Residents of Newburyport, Massachusetts are being warned to be cautious after a scammer posing as a Newburyport Police officer reached someone in town by phone and demanded $10,000 or else they’d be arrested. City Marshal Mark Murray said that the scammer, who was most likely not in the U.S., was able to use both the name of an active Newburyport.
Jan 1, 2021
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) A 57-year-old Newburyport man was taken into custody on New Year s Day after he barricaded himself inside his home during a police investigation.
The Newburyport Police Department said officers responded to Newburyport One Stop Gas Station at 1 Kent Street for a reported break-in at around 8:20 a.m., but the suspect had fled the scene prior to the officers arrival.
A witness said that they saw the man, who they thought may be armed, flee into a house a few blocks away on Atkinson Street. A short time later, a heavy police and SWAT team presence was seen in the area.
By Dave Rogers Staff writer  Dec 22, 2020
Dec 22, 2020
NEWBURYPORT â Donn Pollard, the Fruit Street resident accused of attacking a woman at a Black Lives Matter demonstration last summer, admitted in court Monday that a judge could find him guilty of assault and battery and disorderly conduct, and saw both charges continued without a finding for a year.Â
If Pollard, who is 63, remains out of trouble with the law, stays away from and has no contact with his victim and witnesses and completes an anger management program, the charges will be dropped after that time.
Pollard will be back in court, via video conference, on Feb. 11, for a restitution hearing because the woman he struck on the night of June 26 wants more than $1,000 for damaged sunglasses and pants.Â
Dec 21, 2020
NEWBURYPORT â Donn Pollard, the Fruit Street resident accused of attacking a woman at a Black Lives Matters demonstration last summer, admitted in court Monday that a judge could find him guilty of assault and battery and disorderly conduct, and saw both charges continued without a finding for a year.Â
If Pollard, who is 63, remains out of trouble with the law, stays away from and has no contact with his victim and witnesses and completes an anger management program, the charges will be dropped after that time.
Pollard will be back in court, via video conference, on Feb. 11, for a restitution hearing because the woman he struck on the night of June 26 wants more than $1,000 for damaged sunglasses and pants.Â
Dec 16, 2020
NEWBURYPORT â A Lawrence man was ordered to write an apology letter to a 14-year-old Black teen after admitting a judge or jury could find him guilty of hurling a racial slur at him while walking on State Street this summer.Â
Joseph M. McManus Jr., 66, of Colonial Road was arraigned on disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace charges in mid-November in Newburyport District Court. His arraignment came roughly a month after a court clerk magistrate found there was enough probable cause to charge him with the offenses.Â
On Monday, both charges were continued without a finding for six months. In addition to writing an apology letter, McManus must stay away from the victim and all witnesses and pay $250 in fees and fines. If McManus adheres to all conditions and stay out of trouble with the law, the charges against him would be dropped after six months.Â