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 […]
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Plymouth couple is charged with repeatedly raping their foster child
A Plymouth police officer and her husband were charged Thursday with repeatedly raping a teenaged foster child living in their home for years. But the couple, through their attorneys, insisted the allegations were the fabrications of a troubled young man with a grudge. Plymouth Assistant District Attorney James Duffy said the alleged assaults took place […]
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Plymouth man arrested after dramatic confrontation
A Plymouth man wielding a kitchen knife allegedly held his estranged wife captive early Tuesday morning, refusing to surrender even after Plymouth police had him cornered. The terrifying incident, captured on police body camera footage, shows one of the officers running up a flight of stairs, his gun pointed at the man, Nicholas Munroe, and […]
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Hand sentenced to life in 40-year-old murder
A Plymouth County jury Tuesday found Michael Hand guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Kingston teenager Tracy Gilpin 40 years ago. It took the jury less than six hours to reach a verdict, solving a cold case that had stumped investigators for decades. Hand, now 69, was immediately sentenced by Plymouth Superior Court […]
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Hand murder trial set to go to the jury
Forty years after the body of Kingston teenager Tracy Gilpin was found in Myles Standish state forest, a Plymouth County jury this week will decide whether Michael Hand was her killer. With no DNA evidence, no witnesses and no forensics linking Hand to the murder, prosecutors will rely almost entirely on Hand’s own statements to […]
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Two youths reach plea deal in Harvard explosion
A Plymouth teenager and his friend from Bourne have agreed to plead guilty in a Halloween explosion involving fireworks at Harvard Medical School. Logan Patterson, of Plymouth, and Dominick Cardoza, of Bourne, each agreed to plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to damage a building by means of fire and an explosive. According […]
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40 years later, a teenager girl’s murder goes to trial
It took more than 30 years for Michael Hand to be charged with the 1986 murder of Tracy Gilpin in Plymouth’s Myles Standish State Forest. And it took another eight years for Hand, arrested in 2018, to stand trial for her killing. A Plymouth County jury is finally hearing testimony in Brockton Superior Court in […]
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Plymouth state trooper charged with kidnapping girlfriend
It is an ugly, high-stakes case of she said, he said. Either a Massachusetts state trooper brutalized his girlfriend, holding her captive and threatening her with knives — or the alleged victim made up the story after discovering he was using dating apps to meet other women. Plymouth County authorities believe the alleged victim, a […]
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Former Boys & Girls Club staffer indicted on assault charges
A former employee of the Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth has been indicted on four felony charges after being accused of touching and photographing a partially-nude 7-year-old boy. Bradley Collins, 21, of East Bridgewater, was first arraigned in Plymouth District Court in September after a camper told his mother his “best buddy” had taken […]
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Charges dropped against Plymouth man accused of threatening Trump
A judge has thrown out charges against Michael McMahon, a Plymouth man accused of posting online threats against President Donald Trump. Plymouth District Court Judge Benjamin Barnes this week allowed a motion to dismiss filed by McMahon’s lawyer, Lauren Baker. McMahon, 68, allegedly posted multiple menacing comments directed toward Trump on his Facebook page between […]