Police, Fire & Courts

Recent arrests: Active warrant, shoplifting

On Thursday, Nov. 14 at 6:55 a.m., Officer Scott Cowan arrested Cedric Andrews II, 38, of East Falmouth at an address on High Street for an active warrant. Later, at 11:14 a.m. Officer Cowan went to Walmart to investigate a shoplifting incident in...

Recent arrests: Putting ladder to good use

Wareham detectives used a ladder to confirm the presence of two suspects wanted on active warrants. Wareham detectives went to 227 Charge Pond Rd. to serve arrest warrants on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 3:00 p.m. The detectives were specifically looking...
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Man crashes into a vehicle while driving his car under the influence

An East Wareham man was arrested for allegedly striking another vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol. On Friday, Nov. 8, at 11:08 p.m., Wareham Police responded to Cranberry Highway near Chili’s restaurant for a motor vehicle...

Man assaults officer during arrest

After resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer, an Onset man who repeatedly threatened officers was placed into custody by Wareham Police. After receiving multiple 911 calls about a disturbance on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 3:26 a.m., Wareham...

Updated with photo: Man arrested for fatal stabbing being held without bail

David Robbins, the Onset man arrested for the murder of Yves Roux Jr., was ordered to be held without bail in Wareham District Court on Tuesday morning. The prosecutor said the stabbing was the result of a traffic dispute between men who did not...

Update: Man arrested with stolen car, firearms, in connection with missing juvenile

A 19-year-old Wareham man was arrested on Friday night following a bizarre series of events, including a stolen car and weapons and a missing girl. Tyler Rakoski was arrested when police found him driving a 2007 Jeep Liberty which had been stolen...

Wareham Police arrest man following chase in stolen car

Wareham Police arrested a man following a chase in a stolen vehicle on Friday morning. Police received a call reporting a vehicle being stolen from Chuck’s Auto at 281 Onset Ave. on Friday, Nov. 8, at about 10:40 a.m. The car’s owner saw an unknown...

Man arrested for murder following early-morning stabbing

The State Police arrested a man Friday after one person was found stabbed on Main Street early Wednesday morning . The victim, 33-year-old Yves Roux Jr. of Wareham, succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning. David Robbins, 65, of Wareham, is due...

Updated with details: Stabbing on Main Street

The victim of a stabbing was found on Main Street, near Center Street, after an accident at 4:55 a.m. on Wednesday morning, police report. Police are not yet certain whether the stabbing took place on Main Street, in the car, or at another location...

Arrests for fraud

On Monday, October 28, at 10:00 p.m., Officers Nate Aronson and Joseph Cardoza arrested Michelle Burton, 32, of no certain address, an active warrant. Burton will also be charged with identity fraud, because she had tried to obtain services from a...

Man and woman arrested for Onset larceny

Wareham Police arrested a man and a woman for breaking and entering into an Onset home on Saturday night. At 7:32 p.m., officers responded to 4 West Central Ave. to a report of a break-in in progress. When Officer Charles Pillsbury arrived, he saw a...

Wareham man killed in rollover crash

A 34-year-old Wareham man, identified as Joshua A. Golbranson, was killed in a rollover crash at 4:58 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, on Rte. 24 Southbound in Freetown. The man was a passenger in a 2003 Ford Escape which had left the travel lane off to the...

Man leads police in high-speed chase with outfit changes

Joshua Jenkins, 34, of Fall River, was arrested by Wareham Police on Sunday, Nov. 3, following an alleged high speed chase, numerous moving vehicle violations, and shoplifting. According to the prosecutor in Wareham District Court on Monday morning...

False alarm turns violent at Union Pond

Wareham first responders were called to a false alarm at the Union Pond Apartments at 7:40 a.m. on Saturday to what turned into a strange and violent incident. Here’s what police say happened: When crews from the Wareham Fire Department and...

Rollover accident on Cranberry Highway leaves two injured

Last night, a rollover crash in front of the “Slice of Heaven” restaurant on Cranberry Highway sent two people to the hospital with serious injuries after one was ejected from the car. The accident only involved one car, and the 911 call was placed...

Recent arrests

Wareham Police have made a number of arrests in recent weeks. On Sunday, Oct. 13, at around 8:55 p.m. Officers Christopher Corner and James White arrested Jared Hamblin, 52, of East Bridgewater for shoplifting at Walmart. On Monday, Oct. 14,...

Police say a new station is needed

The Wareham Police Department will be asking voters at Monday’s Town Meeting to approve funding for a new Public Safety Complex. The department opened its doors to the public for tours in an effort to show the constraints of the current space. The...

East Wareham man charged with shooting neighbor's house

An East Wareham man will be summoned into court after accidentally firing a gun in his home and striking a neighboring house with the bullet which pierced through a wall and landed on a bed. The incident, during which no one was injured, took place...

Onset woman arrested for trafficking in Fentanyl

Wareham Police arrested an Onset woman for trafficking in Fentanyl over 10 grams on Sunday, Oct. 20. Officer Charles Pillsbury responded to a report of a suspicious person in the parking lot of Tractor Supply at 12:51 p.m. The officer and a...

Car accident prompts emergency calls

Many Wareham residents were alarmed early Tuesday morning by emergency phone calls from the Police Department, made between 4:25 and 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The messages, part of the ALERTWareham system that sends messages by text, email and phone to...

Update: Skeleton found near Cranberry Plaza

Skeletal human remains have been discovered near Cranberry Plaza in East Wareham, the Wareham Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police reported. An individual looking for a lost item in a wooded area near the plaza, which includes Stop...

Update: Two car crashes leave one man dead

A 19-year-old Carver man was killed at about 6:30 a.m. on Sunday on I-195 Eastbound before Exit 21. Jack Quindley, who was driving Nissan with an 18-year-old male passenger from Carver, drove off the highway and hit the guardrail on the left side of...

Police arrest three on drug charges

Three people were arrested on drug charges following tips from community members. Acting on tips that came in over the last two weeks, the Wareham Police Detective Division launched an investigation into suspected drug dealing at 6 Windy Hill Dr. in...

Man mugged by two assailants on Marion Road Sunday night

Two men were arrested Sunday night for assaulting a man and stealing his cash, police said. At about 8:20 p.m., police responded to Marion Road following a call reporting the incident, along with the information that the suspects were near Shaw’s...

Man sentenced to life in prison for 2016 murder

The Berkley man who brutally murdered 70-year-old John E. Williams II in 2016 was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday, October 11. John Wittey, 73, was found guilty of first degree murder with extreme atrocity and...

Man struck by tree in Onset

A man was seriously injured on 19th Street in Onset when a tree he was cutting down fell and struck him at about 9 a.m. on Monday. Onset Fire said that while a caller initially reported that the man, who was estimated to be in his sixties, was...

Recent arrests

Wareham Police have made a number of arrests in recent weeks. On Thursday, September 26, Officers Eric Machado and Jennifer Braley arrested Anthony Mascarello, 65, of Wareham following a motor vehicle accident in the parking lot of the Woods at...

SUV, box truck crash in front of Wareham Crossing

An SUV and a box truck collided at the intersection in front of Wareham Crossing at about 10:14 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Three people, including an infant, were transported from the scene with non-life-threatening injuries. Wareham Police, Fire,...

Boy transported to Boston hospital after being struck by vehicle

A boy was transported to a hospital in Boston by MedFlight after being struck by a vehicle on Depot Street at about 2:30 p.m. Wareham Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and transported the boy to Tobey Hospital,...

Wareham man dies in accident on Cranberry Highway

A 61-year-old Wareham man was killed in a car accident in the parking lot of Charlie’s Place on Cranberry Highway on Friday afternoon. At about 4:27 p.m. on September 20, Wareham Police, Emergency Medical Services, and the Onset Fire Department...

Recent arrests for shoplifting, driving under the influence

Wareham Police made a number of arrests this week for shoplifting and driving under the influence of liquor. Andrew Geddes, 24, of Marshfield, was arrested by Officer Aaron Pacheco and James White for shoplifting at Walmart at 6:41 p.m. on Saturday...

Police charge man with strangulation

A 50-year-old Wareham man was arrested for strangulation and two counts of assault and battery on a police officer Wednesday night. On September 18 at 8:30 p.m., Wareham Police responded to the Tobey Hospital emergency room for a disturbance. At the...

Recent arrests for disturbances, motor vehicle offenses

Police have made many arrests, largely for disturbances and motor vehicle offenses, over the last several weeks. At 5:15 a.m. on September 5, Wareham Police Detectives arrested a male in Boston as part of a confidential investigation. Noah C...

Man arrested following road rage incident

Chad Dunfee, 41, of Wareham, was arrested at 12:27 a.m. on Sunday, September 15, following a road rage incident. Officers responded to 16 Shady Ln. regarding a past road rage incident. While officers were speaking with someone, police say Dunfee...

Teen charged with threats sentenced to 2.5 years, probation

Domenic Albanese, the 19-year-old charged with multiple threats to fast food restaurants on Cranberry Highway in summer 2018, pled guilty to all charges and has been sentenced to two and a half years in the Dedham House of Corrections, followed by...

East Wareham man arrested for car break-in, resisting arrest

Brendin Akusis.
Brendin Akusis, 24, of East Wareham was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly breaking into a car in the Master Mufflers parking lot on Cranberry Highway. According to police, at about 9:30 p.m. on September 7, Special Officer Malik Wilkes...

Recent arrests

Wareham Police have made a number of arrests in recent weeks, including several for outstanding warrants. On August 30, Michelle Hunter, 39, of Wareham, was arrested at 6:15 p.m. by Officer Aaron Pacheco and Reserve Officer Aaron Swartz at the Woods...

Police seek help in larceny case

The Wareham Police Department is looking for help identifying a man suspected of stealing 18 pairs of Apple AirPods — worth more than $3,000 — from Target at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 30. The car marked in the photo is the one police believe the...

Arrests for shoplifting, active warrants

Wareham Police have made a number of arrests, including several for shoplifting, over the last week. Nick Bassett, 31, of East Wareham, was arrested by Officers Calib Larue, Stephen Harrison, and Peter Silvia on Repose Lane at 2:49 a.m. on Friday,...

Stay out of the Canal

The Wareham Department of Natural Resources urged residents to abstain from entering or transiting the Cape Cod Canal on a kayak, jet skis, SUPs and other vessels. This activity is extremely dangerous due to the massive water flow. Rolling waves can...

Police and Fire Departments seek help in fire investigation

State and Onset Fire Departments are seeking help to solve the case of two suspicious in nature fires, with the most recent occurring on Tuesday, August 20. State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, Onset Fire Chief Raymond Goodwin, and Wareham Acting...