A 56-year-old Sutton mother of three was arrested outside of Plymouth Superior Court on Tuesday after she was allegedly caught taking video of jurors emerging from the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. Her case – one her attorney called an unintentional misunderstanding – has gone viral because of the media swarm outside waiting for a verdict […]
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Well-known vet facing criminal charges
A longtime Plymouth veterinarian – already facing abuse charges from an employee at his practice – was arrested again last week on unrelated drug charges. Arthur “Rick” Newman, 77, described on social media as “a legend in Plymouth for his love and dedication to treating family pets,” was found in his car with a crack […]
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Jail visits suspended after cyber attack
The Plymouth County Correctional Facility’s computer system was shut down Thursday and in-person inmate visits suspended after a cyber intruder bypassed the jail’s security system and accessed its servers, an official said. State police, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are investigating the apparent breach, which was detected by the jail’s information technology […]
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Woman fatally injured by falling tree
A 61-year-old Plymouth woman was fatally injured Monday afternoon when a tree fell onto her back porch, according to fire and police officials. A report of a woman trapped under a fallen tree at her Sullivan Avenue home came in around 1:10 p.m., when first responders were dispatched. Plymouth Police and her neighbors located the […]
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ICE protestors’ walk to end at Plymouth jail
Two Massachusetts teachers have spent the past week marching the length of Cape Cod to Plymouth to protest conditions for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility. “It’s something we’ve been passionate about for a while,” said Connor May, 33. He and Chris Tansey, 35, walked from Boston to Stockbridge […]
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Pilot called ‘accomplished’
The Kingston man killed when his small plane crashed Thursday morning in Curlew Pond at Myles Standish State Forest was a skilled pilot who had just bought the aircraft three weeks ago, according to a friend at Plymouth Municipal Airport. Richard Carrara, 81, a frequent presence at the airport, took off at around 6:30 a.m. […]
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Pilot killed after small plane crashes into Curlew Pond
An 81-year-old Kingson man was killed Thursday morning after his small plane crashed into a pond in Myles Standish State Forest, officials said. Plymouth police and firefighters arrived at Curlew Pond at around 7:45 a.m. and found the man – who was later identified as Richard Carrara, 81, of Kingston – trapped in the plane, […]
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Alleged child sex offender re-arrested on child porn charges
A former employee of the Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth who was out on bail awaiting trial on charges he touched and photographed a half-nude seven-year-old camper was arrested again Tuesday on unrelated child pornography charges. Bradley Collins, 21, of East Bridgewater, was ordered held without bail at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility after […]
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52-year-old man dies in apparent drowning
Authorities are investigating what they say was an apparent drowning of a 52-year-old man Wednesday afternoon at Charge Pond in Myles Standish State Forest. Plymouth Police reported they got the 911 call of a possible drowning at about 2:04 p.m. In addition to Plymouth Police and state troopers, rescue workers form three other agencies were […]
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Suffolk judge to decide on release of ICE detainee health care records
(This report has been edited to correct the spelling of Jessica Kenny’s name.) A civil liberties group asked a Suffolk County judge on Tuesday to force Plymouth County Sheriff to turn over records detailing the medical treatment of federal immigration detainees at the jail. Sheriff Joseph McDonald has so far rejected a December public records […]