Monday, June 10, 2013
A driver who left the scene of a car crash on Thursday night was able to be indentified by Norton Police officers who responded to the scene.
Norton Police have been able to identify the driver of a black Mercedes that fled the scene of a two-car crash on Thursday night. Richard Schneider, 42, who has addresses in Raynham and Taunton, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing property damage and will appear in Attleboro District Court. The crash occured at about 10:30 p.m. in the vicinity of 29 Mansfield Ave. No one was injured, but when officers arrived they discovered that one of the vehicles had fled the scene. Among the debris that the fleeing vehicle left behind was its front license plate, and Patrolmen Bryan King and James Cameron were able to use the license plate to identify the driver, according to Lt. Todd Jackson.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
A look at the top headlines in your town and the surrounding area for the week of August 5, 2012.
2,800-Mile Takeout Run: Mississippi Man Returns Home with 250 Pizzas from Stoughton's Town Spa Most people have a favorite pizza place. For David Schuler his is Town Spa in Stoughton, about 1,400 miles away from his Madison, Mississippi home. But that doesn't prevent Schuler, a Stoughton native, from enjoying a slice (or more) of his favorite hometown pizza. Schuler made headlines last August when he drove from his home in Madison, Miss. (north of Jackson, Miss.) to Town Spa and back again to pick up an order of 150 pizzas. He upped the ante this year by placing an order of 250 pizzas. After enjoying lunch at the Stoughton restaurant August 11, he packed up his car with six coolers full of pizza and began his journey back home to …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Operator, Justine Miller, transported to Rhode Island Hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
Updated at 1:49 p.m.: Norton Fire Department has released photos from the scene. Click through the attached photos to see the damage caused by the crash and fire. A Norton police officer managed to pull a teenage girl from a fiery wreckage early this morning just before it was fully engulfed in flames. At 1:20 a.m. Thursday, Norton Police and Fire Departments responded to the area of 2 Burt St. for a report of a motor vehicle crash. Upon arrival, Patrolman Charles Turcotte observed the vehicle to be in the woods on fire with Justine Miller, the female operator, in the vehicle. According to a press release sent by Norton Police Lt. Todd Jackson, the 18-year-old was conscious, but couldn’t exit the vehicle due to leg injuries. Turcotte was …
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
A look at the top headlines in your town and the surrounding area for the week of June 17, 2012.
Norton Police File Vehicular Homicide Charges Motor vehicle homicide charges have been filed against Taunton resident David Boulter, 32, whose vehicle crashed into another car May 19 with a pregnant woman inside. The victim was a passenger travelling west on Old Colony Road when Boulter's car, coming from the east, hit her head on. She was 6 months pregnant at the time, and lost the baby as a result of the crash. Charges were filed this past week. Read more by clicking here. *** Teen Cited for Head-On Crash on Route 140 The 17-year-old Foxborough teen driving the red Honda Accord that hit another vehicle head-on at Route 140 on June 18 has been cited for “various traffic violations,” according to Foxborough Chief of Police Edward O’Leary…
Saturday, April 14, 2012
A look at the top headlines in your town and the surrounding area for the week of April 8, 2012.
Fatal Easton Crash Kills Norton Man A Foundry Street accident in Easton resulted in the death of a Norton man Tuesday night, April 10, according to Easton Police. Easton Police Chief Allen Krajcik said in a statement that Eric Gryzboski, 36, of Eisenhower Drive in Norton, went off the road while heading westbound at approximately 10:45 p.m. and crashed his 2002 GMC pickup truck into a large tree near the Norton town line. Read more by clicking here. *** Family and Friends Say Goodbye to Mansfield High Student Family, friends and much of the Mansfield community came to pay their final respects to Michaela Smith on Friday morning at her funeral service at Saint Mary’s Church. Smith, 16, died last Saturday, April 7, after an early morning car…
Andrew Mackie
1:21 pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012
This could have gone very differently if Officer Turcotte wasn't there so quickly and acted without hesitation. A true hero! more ›