Taunton Police

A 44-year-old man was injured in a shooting Wednesday night in Taunton, Massachusetts, police said. Taunton police were called to Mador Ave. around 8:10 p.m. for a reported shooting. The victim, identified only as a Taunton man, was taken by ambulance to an area hospital for treatment. There was no immediate word on his condition. No further details were shared,…

Police in Taunton say they have located a woman with cognitive impairments who had been missing since Friday. Maria Goncalves Pereira, 53, was last seen on Friday around 5 p.m. leaving her residence on Beacon Street in Taunton, according to local police, who said that she suffers from cognitive impairments. Pereira was first reported missing around 7 p.m. Friday. Taunton…

Taunton police Patrolman John Borges died Thursday after battling COVID-19, Chief Edward J. Walsh announced in a statement. Borges was a 20-year veteran of the Taunton Police Department, according to the statement. He was a search manager for southeastern Massachusetts regional police search and rescue team, a lead trainer for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and participated in the Civil…

Two Taunton police officers were seriously injured around 6:15 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Route 140 and Taunton Depot Drive when a car struck them while they were on scene investigating a separate crash.

Massachusetts police are reminding everyone to remove snow and ice from their vehicles before driving following a big storm after an ice missile smashed the windshield of a car Wednesday morning in Taunton. Taunton authorities wrote on Facebook that they were called to a scene after a sheet of ice flew off a box truck driving on South Walker Street...

Authorities in Taunton, Massachusetts, are searching for a missing 14-year-old boy who is believed to be in danger. Zachary Halloran of East Taunton was last seen leaving Rowley Avenue on foot, Taunton police said in a press release overnight Thursday. It’s unclear what time he was last seen.

A mailman in Taunton, Massachusetts was arrested and charged with larceny after stealing money from a woman’s purse.

Cellphone video was captured at the scene of the arrest of a 34-year-old Massachusetts woman after she allegedly attacked an officer who responded to claims of child abuse in her household. On Sunday, officials responded to a Taunton home after they received an anonymous allegation that included “sex assault and keeping of children in cages,” according to court documents. At...

A Massachusetts woman has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer who was assisting with an investigation into a report about three children living in squalor.

A 16-year-old girl has been arrested following an investigation into a threatening note found in a bathroom at a high school in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Two schools in Taunton, Massachusetts were closed Tuesday after a threatening note was discovered the day before.

Two schools in Taunton, Massachusetts were closed Tuesday after a threatening note was discovered the day before.

A Massachusetts high school student was arrested Monday morning after making threats to “shoot up” the school with an AR-15.

Two men were shot and injured Saturday afternoon during an argument that escalated to violence in a Taunton, Massachusetts home.

Two suspected Massachusetts drug dealers are facing multiple charges after a police raid at a home Thursday morning that yielded illegal guns, cocaine, meth and cash.

Police in Taunton, Massachusetts are investigating two, fatal pedestrian-involved crashes in just two days.

A 13-year-old Massachusetts boy was expected to be arraigned in juvenile court on Tuesday after police say he shot a 12-year-old following a possible dispute on Facebook.

A 13-year-old Massachusetts boy will appear in juvenile court Tuesday after he allegedly shot a 12-year-old boy with a rifle after an argument Monday.

Authorities are digging at a site in Taunton, Massachusetts, in connection to the disappearance of a woman back in 2000, a source told the NBC Boston Investigators Thursday night.

Nine people were injured in a crash in Taunton, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning, according to police.