Category: Police & Fire

He expressed deep regret for his actions, but James Florence, a Plymouth man described by prosecutors as a serial cyberstalker, could not persuade a judge to show him leniency. Florence, 37, an information technology professional who once held US Department of Defense “secret clearance” status, was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in prison followed by […]

In recent years, Main Street Sports Bar & Grill has been the frequent scene of assaults, brawls, and drunken encounters. Last week was no different. Plymouth police swarmed the bar after a customer who was kicked out returned brandishing a knife and threatening to stab the bouncer who banished him, police say. The bar this […]

She was supposed to plead guilty last Wednesday for pilfering packages from the Redbrook mailhouse in South Plymouth last summer. But Sunny McDonough, the former hair designer and a self-described “dreamer,” changed her mind when she realized the judge wasn’t going along with her lawyer’s sentence recommendation — one month in jail in exchange for […]

The Fourth of July holiday is reason to celebrate our freedom (while we still can?). In Plymouth, it also means dealing with plenty of parking and road restrictions. The police department has released the details of where you can’t park on July 3 and 4.  It says that “no parking” areas will be marked with […]

It was a cool evening in late May as two women were driving along the Plymouth waterfront, minding their own business. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, an electric bike with two teenagers riding tandem plowed headlong into their Jeep. The teens — one 14, the other 15 — were traveling north on Water Street when […]

Josiana Cruz Silva has been crying and praying since her husband was plucked off a Plymouth street by ICE agents last month. After being taken to Burlington, and then back to Plymouth, Daniel Nogueira Capuzzo, 39, was moved to Arizona. Now he’s being held in Colorado, where, Silva said, her husband is surrounded by criminals. […]

As Plymouth schools’ food services manager sits at home, tethered to an electronic monitor while awaiting his next court appearance, people all over town are asking one key question: How was Patrick Van Cott allegedly able to steal food, equipment, and other goods for decades without getting caught? Van Cott, 62, who pleaded not guilty […]

A man living in Plymouth but facing deportation proceedings in Florida was taken into custody by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Friday morning after he was found hiding in Vine Hills Cemetery. When ICE agents approached him, the man fled by car into the cemetery off Summer Street where he struck multiple headstones, according […]

He’s been the Plymouth Public Schools’ food services director for more than 20 years.  Police say he may have been stealing from the town for almost as long.  Patrick Van Cott, 62, was arrested this week after Plymouth police, acting on a tip, discovered he could have been pilfering school equipment and food for decades, […]