On Tuesday, April 17, at approximately 9:45 p.m., Canton firefighters responded to a fire at a residence on Brayton Circle owned by the Canton Housing Authority. The fire started outside and spread to a shed and eventually a home before being detected. An aggressive attack by firefighters from Station 2 under the command of Lieutenant […]
A group of eight Canton firefighters and representatives of various local agencies worked to free a horse stuck in the mud near Ponkapoag Pond on Friday, April 13, around 3 p.m. Firefighters used straps to pull the horse free as representatives from the Animal Rescue League, State Police, Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office, and the state […]
A husband and wife from Canton, Boris and Margaret Baron, both 67, of Shaw Farm Road, were killed last Thursday, April 12, after being struck by a motorist while out walking on Will Drive shortly after 8:30 p.m. The couple was transported by ambulance to Boston Medical Center that night, but both succumbed to their […]
Even though Canton police recently solved a major case of home and car breaks, a new rash was reported last week, particularly last Monday night and Tuesday and again from Thursday night to Friday morning. Six car breaks were reported on Tuesday, including two on Wheeler Circle and others in the areas of Diana Drive […]
The Canton Police Detective Bureau announced this week the arrest of three Brockton men who are believed to be responsible for a rash of home and car breaks in Canton in December of 2011 and January of this year. Detective Mike Lank, who led the investigation, said the probe covered five home break-ins and 10 […]
Officer Scott Connor is recuperating from neck, head, and chest injuries suffered in a one-car accident in which he struck a tree on York Street on Monday afternoon, February 13, around 12:30 p.m. Police Lt. Helena Findlen said Officer Connor is conscious and is being treated for non-life-threatening injures, including several lacerations. He was still […]
The Canton Police Department is offering a multi-week informational Civilian Police Academy. The academy is designed to give civilians a more in-depth look at the inner workings of the department The academy will discuss topics such as motor vehicle law, identity theft, social websites, drug identification, and home and personal safety. The academy starts March […]
Three men were arrested and charged last week in federal court with conspiring to rob a Norwood check-cashing business in a plot that also involved kidnapping the store owner, a Canton resident. FBI and Massachusetts State Police SWAT teams arrested John Salvucci, 65, of Medford, George Whalen, 55, of Winthrop, and James Chambers, 53, of […]
A dog walker found a Boston man, listed by Boston and State Police as missing, on one of the holes at the Ponkapoag Golf Course on Sunday morning, January 29. Canton Fire Lt. Brian Marshall said the 88-year-old man was breathing but unconscious. Canton firefighters and paramedics transported the man to Norwood Hospital, where he […]
Canton police said an 18-year-old woman was able to secure herself in a locked bedroom and call 911 to alert police to a burglary in progress at a home on Green Street last Friday, January 20, just before 11 p.m. Hearing suspects downstairs, the woman cried out that she was immediately calling police, and the […]
