Marshfield

Firefighters rushed to extinguish fast-spreading flames when fire broke out at a home in Marshfield, Massachusetts, Wednesday, preventing a larger brush fire from starting. “This morning when it started, the entire area was engulfed in black smoke. You didn’t know what was what! I thought I heard an explosion but I couldn’t be sure. It could’ve been anything,” witness George...

A Marshfield, Massachusetts, woman convicted earlier this month of second-degree murder in the 2021 stabbing of her Boston firefighter husband was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. Christine Ricci, 49, was convicted Aug. 2 on charges of second-degree murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in the Jan. 28, 2021, stabbing death of her husband, 51-year-old Michael Ricci,…

Marshfield police are on the lookout Thursday morning for a wanted sex offender who allegedly approached a teenage girl this week. 

An unregistered sex offender considered a person of interest after someone followed a teenage girl and offered her ride in Marshfield on Tuesday has been arrested, Massachusetts State Police said Thursday. Edmund Chance, 53, was arrested by a team from the state police’s Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section for allegedly failing to register as a sex offender, according to police. Chance…

The search is on for a level 3 sex offender wanted for failing to register his new address at a home in Scituate, Massachusetts. Police became aware of Edmund Lachance Tuesday evening when a 17-year-old girl out for a jog in nearby Marshfield called 911. She said a suspicious man had pulled up and offered her a ride. “She subsequently…

A woman has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2021 stabbing of her husband, a Boston firefighter. Michael Ricci, 51, was stabbed on the afternoon of Jan. 28, 2021, on Moraine Street in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He was brought to South Shore Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Christine Ricci, 49, was convicted Friday on charges of second-degree murder…

A man was seen pulling a gun during an altercation that left someone with a bite wound at a school bus stop in Marshfield, Massachusetts, Wednesday, police said. The incident prompted a brief lockdown at a nearby school, according to Marshfield police, who arrested the man, identified as Oscar Anderson, 29. He faces charges including assault and battery, disorderly conduct…

Marshfield, Massachusetts, appears unlikely to draw a state lawsuit right away after its Town Meeting on Monday reportedly rejected a plan that would have complied with new zoning requirements for communities near MBTA service. Town Meeting shot down an 84-acre zoning change by a 169-289 vote, according to The Patriot Ledger, which reported that Marshfield’s town counsel told residents...

Marshfield police said the robbery happened just before 1 p.m. Friday at Yogi’s Liquor Supply, located on Ocean Street.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them.

A liquor store in Marshfield, Massachusetts, was robbed at gunpoint Friday afternoon, prompting a search of the surrounding area for the suspect who got away. Marshfield police said the robbery happened just before 1 p.m. at Yogi’s Liquor Supply, located on Ocean Street. Officers and K9 teams searched the area immediately following the incident, with someone on Facebook saying...