Mass.State police

Mass. State Police say they're stepping up patrols this Memorial Day weekend, to keep drivers safe. 

State Police Major Anthony Thomas says 90 additional patrols have been scheduled this weekend in Southeastern Massachusetts and the Cape

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tsm - Mock crash at Fairhaven High School
Wear your seatbelt and don't drink and drive.  That was the message Fairhaven Police and FIrefighters tried to leave with students Friday at Fairhaven High School

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Wareham and Massachusetts State Police combined efforts to end a three and a half hour standoff Monday without injury. 

The  incident began around 2:30pm when Wareham officers were called to an house on Ladd Avenue off Sandwich Road to resolve a child custody issue

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New Bedford and Mass. State Police have taken a suspect into custody following a four hour standoff at Southcoast Condominiums at 2120 Phillips Road. 

Police responded to the scene around 5pm, and according to unofficial reports, a gunman opened fire on Police from a nearby building

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A Massachusetts man who disappeared while awaiting sentencing for three rapes 35 years ago has been arrested in Maine, where police say he'd been living since the 1980s.
 
    A Maine State Police spokesman said Gary Allen Irving was living in Gorham, Maine, with his wife and children when he was arrested Wednesday night

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A Wareham man is arrested after police find a stash of steriods in his mobile home.  Wareham and State Police carried out a search warrent early Wednesday at 10 Alfred Street, recovering several glass vials containing a steroid substance , as well as several bottles containing steroid-type pills and other drugs

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Massachusetts State police say a Fall River man has ended up in the hospital with a broken leg after fleeing police.
 
    State police said the episode began around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday when 25-year-old Cleveland Clay rammed two Fall River police cruisers trying to avoid arrest

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