Crime & Safety
Police Log: Forgery, OUI, and More
The following is from the Hingham Police Log. Where arrests and charges are mentioned, they do not imply conviction.

December 30
5:36 p.m. - Rockland Trust reported a male in the bank attempting to pass a counterfeit check. The bank verified with the customer that owns the account that the check was a counterfeit. By the time police arrived, the male left and the ID and check were taken as evidence.
January 4
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3:37 a.m. - Police responded to a car that struck a pole on Abington Street. After arriving on the scene, Patrick Fennell, 19, of Weymouth, was arrested and charged with negligent operation of a motor vehicle, operating under the influence of liquor, and a marked lance violation.
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