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WAREHAM — Wareham Police have arrested 27-year-old Matthew McGonnigal of Weymouth, after he falsely claimed to stop a kidnapping in the parking lot of Water Wizz last weekend. A Facebook post went viral last weekend in which McGonnigle's fiancee claimed he fought off would-be kidnappers in the parking lot of the water park, and saved a young girl from being abducted...

MILLIS, Mass. (AP) _ Millis police say claims that a gunman shot at an officer were fabricated. NECN reports that police Sgt. William Dwyer said Thursday the only ballistics evidence recovered at the scene of the incident on Wednesday were from shots fired by the officer into his own cruiser...