Freetown Police

Following the recent rescue of a dog from a hot car by police officers in Freetown, PETA is warning about the importance of never leaving animals in hot cars.

Police say Joseph Stec admitted to committing robberies in Assonet Village and Fall River in back-to-back days in February 2017.

Freetown police have filed criminal charges against 54-year-old Charles Macomber, alleging that he illegally sold two town-owned military Humvee vehicles.

An historic SouthCoast landmark is no more.

Freetown Police have arrested two suspects in an armed home invasion, and a third person who rammed a vehicle into who he thought was a witness to the crime.

Crews from multiple fire departments battled a fully involved structure fire in Assonet Tuesday night.

A 42-year-old repeat drunk driver from Freetown was convicted of multiple charges related to driving his ATV while heavily intoxicated and sentenced to serve two years in jail.

A vehicle has driven through the front of the Circle K convenience store in Assonet.

Police are still looking for the suspects involved in car break-ins and two vehicle thefts.

Freetown Police have received a three year accreditation and certification award from the Mass. Police Accreditation Conference. The organization met this week in Dover, Mass.
Freetown Police Chief Carlton Abbott says his department is one of only 70 law enforcement agencies in the commonwealth which…