Plymouth County News

PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MA, July 04, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Old Colony Elder Services , Jordan Hospital and Harbor Point at Centerville are teaming up this summer to offer "Powerful Tools for Caregivers", a four-week course that teaches caregivers how to take care of themselves.

A Hanover, Massachusetts man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly kidnapping, chaining and intending to rape a 6 year old girl.

A Plymouth County grand jury has decided not to charge a Tufts Medical Center psychiatrist in connection with the death of a 4-year-old Hull girl who died after an overdose of drugs in 2006.

The child psychiatrist of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley, who died of an overdose of psychiatric drugs, will not be criminally prosecuted in the girl's death, clearing one of several legal hurdles that the doctor faces in connection to the child's death.

A Hanover man who allegedly kidnapped a 6-year-old neighborhood girl, bound and shackled her and injected her with cocaine was ordered held without bail today after a judge said unleashing him on society was akin to "terror." "This man reeks of terror and reeks of terror on 6-year-old girls," said Hingham District Court Judge Ronald F. Moynahan ...

Hanover man accused of chaining a 6-year-old girl during a terrifying kidnapping intended to sexually assault her but was thwarted when the girl heard the knocks of frightened neighbors looking for her, a prosecutor said yesterday.

Jun 28, 2009 10:57 am US/Eastern Reporting Dawn Hasbrouck HANOVER A man kidnapped and attempted to rape a 6-year-old girl, but she managed to escape despite being in leg shackles, authorities said.

Mattapoisett Selectmen's Meeting - June 23, 2009 - Categories: Mattapoisett - @ 12:21:20 am A regular meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen was called to order by Chairman Jordan Collyer at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at the Mattapoisett Town Hall.

A Harwich Port man is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court today on charges he stole $14 million from the Natick company where he worked and roughly $647,000 from the South Dennis church where he volunteered.

Jun 22, 2009 11:00 am US/Eastern Read: WBZ Weather Blog A late-season storm system has the potential to cause coastal flooding through Monday night.

The Town of Barnstable will be in Plymouth Probate Court June 25 to support its motion to strike the notice of appearance that's delayed appointment of a new trustee for the Enoch T. Cobb Trust.

A motorcyclist who crashed into the woods off Route 3 two weeks ago after being struck by a car driven by a West Yarmouth woman has died.

The former town accountant on Friday filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Board of Selectmen, claiming he was wrongfully fired in retaliation for union activities and a long-settled matter about payment to an outgoing town administrator.

The 305-member teachers' union in Easton has agreed to accept a six-month wage freeze along with health insurance concessions, making it one of the few in Southeastern Massachusetts to do so as municipalities across the state struggle to cope with declining revenues and escalating costs.

Jury foreman Michael Gregory read a statement on the verdict in the case against the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller, who was convicted of parental kidnapping and assault and battery charges in Suffolk Superior Court yesterday.

When jurors convicted Tari Richardson for shooting at a Brockton police officer, he surged toward the 12 jurors and was only prevented from smashing into them by a handful of court officers and police officers who wrestled him to the ground.

In 1980, the Plymouth red-bellied turtle, with a population estimated at less than 300 individuals, was officially declared federally endangered.

A Dartmouth man was arrested outside a North Street home Friday after a woman called police from a closet to say that an intruder was in her house.

When the Wareham police chief announced his decision to step down last week in the midst of a townwide computer audit, some questioned the timing of his departure.

Federal and state income tax liens totaling $181,505.38 are on file against the chairman of the Board of Selectmen, according to records at the Plymouth County Register of Deeds.