Weymouth Police Department

Cindy Chesna gave three powerful victim impact statements — her son’s, her daughter and her own — at the sentencing of Emanuel Lopes, who killed her husband, Weymouth Police Sgt. Michael Chesna.

Emanuel Lopes was sentenced Wednesday to consecutive life sentences for murdering a police sergeant and an elderly woman in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 2018. The 26-year-old will not be eligible to go before a parole board until he’s 60, Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone said after delivering the sentence, which she made after considering what she described as “very powerful”…

The former Weymouth, Massachusetts, police officer who was charged with punching a man while he was in custody was sentenced Tuesday. Justin Chappell, 43, had pleaded guilty to one federal count of deprivation of rights back in April. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs sentenced him Tuesday to two years’ supervised release, with the first six months to be…

The former Weymouth, Massachusetts, police officer who was charged with punching a man while he was in custody pleaded guilty to a federal charge on Tuesday, prosecutors announced. Justin Chappell resigned from the Weymouth Police Department after being notified he was facing termination for the incident, which occurred on July 2, 2022. Chappell was accused of punching the man about…

After repeated requests from the NBC10 Investigators, the Massachusetts Department of Correction turned over the data that shows an uptick in assaults on staff the past few years.  The increase comes in the wake of a violent attack on one correction officer that almost ended his life.  ...

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The person “became assaultive,” Weymouth police said in a statement that noted officers were at Hamilton Primary School Thursday morning. They used a Taser during the arrest.

Police used a stun gun as they arrested a man in a primary school parking lot in Weymouth, Massachusetts, on Thursday, officials said. The suspect “became assaultive,” Weymouth police said in a statement that noted officers were at Hamilton Primary School Thursday morning. They used a stun gun during the arrest. It all happened during school drop-off, with parents witnessing…