CHATHAM RAMPAGE: Man with warrants allegedly flees domestic...

LATEST UPDATE FROM CPD: SUSPECT IN CUSTODY!

CHATHAM POLICE ARREST CARJACKING SUSPECT

On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at approximately 10:15 p.m., Chatham Police responded to a disturbance at a residence 784 Main Street. Prior to police arrival, it was reported that a male subject left the scene after stealing a motor vehicle. Based on the description given, police observed the alleged stolen vehicle operating recklessly on Orleans Road, (Rt. 28). Officers observed the vehicle operating recklessly, and then cross into the town of Harwich, and then lost sight of the vehicle.

On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at approximately 12:10 a.m., Officers from the Orleans Police Department located the wanted vehicle crashed and abandoned on Shoal Lane, (Orleans).

On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at approximately 12:38 a.m., Chatham Police responded to a motor vehicle crash at Jack Knife Landing, located just off Orleans Rd, (Rt. 28) in Chatham. Upon arrival, officers located a 48 year old female, (Harwich resident) who reported that a white male approached her car at the landing and that the white male forcibly removed her from her vehicle. The male then attempted to flee from the scene. The male subject crashed and rolled the vehicle over onto its roof into Pleasant Bay. The female victim observed the male exit the vehicle and flee the area on foot.

Officers from the Chatham, Harwich and Orleans Police Departments, and a K9 from the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Department assisted in the search.

On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at approximately 08:45 a.m. Chatham officers who were monitoring the residence of the initial disturbance call on 03/20/2018, observed a male enter the property who matched the description of the white male suspect.

Based on the investigation, Chatham Police identified and arrested: Joseph M. Bopp, (age 27). Mr. Bopp (photograph attached) has addresses of:
784 Main Street, Chatham, and Stratford Road, Norwood, MA.

He has been charged with:
From 03/20/2018:
Larceny of a Motor Vehicle
Reckless Operation of a Motor Vehicle
Speeding, Marked Lane Violations
Operating without Head/Tail Lights
Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Suspended License
Fail to Stop for Police
Assault on a Family/Household Member

He has been charged with:
From 03/21/2018:
Carjacking
Larceny of a Motor Vehicle
Assault and Battery by Dangerous Weapon (Motor Vehicle)
Assault and Battery
Reckless Operation of a Motor Vehicle
Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Suspended License
Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Crash
Joseph M. Bopp also has several Default Arrest Warrants that were open.
Mr. Bopp has been transported to the Orleans District Court for arraignment.

This investigation is still ongoing and further charges may be issued.

The Chatham Police Department thanks the following agencies for their valuable assistance in this case:
The Harwich Police Department
The Orleans Police Department
The Brewster Police Department
The Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office, K9 and Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Silver Cloud Towing

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UPDATE FROM THE CPD: CHATHAM POLICE INVESTIGATE CARJACKING AND MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

The Chatham Police Department is investigating an alleged Carjacking incident that was reported on or about 12:38 a.m. on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.

Police responded to Jacknife Landing, located off Orleans Road, (Rt. 28) at the Chatham-Harwich Town Line and found an overturned vehicle in the water. Police located the vehicle’s owner, a 48 year old female who resides in Harwich, at the scene. The female reported to police that a white male approached her vehicle and forcibly removed her from the vehicle. The male then attempted to flee the area in the vehicle, but the male crashed the vehicle in the water. The victim then observed the male subject flee the area on foot.

Earlier in the evening, on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at approximately 10:15 p.m. Chatham Police were investigating a report of a stolen vehicle, from a residence in Chatham, being operated by a white male that was last seen on Orleans Road, Rt. 28 travelling into the town of Harwich. That stolen vehicle, a 1999 Mercury Sedan, was later discovered crashed and abandoned in the town of Orleans.

Police are investigating the possible connection of these two incidents and the identification of the male subject involved.

Other involved agencies: Harwich Police Department, Orleans Police Department, Barnstable County Sheriff’s Department K9 and Crime Scene Services.

This is an active investigation. Please follow our social media pages for more information. Please do not call our station.

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Initial HN report:

CHATHAM – [DEVELOPING – the following details are subject to updates and clarifications…]

It was a wild night for police in Chatham and surrounding towns after a man in his mid-twenties allegedly took off from a domestic incident at a high rate of speed in stolen blue Mercury Grand Marquis.

A Chatham officer radioed ahead to Orleans, Brewster, and Harwich officers as the speeding vehicle headed north.

A short while later, Orleans Police discovered the stolen Mercury crashed off the roadway on Shoal Lane in their town. A K-9 unit was called in from the Barnstable Sheriff’s Department to help search the area for the suspect.

Then in a bizarre twist, at about 12:39AM, a Chatham Patrolman discovered a Toyota SUV rolled over into the rising tide waters at Jackknife Cove in Chatham. After a brief investigation, officers learned the Toyota may have just been carjacked at knife point by the same suspect they were looking for earlier…

The above details have not yet been officially confirmed and are from radio transmissions and other sources. The investigation into the one-man rampage is still very active and ongoing… and details are subject to being updated and clarified, likely in some type of press statement later in the morning…

The suspect is still at large…

The following HN Video highlights the bizarre crime scene at Jackknife Cove Beach, were investigators were able to wrap things up before the upside-down vehicle was completely swallowed up by the rising tide waters… there is even a point in the footage where a live fish falls out of the demolished wreck.

[Press play to find out what happens to that fish that suddenly found itself caught up in all the chaos! 😉 ]