A man with no current home address was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly trying to coerce two juveniles into sex acts last week. 27-year-old Benjamin Hirtle is charged with two counts of enticing a child under the age of 16. According to Hingham Police, on June 13, two juveniles reported that a man, later identified […]
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Driver in deadly Hingham Apple Store crash in court today
PLYMOUTH – The driver in the 2022 Apple Store crash in Hingham will be in Plymouth Superior Court today for a pretrial hearing. Bradley Rein, of Hingham, is charged with murder after crashing through the window of the Apple Store at Derby Street Shops in Hingham in 2022 His 2019 Toyota 4Runner crashed through the […]
Truck driver may have fallen asleep before crashing into utility pole in Hingham
A truck driver may have fallen asleep before striking a utility pole in Hingham early Saturday morning. Police say the driver crossed over several lanes on Whiting Street before striking a utility pole on the oncoming side of the road around 3:31 a.m., Hingham police say. Police say the driver did not attempt to slow […]
Con man tries to scam elderly Hingham woman. She put police on the phone
HINGHAM − A con man hung up on police Friday after a 94-year-old woman who had been on the phone with him for more than three hours went to the police station instead of sending him her money. Police said the woman had withdrawn money from her bank account and was told to stay on […]
Bomb threat called in to Hingham department store on Christmas Eve
A department store in Hingham had to be searched after a bomb threat was called in on Christmas Eve. Members of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Unit were called to the Marshall’s Department Store on Lincoln Street around 3:00 p.m. after a caller reported that there was a bomb in a fitting room. The store […]