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A person on a freight train was shot by a pellet gun in Wareham, Massachusetts. Police say the incident appears to be accidental.

Authorities have identified the man whose body they recovered from an icy reservoir in Wareham, Massachusetts, after a search that spanned two days. Thomas Bartholomew, 44, of Wareham, was declared dead Monday after his body was recovered from the water around 12:45 p.m., according to Plymouth Country District Attorney Timothy Cruz. The search for Bartholomew began around 4:30 p.m. Sunday…

Authorities on Monday recovered the body of a man who apparently died while swimming in an icy reservoir in Wareham, Massachusetts, a day earlier. The victim’s name is not being released at this time.

Authorities say the man did not fall through ice, but willingly entered the pond in Wareham.

Divers are expected to return Monday morning after spending hours Sunday night searching for the missing man’s body in the area of 786 County Road, where there is a reservoir and cranberry bog.

First responders spent hours Sunday night searching an icy reservoir in their quest to find a missing person who fell through the ice in Wareham, Massachusetts. Wareham police responded to the area of 786 County Road — where there is a reservoir and cranberry bog — for a water rescue around 4:30 p.m. The Plymouth County Technical Rescue Team (PCTRT)…

First responders spent hours Sunday night searching an icy reservoir in their quest to find a missing person who fell through the ice in Wareham, Massachusetts. And they say they will resume the search for the man’s body Monday morning.

Lt. Walter Correia, of the Wareham Police Department, talks about snow measures in place for Wareham ahead of Sunday’s storm that is expected to drop continuous snow from brunch through bedtime for parts of New England. Correia talked specifically about the importance of people not traveling with snow on the roofs of their vehicles.

A 34-year-old Massachusetts woman is facing multiple charges after authorities allege she robbed at least two convenience stores with a needle, and then led state and local police departments on a highway chase before she crashed into a police cruiser in Marion. Ashley Demers is accused of robbing stores in Raynham and New Bedford, and shoplifting from a business in…

Something fishy has people calling the police in a coastal Massachusetts town. And environmental officers are telling them to stop already. The Wareham Department of Natural Resources said Monday that it’s aware of the sunfish residing in Buzzard Bay’s Broad Cove, and there’s no need to call the cops about it. In a Facebook post, officials said they have...

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a car on a highway near Cape Cod, according to Massachusetts State Police. Around 9 p.m. Friday, state troopers responded to reports of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle on Route 25 eastbound in Wareham, in the area of Exit 2. Upon arrival, police found a 58-year-old woman, from Sandwich, suffering from serious…

A 58-year-old Sandwich woman died after she was struck by a Toyota Prius.

A woman is facing a number of charges after police say she was arrested for various incidents over the course of three straight days in Wareham, Massachusetts. Brooke Burns-Hill, a 29-year-old from Wareham, was first arrested Monday at 1:30 a.m. after police said an officer monitoring flooding near Cranberry Plaza noted a vehicle operating “erratically and at a high rate…

A Massachusetts woman is facing charges for a serious crash involving two vehicles and a fire engine Wednesday night in Wareham, Massachusetts, police said. Officers responded to the crash on Cranberry Highway, near the Route 195 overpass, at 9:47 p.m. Three firefighters on the Wareham Fire Department engine were taken to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries, police…

Crews responded to a serious crash involving a fire truck on Route 28 in Wareham.

A Wareham, Massachusetts man is facing charges after allegedly firing at police officers with a rifle during an incident Friday. Wareham police said officers were dispatched to County Road Recycling on County Road following a report of a trespasser Friday afternoon. The officers were unable to locate him after searching the area, but while conducting an investigation, heard three gun…

The body of a missing man from Wareham, Massachusetts, was located Friday in a wooded area, according to police. Forty-seven-year-old Daniel Smith was last seen on June 8 and had been reported missing. Following a search by Wareham police and the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (SEMLEC) Search and Rescue Unit, Smith’s body was located on Friday. An initial investigation…

An off-duty police officer and neighbors helped save a dog from a burning mobile home in Wareham late Friday afternoon, authorities said. Officer Christopher Corner, who had left the police station around 4 p.m., saw smoke billowing in the sky from the Silver Lake Mobile Home Park as he drove down Cranberry Highway. When he arrived, he saw that a…

A woman was found dead in her Wareham, Massachusetts, home on Friday and a man found with minor injuries in a canoe was arrested on a murder charge, prosecutors said. Danny Sherman was arrested hours several hours later, charged with fatally stabbing the woman, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said. Sherman, 54, lived with the 57-year- woman, who has…

The Elks Lodge in Wareham, Massachusetts, is working to protect seniors while also maintaining a sense of normalcy amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.