JOINT PRESS RELEASE SWANSEA POLICE DEPARTMENT & REHOBOTH POLICE DEPARTMENT On February 26, 2018 at approximately 4:56 pm the Swansea Police Department received a 911  call from Santander Bank located at 620 G.A.R. Highway for a reported armed bank robbery.  The bank reported a white male entered the bank, showed a black firearm, and […]

On March 2, 2018 at approximately 1045 hrs. Officers from Rehoboth Police department responded to a residence on Brook St. to serve an arrest warrant. Upon arrival police took a 17 year old juvenile male into custody. The juvenile was then turned over to the Dighton police. The warrant was obtained by the Dighton Police […]

On 02/21/2018 at approximately 0630Hrs officers from the Rehoboth Police department along with the assistance of a Seekonk police K-9 unit responded to #254 Tremont St. to serve arrest warrants on George Lallier 12/06/1998 and his brother Richard Lallier 03/23/1992.  Once inside the residence officers discovered George Lallier hiding inside a utility closet in the […]

On 02/20/2018 Sgt. Richard W. Shailor of the Rehoboth Police Department observed a suspicious vehicle on Baystate Rd. As he caught up to the vehicle a passenger in another vehicle flagged him down and advised Shailor that the vehicle had almost struck another car head on. They further advised the Sergeant that the vehicle narrowly […]

On 12/30/2017 at approximately 02:01 AM the Rehoboth Police Department received several 9-1-1 calls reporting a multiple car motor vehicle crash in the area of Winthrop St. (Rt.44) and Blanding Rd. Upon arrival officers observed three heavily damaged vehicles in the roadway. After speaking with the operators and witnesses it was determined that the operator of the first vehicle had […]

On 11-21-17 at approx. 7:03p.m. Officer Nicholas Barros was on patrol on Tremont Street in the area of Smith Street when he observed a vehicle traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed. Officer Barros confirmed the vehicles speed to be 74mph in the posted 45mph zone.  At this time Officer Barros attempted to stop […]

On 11/26/17 at approximately 1800hrs the Rehoboth Police Department received two cellular 911 calls from motorists reporting an erratic driver traveling south on Anawan and Moulton Streets (Rte. 118) . Officers were dispatched to check the area and subsequently located the vehicle in question on Brook Street in Rehoboth. Lt. James Medeiros, Officer Mark Wetherell […]

On 11/23/2017 at approximately 8:17pm The Rehoboth Police Department received a call of an erratic operator travelling west bound on Winthrop St. (Rt.44). The caller stated that the vehicle was “all over the road”. Officers arrived in the area and located the vehicle. After observing it operating erratically, Officer DiBacco stopped the car.  Sgt. Shailor and […]

On 11/10/2017 Sgt. Richard W. Shailor of the Rehoboth Police Department observed a vehicle travelling north bound on Moulton St. at an extremely high rate of speed. The vehicle was operating erratically and at times travelled at speeds in excess of 75mph in the posted 40mph zone. At one point, it almost drove off of the roadway […]

On 10/13/2017 at approximately 2030 hrs. the Rehoboth Police Department received a call reporting an intoxicated male at the Exxon station on Winthrop St.  Upon arrival officers located the male party and his vehicle. After speaking to witnesses and the suspect it was determined that he had tried to exchange drugs for cigarettes prior to the […]