Paul Krasinski, founder of the Farmhouse, is suing two former girlfriends, Danielle Cyr-DeFrias and Jackie Bruno, as well as six other unnamed women, accusing them of conspiring to defame him and to destroy the reputation of his South Plymouth nonprofit. The lawsuit says they made false claims to the Internal Revenue Service and the Massachusetts […]
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Traffic stop leads to discipline for four Plymouth police officers
He was just trying to get to an early morning medical appointment. But after Zach DeLong inadvertently pulled in front of a speeding Plymouth police officer, he set off a chain of events that led to the discipline of four officers and an online war of words between police backers and critics. DeLong, an electrician […]
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Suspect leads police on wild chase through Redbrook, and it was all caught on video from a helicopter.
A man wanted for violating a restraining order led police on a wild chase through the Redbrook development in South Plymouth Tuesday, panicking neighbors who gathered outside to see if they were in danger. The man, Matthew Julian, ran through residents’ yards, jumped over fences, barely eluded a police dog as he climbed over a […]
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Plymouth man gets six months in jail after admitting Covid fraud
A Plymouth man will serve six months in jail after pleading guilty to charges he collected pandemic unemployment benefits he wasn’t entitled to receive. Aaron Fernandes, 43, was already locked up on drug charges when he allegedly plotted with two women — over a recorded phone line — to collect Covid relief funds. Inmates are […]
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Another Plymouth resident faces Covid fraud charges
A Plymouth business owner has been charged with pocketing more than $155,000 in Covid relief funds he wasn’t entitled to. Joseph Kerrissey, 46, who owns several construction companies in town, allegedly filed six fraudulent applications for payroll protection loans between 2020 and 2021, according to an affidavit filed in federal court. Kerrissey, charged with three […]
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Cage Titans fan goes down for the count after allegedly attacking police officers
Maybe he felt inspired, or just didn’t want the show to end. But a Braintree man in town for Cage Titans last weekend left the mixed martial arts event itching for a fight, police said. Thomas Johnson, 58, threatened, menaced, and kicked Plymouth police officers trying to calm him down after they found him allegedly […]
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Bloody brawl is second violent incident at a downtown bar this month
What may have started as a critique of a woman’s karaoke performance turned into a full-scale brawl at a downtown bar on March 18, police said. Two men were stabbed during the midnight melee at the Main Street Sports Bar and Grill. It’s not clear from police reports who attacked whom first, but a man […]
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The town had $831,000 for police body cams. Instead, it’s using the money on Water St. sewer work.
The tense encounter could have ended a lot differently. When Plymouth police answered a call for shots fired on North Spooner Street early Saturday morning, they didn’t know what to expect. The 911 caller told police the shooter, who was actually a friend, was firing rounds at his home and the neighbor’s. And he was […]
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Police say man opened fire on two houses after altercation
A 25-year-old Plymouth man is facing multiple felony charges, including armed assault to murder, after he allegedly unleashed a barrage of gunfire at two houses in North Plymouth. No one was injured in the early Saturday morning incident, though bullets landed inside two homes on North Spooner Street, Plymouth police said. Police said the man, […]
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Suspect in brutal Manomet attack was earlier charged with raping a 61-year-old homeless woman
She planned to hang herself with a rope, a woman told police last summer after allegedly being raped by 19-year-old Brodric Mason. But the 61-year-old homeless woman was too distraught to testify, so the charges against the Plymouth man were dismissed. And Mason was free to roam the streets. This week, Mason faced felony […]