The home safety review company SafeWise ranked Hopkinton first in its list of the Safest Cities in America for 2021. Hopkinton also ranked first in 2019 and was second last year (behind Broadview Heights, Ohio). "The safest city selection is a testament to Hopkinton...
Police & Fire
Arrests/Police Log, June 1 edition
ARRESTS May 27 12:37 p.m. Officer Ryan Polselli conducted a motor vehicle stop on Main Street, and Officers Matthew Santoro and Brendon Lyver responded to assist. A 43-year-old from Framingham was arrested on a warrant and additionally charged with unlicensed...
Select Board approves Hopkinton native Sager as newest police officer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BufuhUqvncY Hopkinton native Kevin Sager finalized his homecoming when he was approved Friday afternoon by the Select Board to become the town’s newest police officer. Sager, who grew up on Blackthorne Circle (off Granite Street), said...
HFD contains Saddle Hill Road house fire; concerns raised about water supply
Culminating a busy few days for the Hopkinton Fire Department, firefighters put out a three-alarm blaze at 106 Saddle Hill Road late Wednesday night. The fire caused a portion of Saddle Hill Road to be closed and traffic to be rerouted around Daniel Shays Road....
Select Board adds Friday meeting to approve new police officer
The Select Board scheduled an extra meeting this Friday at noon in order to approve the hiring of a new police officer. Kevin Sager, who previously served as a police sergeant in South Portland, Maine, is set to become the newest officer in town.
Arrests/Police Log, May 25 edition
ARRESTS May 18 4:33 p.m. On Wilson Street, Officers Robert Ekross and Brian Sanchioni arrested a 21-year-old Framingham resident on a warrant and additionally charged her with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. POLICE LOG May 18 12:57 a.m. Officer Robert Ekross...
HPD’s Porter earns public management certificate
Hopkinton Police Lt. John Porter graduated May 14 from the Massachusetts Municipal Association-Suffolk University Certificate in Local Government Leadership and Management program, the HPD announced. The graduate-level program links contemporary public management...
Hopkinton Police release 911 call, other records related to Mikayla Miller investigation
The Hopkinton Police Department on Wednesday released records — including the police log, audio of the 911 call, and separate audio and video from emergency vehicles driving to the scene — related to the Mikayla Miller...
Medical examiner reportedly concludes Mikayla Miller’s death was suicide
According to multiple reports out of Boston, the Massachusetts medical examiner has determined that Mikayla Miller’s death was a suicide. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has said repeatedly that she would not come to any conclusions in the investigation into...
Arrests/Police Log, May 18 edition
ARRESTS May 14 11:46 p.m. A caller reported an intoxicated driver hit a stone wall on Lumber Street. Sergeant Arthur Schofield and Officers Stephen Buckley, Cody Normandin and Brittany Firth responded and subsequently arrested a 44-year-old woman from Ashland and...
Hopkinton Police: Missing elderly man found, taken to hospital
The Hopkinton Police Department announced Sunday evening that it had located an elderly man who had not returned home from a walk earlier in the day. Edward O'Leary, who is 88 years old, was located at approximately 6:47 p.m. "in a swampy area of town off of Linden...
Arrests/Police Log, May 11 edition
POLICE LOG May 4 7:59 a.m. A caller spoke with Officer Brendon Lyver about child custody. 9:40 a.m. A caller reported a disturbance in a Cedar Street lobby. Sergeant Timothy Brennan and Officers Ryan Polselli and Brendon Lyver responded and took a report. 10:24 a.m. A...
Gas main break closes Main Street downtown
Editor's note: This story has been updated multiple times, most recently at 9:55 p.m. with a comment from the town manager. Due to a gas main break, Main Street was closed Monday around 9:45 a.m. from Pleasant Street to Hayden Rowe Street. Emergency personnel rushed...
Mikayla Miller update: More details about investigation revealed
More details about the investigation into the death of Hopkinton teenager Mikayla Miller emerged over the weekend. Television station NBC10 Boston reported that investigators were unable to retrieve key video evidence because cameras at her apartment complex were not...
At Town Common rally, Mikayla Miller’s mother eulogizes late teen, calls for ‘full and transparent investigation’
Calling her daughter “bright, funny, loving, caring,” an emotional Calvina Strothers paid tribute to Mikayla Miller and called for a “full and...
Arrests/Police Log, May 4 edition
POLICE LOG April 27 7:46 a.m. A walk-in reported a lost iPad and wanted the incident logged. 9:30 a.m. An Ash Street resident reported a vehicle keeps parking at the end of her driveway during the daytime. Officer Ryan Polselli responded and reported the vehicle was...
Arrests/Police Log, April 27 edition
ARRESTS April 23 5:29 p.m. On Main Street, Officer Ryan Polselli arrested a 36-year-old Woodview Way resident and charged him with operation of a motor vehicle with license suspended, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and texting while operating a motor...
Arrests/Police Log, April 20 edition
POLICE LOG April 13 4:07 a.m. Officers Jay Deiana and Philip Powers checked on a person sleeping in a car on West Main Street. All was OK. A worker was resting. 10:27 a.m. A caller reported people “casing” vehicles on Wood Street. Chief Joseph Bennett, Sergeants Aaron...
Employees of South Street business recognized for saving man stuck under car
Three employees of 1-800-GOT-JUNK are being recognized for freeing an injured man who was pinned under a car on South Street this past Sunday evening. Jayden Aponte, Marcos Santiago and Matt Pace were pulling into the parking lot of their office at 100 South Street...
Arrests/Police Log, April 13 edition
POLICE LOG April 6 8:37 a.m. Sergeant Timothy Brennan and Officer Jay Deiana responded along with the Fire Department to a stove fire on Ursla Drive. Upon their arrival, the fire was extinguished and no smoke was present. 9:07 a.m. A caller reported a homeless man...