alleged robbery, which occurred around midnight on Friday. Canton Deputy Police Chief Helena Findlen […]
A Brockton man will be summoned to court in connection with an alleged road rage incident that occurred on York Street on Tuesday, March 19, around 10 p.m. Francis P. Marnell, 47, will face charges of assault and malicious destruction of property after he allegedly trailed a female motorist the length of York Street, got […]
Police are following up on leads and hope to solve the attempted murder of a man who was shot in the neck at a Chapman Street residence in the early morning hours of Friday, March 15. Police have not disclosed the identity or age of the victim, who was released from Boston Medical Center late […]
