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The Select Board on Thursday voted to fire Sgt. Tim Brennan from the Hopkinton Police Department, following the continuation of the Loudermill hearing that began last month. Meeting for about three hours in executive session in Town Hall — closed to the public — the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNlNLiEhR40&t=2942s&ab_channel=HCAM The Select Board tackled a mammoth agenda Tuesday night, approving the promotion of two veteran Hopkinton Police Department officers to the rank of sergeant and reviewing fiscal year 2025...
ARRESTS February 2 8:58 p.m. A caller reported an erratic operator on Hayden Rowe Street. Officers Augusto Diaz and Robert Ekross responded and subsequently stopped and arrested a 23-year-old Hayden Rowe Street resident and charged him with OUI liquor. February 3 3:28...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNlNLiEhR40 Nearly a dozen supporters of suspended Hopkinton Police Sgt. Tim Brennan demanded his reinstatement at Tuesday night's Select Board meeting after picketing in front of Town Hall an hour before the meeting commenced. During...
ARRESTS None this week. [Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG January 23 2:07 a.m. Officer Tyler Staback made checks of the...
Residents packed the Select Board chamber Tuesday night, spilling into the hallway to show their support for Hopkinton Police Sgt. Tim Brennan and stressing his competence and compassion. Brennan has been accused by the town of violating HPD policies for not...
ARRESTS None this week. [Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG January 16 1:03 a.m. Officer Brennan Grimley checked on a vehicle...
The Hopkinton Police Department on Tuesday evening announced that it is recalling the interview transcript between Sgt. Tim Brennan and investigators from Kroll, the consultant hired by the town to review allegations of officer misconduct. The town was prompted to...
After Friday night’s explosive hearing on the potential termination of Hopkinton Police Sgt. Tim Brennan, documents were released by the town that mistakenly included identifying information of the alleged sexual assault survivor in the case of the accused assailant,...
An emotional and contentious meeting Friday ended with the Select Board deciding to continue the Loudermill hearing regarding Sgt. Tim Brennan’s future with the Hopkinton Police Department in order to give the parties time to try to find an amicable solution. Prior to...
As Hopkinton Police Sgt. Tim Brennan prepares to appear before the Select Board for a Loudermill hearing on his potential termination, Local 254, the Police/Fire Dispatchers Union, submitted a letter to the Select Board urging members to take Brennan's "superlative...
ARRESTS None this week. [Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG January 9 1:01 a.m. Officer Sean McKeon checked on Parkwood Drive...
The fate of Hopkinton Police Sgt. Tim Brennan, who has been linked to a criminal court case involving retired Deputy Chief John "Jay" Porter, will not be decided until Friday because Tuesday's Select Board hearing was rescheduled due to the overnight snowstorm. The...
ARRESTS January 4 2:51 p.m. A caller reported a motor vehicle struck two houses on Grove Street and fled the scene. Multiple officers responded, and Officer Nicholas Walker caught up with the vehicle on Main Street. A 52-year-old Wood Street resident was arrested and...
Fire Chief Gary Daugherty and Police Chief Joseph Bennett on Friday evening provided winter weather safety precautions to community members as some of the first snow accumulation of the season is expected this weekend. While snow totals may continue to change, much of...
A van driven by an allegedly drunk Hopkinton resident crashed into houses at 75 and 77 Grove Street Thursday afternoon, according to Hopkinton Fire Department personnel and a press spokesperson. The crash occurred at approximately 2:51 p.m., according to Robert Mills,...
ARRESTS None this week. [Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG December 26 6:29 a.m. A concerned caller reported two people...
The Select Board at its meeting Tuesday night unanimously chose interim Fire Chief Gary Daugherty Jr. as the town’s permanent chief. Board members interviewed Daugherty and fellow finalist John W. Ignatowicz, the current acting fire chief in Pelham, New Hampshire, for...
The Massachusetts State Police announced that a 19-year-old female from Franklin died Tuesday afternoon after a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 495 in Hopkinton. UPDATE: The driver was identified as Allison Kane. The accident occurred on the northbound side of the...
The Select Board is expected to choose the town’s new fire chief after interviewing the two finalists at its meeting Tuesday night. Both candidates, interim Chief Gary T. Daugherty Jr. and John W. Ignatowicz, possess more than 25 years of firefighting experience and...
