Cohasset Police

A Boston man who allegedly fled a traffic stop before crashing his vehicle in the front yard of a home in Scituate, Massachusetts, is facing a number of charges, including driving with a suspended license, police said. The Cohasset Police Department is charging Dion Smith, 31, of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, with negligent operation of a motor vehicle, operating a motor…

The Cohasset Police Department charged a man who fled a traffic stop Saturday night and crashed his vehicle in the front yard of a home in Scituate.

The Cohasset Police Department is investigating a residential break-in that was captured on the homeowner’s Ring front door camera.

An indoor party of about 20 underage youths, who were allegedly not following social distancing and face covering protocols as they gathered in a small inside space, was reported to and broken up by police in Cohasset late Friday night. Several occupants of the gathering — at which officers say they found open containers — ran away from police into…

The death of a Massachusetts man who police subdued with a Taser after he repeatedly stabbed a woman at a home in Cohasset was justified, according to the Norfolk County Distrist Attorney’s office. A report released by the district attorney Tuesday found the actions in taking 25-year-old Erich Stelzer into custody “was a justified and appropriate use of force under...

Classes at Cohasset Middle and High School have been cancelled after a social media threat aimed at students. The Cohasset police said detectives are “unable to dismiss this threat.”

A Massachusetts man who stabbed a woman died after responding officers used their stun gun on him in an effort to disarm him and save the victim, according to authorities. The Norfolk district attorney’s office said around 10 p.m. Thursday, Cohasset police responded to a disturbance call at a home on Church Street. When they arrived, officers located a 24-year-old...

Authorities say the autopsy of a Massachusetts man who stabbed a woman repeatedly before he died in police custody last week has been completed. According to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the cause and manner of Erich Stelzer’s death are pending toxicology testing, which authorities say may take weeks to provide results.

A Massachusetts man who stabbed a woman died after responding officers used their stun gun on him in an effort to disarm him and save the victim, according to authorities. The Norfolk district attorney’s office said around 10 p.m. Thursday, Cohasset police responded to a disturbance call at a home on Church Street. When they arrived, officers located a 24-year-old...

A former Cohasset Middle School teacher appeared in court Wednesday on five new charges of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Jeffrey Knight, 57, of Pembroke, entered a plea of not guilty at his pre-trial conference hearing in Quincy District Court on the five charges of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.

A Massachusetts teacher on leave from Cohasset Middle School is facing five new charges of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, according to the Norfolk district attorney. Jeffrey Knight, 57, of Pembroke, was originally charged in a criminal complaint with two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and two counts of indecent...

Parents at a Massachusetts middle school where a teacher allegedly indecently assaulted a female student on several occasions are reacting to the news. Jeffrey Knight, 57, of Pembroke, was charged in a criminal complaint with two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over.

A teacher at a Massachusetts middle school has been charged with assaulting a student. Police say 57-year-old Jeffrey Knight, who has worked at Cohasset Middle School since 2011, appeared in Quincy District Court Thursday with two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14....

Police and animal control took part in a joint effort to rescue a puppy who was impaled by a tree branch.

A 15-year-old arrested in Massachusetts last week is accused of making threats against students at his high school that witnesses describe as “detailed,” and involving “references to the recent tragedy in Parkland, Florida.”

Police in Cohasset, Massachusetts, recently received a very thankful email from a local mom who had nothing but great things to say about Officer Jay St. Ives.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Massachusetts woman who allegedly crashed head-on into another vehicle while drunk on Sunday evening.