Crime & Safety
Police Log: One Charged, One Summonsed for Disturbing the Peace
The following information was provided by the Stoughton Police Department. Where arrests are mentioned, they do not indicate conviction.
Wednesday, April 9
At 8:47 a.m., Stoughton Police notified the Massachusetts Highway Department of a large pothole in the roadway area of Washington and Halliden streets.
At 12:33 p.m., police responded to a two-vehicle accident in the area of Park and Washington streets. Both vehicles were towed.
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At 1:15 p.m., police cited a driver on Washington Street for driving an unregistered vehicle.
At 3 p.m., police received a report from a caller who claimed his vehicle had been damaged.
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At 3:58 p.m., police recede a report of a person whom passed out in a vehicle in the area of Dark Avenue. Police responded and the person was determined to be okay.
At 4:30 p.m., police responded to a report of a disturbance on Morton Street, where polio arrested Matthew Irving, 31, of Stoughton for disturbing the peace, resisting arrest, assault and battery on a police officer and threats to commit a crime. Police also issued a summons to a Stoughton man for disturbing the peace.
At 6:57 p.m., a caller reported to police that he found a bag with pills in it. Officers investigated and determined the bag did not have pills inside, but rather the items were determined to be plastic construction plugs.
Tuesday, April 8
At 4:21 p.m., police received a report that a rock had been thrown through a window of the Stoughton HIgh School boys' locker room.
At 4:31 p.m., a man entered the Stoughton Police Department with a small box of ammunition he found.
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