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Dracut Police Officer Philip Berard retired all of a sudden this week and from what I heard it’s because he got in trouble for something new. The Lowell Sun could not reach Ex-Officer Berard for comment. Philip Berard, was removed from a normal patrol duty sometimes earlier this week and also was demoted from sergeant [...]
Dennis Dockham Pleads Innocent?
Dennis Dockham, 43, of Dracut, pleaded innocent in Middlesex Superior Court to two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, posing a child in a state of nudity and distribution of material of a child in the nude.
Dennis Dockham was freed without bail but must wear a GPS ankle bracelet with [...]
Dracut Timothy Volis Murdered
Dracut police and the Middlesex District Attorney’s office is conducting a murder investigation, now that the medical examiner ruled the death of Timothy Volis a homicide today.
Volis, 26, of Lowell, who was found floating in the Merrimack River in Dracut around 4 Sunday afternoon, died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the [...]
Dracut Old Home Day Will Be Bigger than Ever
The 6th annual Dracut Old Home Day is well on it’s way. The 2006 event is expected to be bigger than ever and will include the Dracut Firefighter’s Activity Day. This all day event takes place on Saturday, September 9, 2006 at The High School Complex, 1580 Lakeview Ave, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The [...]
David Brouillette Returns to Dracut from Iraq
Dracut Fire Capt. Dave Brouillette, 41, was with them. For months, the U.S. Army National Guard captain acted as an adviser to the Iraqi Army, living as an Iraqi, eating their food, wearing their clothes, and gaining an understanding of the differences between American and Iraqi culture.
Members of the Iraqi Security Force entered a home [...]
Dracut Cancels Town Meeting and May Shut Down the Town
John Zimini has a flare for the dramatic.
But the Dracut selectman was not far off the mark after Monday night’s Town Meeting when he declared that town government will completely shut down if a quorum is not reached and the town’s operating budget is not approved by July 1st.
“We can’t operate. Plain and simple,” he [...]
Dracut Is An Affordable Place To Live
James O’Loughlin has insisted for many years that Dracut is an affordable place to live, even though the state says otherwise.
The state wants every community to make 10 percent of its housing stock affordable under state “40B” guidelines — and Dracut hasn’t met that threshold. As a selectman, O’Loughlin has urged lawmakers to give Dracut [...]
The Dracut Library is Open
The Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library is Finally open. A grand opening is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. outside the library, at 28 Arlington St. It will be followed by another ceremony inside, when the public may view the new interior.
”The event is slated to be held until 4:30 p.m., but we are anticipating [...]
James Brescia Paid Scott Foxworth to Shoot His Wife’s Boyfriend
Edward Schiller knew he was in danger before he died, even in a tony suburb dubbed the safest city in America, police say.
Schiller had said, according to friends who talked to police, that if he ended up with a bullet in his head, they would know who did it.
His girlfriend’s estranged husband, James Brescia, had [...]
Dracut High School Bomb Threat is NO JOKE
Some one left a note in one of the bathrooms at Dracut High school on Feb
The school’s vice principal waited for the principal to return to school before the Fire Department was told about the threat, rather than calling 911 immediately.
A police officer posted at the school was unaware of the threat for hours, [...]
Accused Sergeant Brian OHare is Heading to Dracut
Brian O’Hare was arrested last month on charges of trying to seduce someone over the internet he thought was a 14-year-old boy.
In a motion filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Boston, lawyer Carlos J. Dominguez said O’Hare wants to move out of his aunt’s home in Arlington and live with his sister in Dracut.
The [...]
Dennis Dockham of Dracut charged with indecent assault
Dennis Dockham, of 7 Third St., was arrested Tuesday night and charged with two counts of indecent assault and battery of a child under 14 and one count of posing a child under 14 for pornographic photographs.The Dracut Police have charged Mr. Dockham with “Posing children for sexual battery†and “Assault and battery on [...]
Ex-Dracut Cop Accused of Property Destruction
Attorney Michael Najjar, representing 57-year-old Gerard Dauphinais, filed a motion in Lowell District Court asking to dismiss the case or remand it for a clerk’s hearing, but Judge Allen Jarasitis continued the case until Feb. 24.
In his motion, Najjar says two other men, not his client, were in the driveway of a Hillcrest Road home [...]
Dracut Bomb and Bank Robbery
Police in Dracut, are on the lookout for a man who robbed a bank Friday afternoon.
The robbery took place around 4:45 p.m. at the MassBank at 45 Broadway in Dracut.
Police said the man left a bag behind with either a weapon or some kind of explosive device. Several neighboring buildings, including a dance studio, were [...]
Dracut’s Marc Dechenes to Open Indoor Baseball Facility
They have both spent time on Major League Baseball diamonds and now they want to share their knowledge with future stars.
Marc Dechenes of Dracut and Mike Glavine of Billerica have applied for a special permit to open an indoor baseball-softball instructional facility in Dracut. The pair has an agreement with the Tucard LLC to lease [...]