A Plymouth home improvement contractor bilked Massachusetts homeowners out of more than $500,000, collecting deposits on swimming pools and other projects and never completing the work, Plymouth County prosecutors allege. Steven Docchio, 59, was sentenced to nine months in jail Tuesday after pleading guilty to four counts of larceny over $1,200. Docchio was originally indicted […]
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Plymouth health care consultant among dozens arrested in child porn sting
A Plymouth health care consultant was among more than 50 people arrested across Massachusetts this week, accused of exploiting children, including by having, creating, or sharing child pornography. Keith Cheverie, 39, who describes himself online as a health care insurance expert, pleaded not guilty November 4 to one count of possessing and one count of […]
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Plymouth man charged with domestic abuse released from jail
A former Massasoit Community College police officer accused of battering a woman is free after a judge ruled that he should no longer be held without bail. Robert Coppage, 60, was working as a college security guard when he was charged October 28 with 12 criminal charges including strangulation, threats to commit murder, and assault […]
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Former college police officer held on domestic violence charges
A former college police officer is behind bars after he allegedly battered the woman he was living with by pointing a gun at her head and causing multiple bruises on her face and limbs, according to Plymouth police. Robert Coppage, 60, of Plymouth, was working as a campus security officer at Massasoit Community College in […]
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‘I will carry this sorrow every day for the rest of my life’
It was a bittersweet end to a marathon court case that would decide if a Dorchester man was responsible for the overdose death of a 23-year-old woman at a Plymouth sober house. The defendant, William McNeill, 39, pleaded guilty this week in Plymouth Superior Court to manslaughter and drug distribution charges — almost seven years […]
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18-year-old Plymouth man one of two arrested for Harvard Medical School explosion
FBI agents arrested two men from Plymouth and Bourne early Tuesday in connection with Saturday’s explosion at Harvard Medical School, U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley said in a press conference. On Cape Cod Avenue, in Manomet, Logan David Patterson, 18, was taken into custody at his mother’s house. One neighbor who did not want […]
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State Road crash leaves teen dead, two others injured
An 18-year-old Plymouth man was killed and two others injured in a head-on crash on State Road Friday morning. The accident, on a notoriously dangerous stretch of road, took place just before 8:30 a.m., according to Plymouth police. When officers and firefighters arrived at the scene, at 129 State Road, they found a gray 2020 […]
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Homeless man infamous for threatening motorists is jailed
You may have seen him flipping off drivers at Colony Place, Market Basket, or other Plymouth shopping destinations. Jeremy Smith has become well-known in town — but not in a good way. When a driver earlier this month posted on the All Things Plymouth Facebook page that a man, believed to be Smith, shouted at […]
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Plymouth firm’s app lets ICE identify people through eye scans
A Plymouth company has landed a contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to provide ICE agents with an app that can scan irises to tap into databases nationwide and identify people. BI2 Technologies, based in a one-floor building on State Road, signed a $4.6 million deal with ICE in September. The app […]
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Customs agent charged with impersonating town manager blames ‘light sensitivity’
A condition called “light sensitivity” drove a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent to file a bizarre traffic complaint with the Plymouth police last year using the name of town manager Derek Brindisi, his lawyer says. In seeking to have identity fraud charges thrown out, Christopher Marden’s lawyer argued that his client’s “valid medical condition” […]