Child Pornography Case Leads To Jail Time

Wrentham man jailed for

Possessing child porn

               A Wrentham man pled guilty to 12 indictments of possessing child pornography in Norfolk Superior Court August 7, 2013 and was sentenced to a year and a half incarceration, according to Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey.

               “Edward Bourget admitted to having more than a thousand images and videos of children, some still toddlers, being sexually abused,” District Attorney Morrissey said after the plea. “The maximum penalty for the crime is 5 years state prison. We requested a 4 to 5 year sentence, followed by 10 years of probation with sex offender treatment, GPS tracking of his movements, no internet use and no unsupervised contact with children under 18 when he is released.”

               Morrissey praised the investigation by the Wrentham Police Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the Computer Crimes Unit of the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council, saying “there was a tremendous amount of work necessary to process and develop this much evidence, and Assistant District Attorney Anne Yas did good work bringing this to a successful conclusion.”

               Judge Kenneth C. Fishman sentenced Bourget, 49, of Blackberry Hill Road in Wrentham, to 2 ½ years in a house of correction, 18 months to serve, followed by 6 years of probation with conditions that he undergo sex offender treatment, be subject to GPS monitoring, submit a DNA sample, possess no adult or child pornography and have no internet access - enforced by a firewall to monitored by probation.

               “Be it possession, creation or distribution, any involvement with child pornography encourages and abets the criminal violation of children and the damaging of young lives,” District Attorney Morrissey said. “Society needs to stand against this at every turn. I cannot thank the Wrentham police and their partners enough for their work here.”

               From September 2011 until January 2012, Bourget used the screen name “MWMfromMA” to communicate with a party he did not know was an undercover U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Task Force agent. That communication began when Bourget answered a posting offering sex with an underage girl in Florida. Probable cause was developed to obtain a search warrant for Bourget’s residence stemming from those communications.

Housebreak on Archer Street leads to Criminal Charges

On July 1st, 2013, Officers Derick Cassidy and Jon Coliflores responded to a residence on Archer Street for a reported housebreak.  The homeowners left in the morning, only to come home to find their door kicked in and property stolen.
Following an investigation, Detective Sergeant Barrett has filed charges against two Wrentham teens; one being a juvenile.

Theft of Property on Summer Street Leads to Arrests and Charges

On July 5th, 2013, Officer Derick Cassidy took a report for stolen property from residents of Summer Street.  A subsequent investigation by Detective Sergeant James Barrett led to the arrest of two men, Ephraim Hunter of Millis and Jason Dunston of Medway.

Several items have been recovered, further linking the suspects to the crime.  Both men are charged with receiving stolen property with a value greater than $250.00.

Boston Strong Law Enforcement Challenge

Officers from Wrentham Police will be Competing in the Workout Marathon!





A Breaking and Entering Call Leads to an Arrest for Illegal Cultivation of Marijuana

A Breaking and Entering Call Leads to an Arrest for Illegal Cultivation of Marijuana

On June 13th, 2013, Detective Sergeant James Barrett and Detective Barry McGrath are investigating the illegal cultivation of marijuana on Dedham Street in Wrentham.

The investigation began when Sgt. Jeffrey Smith, Officer Jon Coliflores and Officer Derick Cassidy responded to an apartment that had been the victim of a break.  After making the determination that the downstairs apartment had been victimized, officers went to the upstairs apartment to find the door had been kicked in while no one was home.

Sgt. Smith and officers entered the apartment to investigate the break and were overcome with the smell of fresh marijuana.  During their sweep of the home, Officers discovered a high tech green house inside the master bedroom containing potted marijuana plants.  The renter was later taken into custody by Officer Cassidy.

Officers secured the scene and contacted Detective Sergeant Barrett who responded to the scene to assist Detective McGrath.  Detective Sergeant Barrett obtained a search warrant for the apartment and seized evidence of unlawful cultivation of marijuana.

Pedestrian Crosswalk Enforcement Initiative

Wrentham Police Obtain Grant to Target Town Center Pedestrian Crosswalk Enforcement

The Wrentham Police Department was awarded a $3000 Pedestrian/Bicycle Grant by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) for 2013.  This traffic enforcement grant will focus on Wrentham Center, particularly crosswalk enforcement, as well as bicycle safety along the Pan-Mass Challenge route.

The Pan Mass Challenge is a 192 mile bicycle ride to raise money for cancer research and travels through Wrentham.  Officers will stage in areas of concern and cite motorists who violate traffic laws, such as passing at a safe distance, failing to yield to oncoming bicyclist, waiting for safe opportunity to overtake bicycle, etc.

There are nineteen crosswalks in the center area, eight of which cross South Street.  South Street’s speed limit reduces from 40mph to 25 mph northbound and 40mph to 20 mph southbound. Due to this sharp speed zone reduction, vehicles rarely slow to appropriate speeds making it difficult, if not impossible, for vehicles to stop for pedestrians in time.

The Wrentham Police intend to conduct targeted enforcement of speed and pedestrian crossings violations primarily in the center of Town. Crosswalk law enforcement decoys will also be used and serve as a more focused tactic to the pedestrian crosswalk problem. 

This enforcement will occur throughout the spring and summer, mainly during the months of June, July, and August.  The goal of this enforcement is to see more compliance with motorists stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks and better bicycle/motor vehicle safety.

Notification of Late Evening Aerosol (ULV) Application

To: Boards of Health

From: David A. Lawson, Director

Date: May 14, 2013

Re: Notification of Late Evening Aerosol (ULV) Applications

Please be advised that the Norfolk County Mosquito Control District will begin the 2013 late evening ULV aerosol applications on or about May 28, weather permitting.

May 28 through September 30, 2013

- Adulticide aerosol (ULV) applications.

(conducted between sunset through midnight, Monday through Thursday)

If any resident wishes to know when the spray program may be conducted in their area, they should go to the Districts website at http://www.norfolkcountymosquito.org. If an individual would like to see a map and/or street listing of the areas to be treated, they should click on the following link, and then enter their address

Current late evening aerosol application schedule and maps http://www.norfolkcountymosquito.org/ULV_Schedule.html

Please note that the ULV map and/or street listings will be posted on or about 3:30 p.m. the day of the scheduled application. Residents may also contact the following number 617-582-6216 after 3:30 P.M. the day of the scheduled treatment to receive information detailing the streets/areas to be treated in the town.

The purpose of the adulticide application is to control nuisance and/or virus carrying adult mosquitoes. The control product being used is DUET (EPA Reg.# 1021-1795-8329) applied in ultra-low volume (ULV) sprayers at a rate of approximately one half ounce per acre of finished spray.

Process to Exclude Property From Public Area Wide Pesticide Applications　State Regulation 333 CMR:13:03 provides a method for homeowners to exclude their property from public area-wide pesticide applications. For more information, please click on the following links:

http://www.mass.gov/agr/legal/regs/333_CMR_13.00.pdf or http://www.norfolkcountymosquito.org/ULV_Exclusion.html