Two Plymouth men are facing criminal charges after a video appeared on the Facebook page ‘All Things Plymouth’ showing them allegedly punching and shoving a woman who is mentally ill and has no home. The alleged attack took place on April 8, but it wasn’t until May 20, when a caller alerted police to the […]
Category: Police & Fire
Alleged rapist was long known for fiery outbursts
He’s been accused of shooting at a neighbor’s dog, texting his ex-wife 436 times over 13 hours, and calling a tenant 700 times after she complained about the way he was boarding her horses. Before he and his Plymouth police officer wife were charged with raping their adopted son, Dan Forand had a long history […]
Police identify human remains found last year
Human remains found along Route 3 in Plymouth have been identified as those of Sandra Crispo, a Hanson woman who was reported missing in August 2019. On March 6, 2025, a hunter searching the woods for deer antlers, found a human skull in a trail near the breakdown lane between exits 13 and 15 of […]
Charged with faking death, woman pleads not guilty
A Plymouth woman who allegedly faked her own death to avoid relatively minor criminal charges was ordered held on $50,000 cash bail Tuesday. Shannon Elizabeth Wilson, 44, is accused of using false identities when questioned by police, making false reports and failing to appear for several court dates. She pleaded not guilty Tuesday to multiple […]
Van Cott admits to schools’ fraud scheme
Plymouth schools’ former director of food services who stole thousands of dollars of food and equipment has signed a plea deal with federal prosecutors in exchange for a prison sentence of less than a year. Patrick Van Cott, 64, of Sandwich, was charged earlier this week in a 11-year fraud scheme in which he resold […]
Fatal crash closes State Road for hours Friday
A two-car crash following a police chase on State Road near the intersection of Plimoth Patuxet Highway left one driver dead and traffic backed up on both roads for hours Friday morning. According to Plymouth Police, the 9:45 a.m. crash was reported by multiple witnesses. Both drivers were taken to area hospitals, where one since […]
Feds charge fired school official with fraud
The fired director of food services at Plymouth schools was charged by federal authorities Wednesday in a brazen, decade-long fraud scheme to steal food and equipment he then used at his own Cape Cod side business. Patrick Van Cott, 64, of Sandwich, who was fired last year after the alleged fraud scheme was discovered, now […]
Afghan teenager ordered released on bond
An Afghan teenager whose detention by federal immigration agents became a national story was ordered released Monday on $1,500 bond from the Plymouth County Correctional Facility. “Rihan is coming home, and that is a win,” said Shawn VanDiver, president of Afghan Evac, a coalition of veterans, national security professionals, human rights advocates, and Afghans. “But […]
Protesters call for release of Afghan youth
Protesters outside the Plymouth County Correctional Facility – a detention facility for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – demand the release of a 19-year-old Afghan man identified only as Rihan, who was allowed into the U.S. as a legal immigrant after his father served as an interpreter for American troops in Afghanistan. He […]
Identify fraud case dropped against Border agent
Identity theft charges have been dismissed against U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent who filed a bizarre complaint with Plymouth police while posing as Town Manager Derek Brindisi. Plymouth District Court Judge John Canavan last week dismissed the charge against Christopher Marden, 36, of Holliston, on grounds there was no financial incentive behind the false […]
