HAVERHILL — The annual Policeman’s Ball was more than a dinner, dancing and conversation, it was also a time to honor outstanding officers and members of the community.
(Additional photographs below.) The Haverhill Police Department honored its outstanding officers and community leaders during its Annual Policeman’s Ball earlier this month. Haverhill Detective John Orsillo was named the 2023 Police Officer of the Year, while Officer Justin Graham was presented with the 2023 Life Saving Award and the Zefta Family, owners of Maria’s Restaurant […]
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A 20-year-old man who escaped from a Lawrence pre-release center was recaptured Tuesday after stealing a car and driving through Haverhill and Plaistow and Sandown, N.H.
Essex County Sheriff’s Department said Joshua Morley walked away from the Essex County Pre-Release and Re-Entry Center early Tuesday morning and allegedly stole a car from a nearby dealership. The car was later located in Haverhill and pursued by police into Sandown, N.H., where it was stopped.
Morley was arrested last July after allegedly elbowing a police officer in the face and threatening him and a detective with a knife when they tried to arrest him for car theft. He was charged with assault and battery on a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a dangerous weapon, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, receiving a stolen vehicle and driving with a suspended license.
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A methodical and patient police surveillance effort netted a Haverhill man and woman and a Lowell man on drug and other charges.
Haverhill Police arrested 43-year-old Juan M. Rodriguez of Lowell; 33-year-old Matthew Robbins, 215 Hilldale Ave., Haverhill; and 23-year-old Emma Kerivan, 225 Hilldale Ave., Haverhill, after an investigation three days in the making. Each pleaded not guilty to fentanyl-related drug charges last week before First Justice Cesar A. Archilla at Haverhill District Court.
It began Last Monday, April 5, when Haverhill Detective Sean Harrison arrested Robbins on an outstanding warrant after first seeing him meet someone in a Jeep outside his Hilldale Avenue home. In a police report, Harrison noted a pattern of narcotics deliveries. The next day, Detectives Michael Shinners and Michael Tortorise watched the home and noticed a Jeep arrive, and its driver park, open and close the rear hatch and leave. Officers repeate