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 grabbing a young girl in a Plymouth hotel’s indoor pool. He was swimming laps at the Hotel 1620 Plymouth Harbor […]
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Federal prosecutors say Plymouth woman used phony massage business to commit Covid fraud
A Plymouth woman has been accused of fraudulently collecting nearly $42,000 in Covid payroll protection money by claiming she and her elderly father needed financial help for a massage business they ran out of their home, according to a federal criminal complaint. Katherine Reynolds, 65, was charged with two counts of wire fraud Wednesday in […]
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Five-month investigation yields seven drug arrests on Lothrop St.
Narcotic detectives on Friday raided a house north of downtown Plymouth, arresting seven people on a variety of drug charges. The arrests capped a five-month investigation by Plymouth police into drug activity at an apartment on Lothrop Street, police said. Five of the suspects were charged with possession of cocaine and other drugs, misdemeanors. A […]
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Farmhouse founder Paul Krasinski sues two former girlfriends, alleging they conspired with others to ruin his reputation
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 […]