Plymouth Police rarely enforce the state’s fireworks laws around the Fourth of July, but parking and road restrictions are another matter. The department has released its annual list of traffic rules for July 3 and 4. Brushing up on them now might save you money and aggravation later. One off-limits area not mentioned in the […]
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As a family mourns, questions remain in the death of Rodney Riviello
In the end, Rodney Riviello was just a few blocks from the emergency room he walked out of in the scorching heat late last Tuesday morning. His body was found Saturday near the shore at the end of a private way called Blackmer Lane. The narrow road, adjacent to 10 Warren Ave., is only about […]
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Four-day search for missing Manomet man ends with the discovery of his body
It was the outcome an entire town hoped would not come to pass. The body of Rodney Riviello was found Saturday, four days after the 69-year-old Manomet man walked out of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth following treatment for a fall. Police and fire officials offered few details Saturday except to say that the 69-year-old Riviello […]
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‘This whole experience has been unbelievable.’ As a Manomet man remains missing, his son wonders what happened.
Dan Riviello, whose father, Rodney, has been missing since Tuesday, says he “could not be more grateful” for the outpouring of support from people who have come together to look for the 69-year-old Manomet man. “There are no words,” Riviello said Thursday afternoon. “It’s unbelievable and incredible. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect […]
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Police look to technology in search for missing Manomet man
Two days after a 69-year-old Manomet man with possible memory problems walked out of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth, Plymouth Police say they are transitioning from a “traditional ground search to an investigative search that leverages technology.” Rodney Riviello had been taken to the hospital Tuesday morning for treatment after a fall near the Manomet fire […]
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Prisoners are spending thousands of hours a month talking on the phone – for free
The inmate, who was being held at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility on an armed robbery charge, liked to talk. On a single day in April, he sat on the phone for seven hours and 13 minutes, according to the sheriff’s department. When the calls automatically disconnected at 30 minutes, the inmate just redialed, officials […]
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Plymouth man gets six months in home confinement for Covid fraud
A Plymouth man was sentenced Monday to six months in home confinement after pleading guilty to Covid relief fund fraud, according to the US Attorney’s office in Boston. Ferris Brooks, 41, who pleaded guilty in February, applied for benefits in his own name and the names of three others — including two homeless people and […]
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Police vow to crack down on pint-size punks riding bikes
Plymouth Police say marauding gangs of young teenage boys on bikes have been terrorizing motorists and pedestrians in the downtown, waterfront, and North Plymouth areas. The department reported that there have been nearly 30 recent reports of kids on bikes swerving at cars, harassing and swearing at pedestrians, fighting, kicking doors, igniting fireworks while riding, […]
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Double trouble: Man arrested two times in separate confrontations with police
It’s not easy to do, but Sean Webb got arrested twice in just over eight hours. Not long after had he been booked and released on assault and battery charges on a recent afternoon, Webb was back at Plymouth police headquarters, this time accused of disturbing the peace. The incidents took place a few hours […]
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Paroled murderer charged with molesting 13-year-old girl in Plymouth hotel pool
Editor’s note: On Sept. 26, 2025, a jury found James Barnes not guilty of the charges listed in this report. It took nearly 20 years for James Barnes to win his freedom. It took only minutes for him to lose it again. Barnes, a convicted murderer out on parole, was arrested last week, accused of […]