The Canton Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two canoes that went missing off of a truck that was stolen in Canton earlier this week. The green Ford pickup truck was used as a getaway vehicle following an armed robbery at a Bank of America branch in Attleboro on Monday, May 12. […]
A Canton father and son combined efforts to detain a man suspected of breaking into the family car on Wisteria Way (off Lawrence Street) early Saturday morning, May 3, around 12:30 a.m. The 911 caller reported that her husband, Paul McGrath, and son, Dan McGrath, had gone outside to confront the suspect and a disturbance […]
The Butcherie II, located at 15 Washington Street, is still open for business, but as of Monday morning, April 28, there was no cooking allowed as a result of a kitchen fire that occurred last Wednesday, April 23, around 11 a.m. Fire Lt. Donald Lester said the fire was deemed accidental. A gas stove malfunctioned […]
At least 100 gallons of diesel fuel were contained following an accident between a garbage truck and a box truck on Route 138 near Farrington Lane and the junction of Route 128 on Friday, April 18, around 4 p.m. Both drivers were able to exit their vehicles prior to the arrival of police and firefighters. […]
On Saturday night, April 12, the Canton Police Department, in conjunction with the Massachusetts State Police, conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Neponset Street. According to Lt. Patty Sherrill, a brief interaction was made with the operator of every vehicle passing through this checkpoint during the initiative. Only four arrests were made throughout the evening, down […]
At least 25 Canton firefighters and members of the Canton Police Department attended the funerals of two Boston firefighters, Lt. Ed Walsh and firefighter Mike Kennedy, who died while battling a nine-alarm blaze in the Back Bay last Wednesday. Flags at the two Canton fire stations were flown at half mast from March 26 through […]
Last Wednesday, March 26, members of the Canton Police Department joined police and fire personnel from across Norfolk County at a training session on the administration of naloxone, or Narcan, an opiate overdose reversal drug that has saved the lives of thousands of overdose victims. More than 80 first responders took part in the training […]
Driver arrested following police pursuit, crash A 36-year-old Canton man is facing a long list of charges after leading police on a car chase shortly after midnight on Sunday, March 23. Michael Fernandes of Oakdale Road was charged with six counts of failure to stop or yield, OUI (third offense), reckless operation of a motor […]
The Canton Police Department’s mobile operations unit along with patrol officers, detectives, Police Chief Ken Berkowitz and Deputy Chief Helena Rafferty provided a security detail for Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on his visit to the Irish Cultural Center of New England on Sunday, March 16. CPD mobile operations arrived at Logan Airport Sunday morning […]
The Canton Police Department announced on its Facebook page that it plans to enforce the littering law, which includes throwing a lit cigarette out a car window. According to police, littering on a state highway is a criminal offense, subject to fines of up to $15,000 and the seizure of one’s vehicle. One such offender will […]
