Cohasset Police Offer Halloween Safety Tips

Halloween, will be celebrated on a Saturday this year and we suggest trick-or-treating hours to be from 6pm to 8pm.  Extra community policing officers on bicycle will be deployed into neighborhoods to help ensure a safe night.

The Cohasset Police Department is reminding residents of the following:

  • Trick or treat in your own neighborhood if possible
  • Children and accompanying adults should wear light colored or reflective clothing and carry a flashlight or some other alternative lighting
  • Motorists and pedestrians should use EXTREME CAUTION in areas where street lighting is poor or in case of inclement weather
  • Children should be allowed to only consume products that are in original wrapping from the manufacturer and checked by the parents before consuming
  • Parents should make certain that all costumes are nonflammable and provide adequate ventilation and visibility
  • Trick-or-treaters should be accompanied by an adult
  • Report any suspicious activity or behavior to local police immediately.

Those who are planning on attending a party in or out of town should remember:

  • Many young children are out for the evening, especially during the peak hours of 5:30-7:00 p.m., so drive slowly!
  • Not to drive a vehicle while wearing any sort of mask. Your visibility could be obscured.
  • Have a designated driver if attending an adult Halloween party where alcohol is served.

Plymouth man arrested for trespassing at Cohasset school

Cohasset Police arrested Anthony P. Binsfield, 31-years of age, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, on a single charge of trespassing on school grounds late this afternoon.

In a complaint filed with Quincy District Court, Cohasset Police School Resource Officer, Sergeant Michael Lopes, alleges that Binsfield entered the Deer Hill School under false pretenses and walked through several empty classrooms during the school day. After Binsfield left the school, a teacher discovered cash missing from her purse that was stored in a vacant classroom.

Binsfield is a former employee of the Huntington Control HVAC Company, of Westwood, MA. Huntington Control services the HVAC systems in the Cohasset School District. Binsfield, who was wearing his former employer’s uniform, was able to get past front office personnel using a ruse, saying he was onsite to check a problem with the heating system in the school.

When the cash was discovered missing, an audit of all visitors to the school was completed, and it was discovered that Binsfield lied about his employment status with Huntington. Cohasset Police immediately applied for an arrest warrant for Binsfield, and he was taken into custody.

This case remains under investigation, and detectives are working to link Binsfield to several other larcenies that have occurred in the school district over the past few weeks. Binsfield will be arraigned in Quincy District Court on the charge of trespassing on school property on Friday, October 30, 2015.

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Sandy Beach Closed – Harbor Dredging Project

 

SANDY BEACH CLOSED – Harbor Dredging Project

October 2015 to February 2016

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be managing the maintenance dredging of portions of the Federal navigation channel in Cohasset Harbor between the dates of October 1, 2015 – January 31, 2016. The work will consist of dredging approximately 62,000 cubic yards of sandy sediment by hydraulic dredge. The dredged material will be pumped via underwater pipeline to Sandy Beach and will be used to beneficially replenish beach areas eroded from recent storms.

Sandy Beach and the parking lot will be closed to all pedestrian traffic until February 1, 2016, or project completion if earlier.

Cohasset Harbor is closed to ALL non commercial traffic until February 1, 2016, or project completion if earlier. This includes canoes, kayaks, paddleboards, dinghies, and all other recreational type boats.

The Parker Ave. boat ramp will be closed starting October 1, 2015 until project completion. If you wish to haul your boat out of the water after this date please contact the Harbormaster in advance for removal of the barricade.