Crime & Safety
Attempted Murder and a Fight in North Plymouth
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In Plymouth, a local man was arrested on charges of attempted murder and domestic assault and battery on Coral Street.
Also in Plymouth, four individuals were arrested on disorderly conduct charges after a fight in North Plymouth.
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A passerby pulled a woman from a burning car following an accident Wednesday evening in Marstons Mills. A Hyannis man was driving the car when it crashed into a utility pole; he is now facing multiple charges including OUI, driving with a suspended license for a previous OUI charge and leaving the scene of an accident.
A 70-year-old Delaware man was killed Wednesday when his small plane crashed on Cuttyhunk.
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A Hyannis limo driver was arrested this week after while transporting a family visiting Osterville.
On Martha's Vineyard, a demolition job got out of hand after workers dismantling a boat behind Carroll's Trucking ignited gas that remained in its tank. The Tisbury blaze left two boats totalled and a truck damaged.
A Boston man with a cocaine-dealing conviction was nabbed by drug agents on Martha's Vineyard this week, as he arrived in Vineyard Haven Tuesday night.
Doctors determined that a Weymouth man accused of murder is not mentally competent to assist in his own defense at trial, his attorney said this week.
A large Hingham Police drill took place on Margett's Field on Wednesday, and numerous police vehicles from several police departments could be seen on the Ward Street field from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
A judge ordered a Hingham woman to stay away from alcohol and submit to random testing while awaiting her next court appearance on June 25.
A large breed dog was put into quarantine at the Milton Animal Shelter this week after she got out of a Church Street residence and killed a Yorkshire terrier.
Police in Braintree this week warned residents of phone scams after a local man wired $500 to a person who claimed his brother had been in an accident.
The Braintree Police Department also that were reported earlier in the week.
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