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Whitman, MA

Elderly Man Killed In Hyannis Fire Started In Bedroom: Investigators Elderly Man Killed In Hyannis Fire Started In Bedroom: Investigators
Elderly Man Killed In Hyannis Fire Started In Bedroom: Investigators Firefighters say the blaze that killed a man in his 60s on Wednesday, July 10, began with a lit cigarette in the man's bedroom at his Hyannis home.  Neighbors called firefighters to the Oakland Road house just before 5:30 a.m. when they saw smoke billowing out of the one-story home. Crews arrived to find the home fully involved.  Two adults inside were able to escape the flames, but firefighters found one man dead inside, the state Fire Marshal's Office said. Crews were able to get the blaze under control in 15 minutes but spent hours putting out hot spots.  Fire investigato…
Mass Eatery Featured On 'Kitchen Nightmares' Thriving Post-Show, Report Says Mass Eatery Featured On 'Kitchen Nightmares' Thriving Post-Show, Report Says
Mass Eatery Featured On 'Kitchen Nightmares' Thriving Post-Show, Report Says Over a decade after being featured on the television show “Kitchen Nightmares,” a Massachusets restaurant seems to have benefited from chef Gordon Ramsay’s visit. Olde Hitching Post, located in Plymouth County at 48 Spring Street in Hanson, is one of the lucky, once-failing restaurants that has survived and now seemingly thrives following its stint on the reality television show. The eatery, which serves up soups, salad, burgers, and much more, was featured on the reality show’s sixth season and aired in 2013. During the episode, the notoriously harsh Ramsay gave then-owner Tom a tongue…
Lowell Man Accused Of Killing Whitman Woman Left In Car At Boston Airport Busted In Kenya: Cops Lowell Man Accused Of Killing Whitman Woman Left In Car At Boston Airport Busted In Kenya: Cops
Lowell Man Accused Of Killing Whitman Woman Left In Car At Boston Airport Busted In Kenya: Cops A 40-year-old Lowell man has been arrested in the killing of a Whitman woman whose body was found in a garage at Boston Logan Airport, officials said. Troopers found the deceased woman, later identified as Margaret Mbitu, 31, inside a car in the Central Parking garage at Logan Airport around 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 1, authorities said. Kevin Kangethe, the suspect in the killing, boarded a flight to Kenya. Related: Body Of Missing Whitman Woman Found In Car At Boston Logan Airport: DA Mbitu was last seen leaving work in Halifax at 11 p.m. on Oct. 30, authorities said in a missing person's …
1-Story Building Partially Collapses In Whitman: Officials 1-Story Building Partially Collapses In Whitman: Officials
1-Story Building Partially Collapses In Whitman: Officials A building in Whitman partially collapsed on Wednesday morning, Jan. 10, fire officials said. Fire crews arrived at 356 South Ave. shortly after 9:30 a.m. to find the front wall of a one-story building had fallen over. Photos of the partial collapse were shared by the Whitman Fire Department on social media. Partial building collapse in Whitman MA on South Avenue. @ctfirephoto pic.twitter.com/AP4Xf4ivkg — Pat Travers (@car383) January 10, 2024 That part of the building was vacant and there was no one inside at the time of the collapse, officials said. It is connected to a two-story b…
Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized
Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized Nearly 35 pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamine-laced fake Adderall and Xanax pills were found during a state police bust of a drug lab in Whitman. Andrew Billings, 39, of Plymouth, was arrested on Dec. 21, 2023, at his workplace, while the makeshift lab and his SUV on Essex Street in Whitman were searched by state police. Troopers found large amounts of white powder, thousands of counterfeit prescription pills, a pharmaceutical-grade pill press, and related drug paraphernalia, police said. “The property was so badly contaminated with strewn drug material, that Troopers evacuated the addr…
Body Of Missing Whitman Woman Found In Car At Boston Logan Airport: DA Body Of Missing Whitman Woman Found In Car At Boston Logan Airport: DA
Body Of Missing Whitman Woman Found In Car At Boston Logan Airport: DA An arrest warrant has been issued for a Lowell man suspected of killing a Whitman woman whose body was found in a garage at Boston Logan Airport, officials said. Troopers found the deceased woman inside a car in the Central Parking garage at Logan Airport around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, authorities said. The woman has been identified as Margaret Mbitu (pronounced m-BEE-too), 31, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts State Police. She was reported missing by her family on Monday, Oct. 30. Kevin Kangethe (pronounced ken-GET-ay), 40, the susp…
Support Pours In For Family Of Mass Man, 41, Killed In 'Horrific' Multi-Car Crash Support Pours In For Family Of Mass Man, 41, Killed In 'Horrific' Multi-Car Crash
Support Pours In For Family Of Mass Man, 41, Killed In 'Horrific' Multi-Car Crash A community is coming together to raise money for the family of a man who was killed in a multi-vehicle Norfolk County crash, leaving his two children without a father.  The outpouring of support comes in the aftermath of a crash on Thursday, Sept. 28 in Weymouth that killed 41-year-old Whitman resident Adam Fallon.  Earlier Report - Man, 41, Killed In Weymouth Multi-Car Crash ID'd By Police According to state police, Fallon was killed around 5 a.m. when his 2014 Mazda CX5 was involved in a three-vehicle crash in the southbound lane of Route 3 near Exit 38B.  …
Man, 41, Killed In Weymouth Multi-Car Crash ID'd By Police Man, 41, Killed In Weymouth Multi-Car Crash ID'd By Police
Man, 41, Killed In Weymouth Multi-Car Crash ID'd By Police Massachusetts State Police have identified the man killed in an early morning Thursday, Sept. 29, crash in Norfolk County.  Adam Fallon, 41, of Whitman, was killed around 5 a.m. when his 2014 Mazda CX5 was involved in a three-vehicle crash in the southbound lane of Route 3 near exit 38B in Weymouth, State Police said.  Paramedics took Fallon to South Shore Hospital, where he later died. Police did not say if the drivers of the 2016 Smart Fortwo and the 2011 Chevrolet Trailblazer, who were also involved in the wreck, were injured.  State police are investigating th…
Whitman 18-Year-Old, Juvenile Nabbed After Motorcycle Chase, Fanny Pack Discovery Whitman 18-Year-Old, Juvenile Nabbed After Motorcycle Chase, Fanny Pack Discovery
Whitman 18-Year-Old, Juvenile Nabbed After Motorcycle Chase, Fanny Pack Discovery An 18-year-old drove a motorcycle away from police with a t-shirt covering his face to try and protect his identity, officials say.  Jayden Lepore, of Whitman, was arrested along with an unnamed juvenile person also from Whitman on Wednesday, June 27 in East Bridgewater, according to the Whitman Police Department. The two people were riding motorcycles together, heading south on Bedford Street (Route 18) in Whitman near the intersection with Joyce Avenue, when police noticed that one of the two was not wearing a helmet.  Massachusetts has a stringent motorcycle helmet law that requires al…
Whitman-Hanson High Schooler Killed By MBTA Train, A 'Tragic Loss' Whitman-Hanson High Schooler Killed By MBTA Train, A 'Tragic Loss'
Whitman-Hanson High Schooler Killed By MBTA Train, A 'Tragic Loss' A high school is mourning the loss of a teenaged student who died after entering into an MBTA train's path.  A Whitman-Hanson Regional High School student, who was described as a female between the ages of 16 and 19 years old by MBTA Transit Police, died at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, according to Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan.  The teenager was intentionally trespassing into the train's right of way and was hit and killed by an outbound train on the Plymouth line, around 1,000 yards south of Whitman Station.  She was pronounced dead at the scene, acc…
Hanson Runaway Missing For 2nd Time In Months, This Time Gone For Week Hanson Runaway Missing For 2nd Time In Months, This Time Gone For Week
Hanson Runaway Missing For 2nd Time In Months, This Time Gone For Week It's not the first time that police have been on the lookout for one missing 13-year-old, officials say.  Kayleigh "Kie" McCormack, of Hanson, ran away from New Bedford on Tuesday, May 16 at 5:30 p.m., according to New Bedford Police.  McCormack was also reported missing in February, when she was last seen getting into an SUV with a man between 20 and 30 years old, according to the Hanson Police Department.  She was found the day after she went missing in February.  MISSING Kie McCormack, age 13 RAN FROM NEW BEDFORD. She is FROM HANSON. Kie ran away from New Bedford on Tuesday (5/16)…
23-Year-Old Linked To Back-To-Back Attempted Murders In Boston, Whitman: Police 23-Year-Old Linked To Back-To-Back Attempted Murders In Boston, Whitman: Police
23-Year-Old Linked To Back-To-Back Attempted Murders In Boston, Whitman: Police Surveillance cameras were the undoing of a green-jacket-clad man who kicked an unsuspecting person into the pit of an MBTA station and then, only a few hours later, repeatedly stabbed a man inside an apartment complex. Kedrian Deavonni Perry-Marshall violently kicked a person into the pit at the MBTA State Street Station in Boston at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28 and then stabbed a 27-year-old man at an apartment complex on Myrtle Avenue in Whitman at approximately 8:15 p.m., according to MBTA Transit Police and the Whitman Police Department.  Perry-Marshall's first victim was not injured…
Missing College Student Found Dead After Frat Party Fight Missing College Student Found Dead After Frat Party Fight
Missing College Student Found Dead After Frat Party Fight A missing college student from Massachusetts who had been missing following a night with friends has been found dead. The Durham Police Department in New Hampshire reported the body of Plymouth County resident Vincenzo "Vinny" Lirosi, age 22, of Whitman, Massachusetts, was found in a marshy area off of Coe Drive at about 1:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, by a New England Search and Rescue K-9 team. According to the police department, Lirosi was last seen between about 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 4. Police believe Lirosi took a path through a wooded area near Woodman Road as a shortcu…
Nor'easter: Storm Knocks Out Power To Nearly Half A Million In Massachusetts Nor'easter: Storm Knocks Out Power To Nearly Half A Million In Massachusetts
Nor'easter: Storm Knocks Out Power To Nearly Half A Million In Massachusetts Nearly a half-million Massachusetts residents were left without power as the season’s first Nor’easter blasted the East Coast, bringing whipping wind gusts, inches of rain, and heavy flooding to some areas. Related story - Nor'easter: Here Are Highest Reported Rainfall Totals, Wind Speeds From Throughout Region As of 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency was reporting 496,111 power outages after winds approaching 100 mph took down tree limbs, branches, and power lines overnight. Eversource was also reporting 272,073 customers in Eastern Massachuset…
21-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Long Island Crash 21-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Long Island Crash
21-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Long Island Crash One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash that happened overnight on Long Island. It happened on Friday, Feb. 26 at about 8 p.m. in Ronkonkoma. Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed the operator of a quad in Ronkonkoma last night. Lisa Delvecchio, age 25, of Whitman, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Cruz westbound on Marconi Avenue, when the vehicle was struck at the intersection of Lakeland Avenue by a northbound Honda 300EX quad, being operated by Brandon Niles, age 21, of Bohemia, Suf…
ID Released For Weston Man, 33, Killed In Westport Crash ID Released For Weston Man, 33, Killed In Westport Crash
ID Released For Weston Man, 33, Killed In Westport Crash A 39-year-old man who died in a fiery crash in Westport early Sunday has been identified. Cullen Walsh, of Weston, was identified as the person killed in the crash, according to the Westport Police Department.  The crash was discovered before 1:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 14, when the Westport Police and fire departments responded to a report of a large fire in the area of 57 Weston Road, said Westport Police Lt. Jillian Cabana. Arriving emergency units located a vehicle fully engulfed in flames. The vehicle had struck a utility pole and two trees, downing electrical wire…