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Region Roundup: Dog to be Euthanized After Attacking Young Boy, Two Hospitalized in Rollover Crash, B&E Arrest & More

A look at the top headlines in your town and the surrounding area for the past week.

Mansfield Selectmen Decide to Euthanize Milo the Dog

Mansfield selectmen voted 3-2 to euthanize Milo the dog Wednesday after hearing from both the victim's family and the dog's family.

The dog reportedly attacked 6-year-old Christian Hebert on Jan. 3 while at the house of the dog's owner Michael Bailey.

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After the vote, the Baileys said they would try to appeal the ruling in court.

The board heard statements from both sides as well as from Mansfield animal control officers Jeffrey Collins and Steve Simmons.

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Collins said while he met the dog only once, Milo seemed to be calm and docile in front of a stranger, but the severity and depth of the bites, based on his experience and the Dunbar system, were excessive.

"I have several dozen cases of various people that have been bitten ranging from a minor bite in the hand to a young lady who was knocked by two dogs, who worked as a pack, ravaging her shoulder and head," he said. "This bite is excessive."

Collins recommended the dog be euthanized after determining the dog's aggressiveness and danger using the Ian Dunbar scale, which determines the animal's intentions by examining the number, degree and depth of the dog's bite.

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Police Arrest Pair of Rhode Island Robbery Suspects in Foxborough

Foxborough police arrested two suspects in a Rhode Island robbery case Monday night at a local hotel after receiving information from the Providence Police Department, according to police logs.

Kevin P. Cunningham, 27, of Norwood and William Bryce Donovan, 19, of Hingham were arrested at America’s Best Value Inn at 105 Washington St. in Foxborough at 8:49 p.m. and charged with the following:

  • Cunningham - Three default warrants; receiving stolen property over $250; grave marker removal
  • Donovan - Receiving stolen property over $250; grave marker removal

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Stoughton Police Arrest Man for Second Offense OUI

Police found a man sleeping in his vehicle at 1278 Park St. (Jubilee Church) in Stoughton shortly before 2 a.m. on Feb. 24.

William Lawrence Albrecht, 52, of North Main St. in Randolph, was arrested for operating under the influence of liquor (2nd offense).

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Two Easton Teens Arrested For Breaking and Entering on Washington Street 

Easton Police arrested two teens Monday morning for allegedly breaking into a vacant strip plaza at 750 Washington Street.

George Holyoke-Spencer, 17, of 24 Center Street and a 15-year-old juvenile from Easton were charged with breaking and entering a building during the daytime, malicious damage to property and larceny, according to Easton Police Chief Allen Krajcik.

Krajcik said police first received a call at approximately 8:45 a.m. from a resident who reported seeing two suspicious males at the strip mall. The witness said he saw the males smash a window with a bat and gain entrance. The call resulted in the arrival of cruisers to make the arrest.

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Two Hospitalized After Car Flipped on South Walpole Street

Two men were hospitalized this morning after their car flipped and landed on its roof on South Walpole Street in Sharon.

According to Sharon Deputy Fire Chief Richard Murphy, the vehicle hit "a tree, a rock, a big tree and landed on it’s roof.”

One of the men was taken to the Rhode Island Trauma Center in Providence. A medical helicopter was called out and then cancelled due to the weather.

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Walpole High Student Group Lobbying Against Surveillance

 A student group has formed at Walpole High School who are against a proposed Town Meeting article that would see surveillance cameras installed in the hallways of the town's public schools.

Senior Kevin Delaney started Students Opposing Surveillance (SOS) which has been circulating a petition around the high school to be presented to the school committee.

Delaney believes that surveilling students in the hallways at school is a violation of "students' civil liberties." 

The article calls for about $36,000 to install cameras on the inside and outside of the high school. It will cost another $86,500 to do the same at the rest of Walpole's public schools.

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Heirloom Kitchen Wants to Bring Back Family Dinners 

When Gerald Coakley was working full-time as a lawyer, it was difficult for Coakley and his wife to make a meal with a busy work schedule.  That's when he decided to pursue Heirloom Kitchen.

"When my wife and I had two kids it was very hard to get a good healthy meal on the table. And I was checking to see if there was anything like this- and there wasn't," Coakley said. "This is something that I wished existed." When Gerald Coakley was working full-time as a lawyer, it was difficult for Coakley and his wife to make a meal with a busy work schedule.  That's when he decided to pursue Heirloom Kitchen.

"When my wife and I had two kids it was very hard to get a good healthy meal on the table. And I was checking to see if there was anything like this- and there wasn't," Coakley said. "This is something that I wished existed."

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Governor Patrick Discusses Taxes and Job Growth to the Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce

Governor Deval Patrick spoke to the Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday to discuss economic opportunities and job growth.  And with the sequester on the minds of many business owners, Governor Patrick believed that it was still too early to tell what can happen in Massachusetts.

"The question is if it that does happen, will it happen right away? Or at the next fiscal year? We don't know," he said.


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