Canton Police Officer Michael Chin is drawing praise from his superiors for his efforts in stopping a suspected thief who fled from police and crashed a stolen car into a truck on Route 138 on Saturday morning, June 15, around 10:15 a.m. The suspect, Bernaddy Mondesir, 20, of Brockton, was taken to the hospital for […]
With help from the Mass. State Police, Canton police arrested a 27-year-old Florida man on Tuesday who fled from a traffic stop on Route 128 and was found behind St. Gerard’s Church. Police Chief Ken Berkowitz said during the search for the man and “out of an abundance of caution,” he placed officers at the […]
Canton police on Tuesday announced the arrest of an 18-year-old Sharon man who is wanted in connection with a rash of recent armed robberies in the Cobb Corner area. The suspect, Matthew Tiernan, was apprehended in Canton shortly after midnight on Tuesday after a brief pursuit and subsequent struggle with officers. He had been spotted […]
A Canton police officer was transported to Norwood Hospital for a precautionary evaluation but was not injured in a two-car motor vehicle crash on Wednesday, May 15, just before 5 p.m. Police Lt. Charles Rae said the officer was traveling southbound on Washington Street in his cruiser when another vehicle, driven by a Canton resident, […]
Two residents were displaced, but no injuries were reported following a two-alarm fire at a home on Shepard Way last Tuesday, May 7. Fire Chief Charles Doody said the home sustained significant fire, water, and smoke damage estimated at $250,000 and remains uninhabitable. The cause of the fire has been ruled accidental. The two residents, […]
The Canton Police and Fire departments conducted a joint active shooter training exercise on Thursday, April 18, at B’nai Tikvah on Washington Street. Fire Lt. Tom Norton said 18 Canton firefighters along with half of the Canton police force participated in a drill to simulate an active shooter event with victims. Police officers and firefighter-paramedics […]
Police seeking shoplifting suspects Police are looking to identify a male and female suspect who are wanted in connection with a shoplifting and assault case that occurred on Saturday, April 6, around 6:45 p.m. at the Marshalls store at the Village Shoppes in Canton. Deputy Police Chief Helena Rafferty said the suspects stole several items […]
Police have some leads and are making progress in their investigation into a possible road rage incident last month in which a driver fired several shots at another vehicle. The incident occurred shortly before noon on Friday, March 8, at the intersection of York and Randolph streets. A 911 caller to the station said she […]
At the March 5 Board of Selectmen’s meeting, Fire Chief Charles Doody, Police Chief Ken Berkowitz, and members of the BOS honored two police officers and a crew of firefighters who quickly responded to a call of a baby in respiratory distress. Police officers Steve Saraf and Don Stapleton, first on the scene, cleared the […]
On Sunday, April 14, Cops for Kids with Cancer will hold its fourth annual “Not Quite the Marathon” 5K road race, which starts and finishes at the Canton Junction Sports Pub at 399 Neponset Street. All of the proceeds from the race will benefit Cops for Kids with Cancer, a Boston-based nonprofit that raises money […]
