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Lakewood Drive will remain closed at Central Street until the road is asphalted Monday morning. 

STOUGHTON — Chief Donna McNamara reports that the Stoughton Police Department arrested a Stoughton man on drug trafficking charges after he fled from a traffic stop and the scene of a crash.

CHRISTIAN VIEIRA, 29, of STOUGHTON, was arrested and charged with:

Failure to Stop for Police

Operating Under the Influence of Drugs

Trafficking in More than 10 Grams of Fentanyl

Trafficking in More than 18 Grams of Cocaine

Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Suspended License

Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle

Speeding

Failure to Stop or Yield

Resisting Arrest

Marked Lanes Violation

On Sunday, Jan. 26, at approximately 11:43 a.m., Officer Deion J. Dos Santos was conducting traffic enforcement in the area of Pleasant and Lincoln streets when he witnessed a sedan fail to stop at a stop sign.

Officer Dos Santos activated his lights and siren. He attempted to stop the vehicle, but it continued eastbound on Lincoln Street at more than 60 mph. Officer Dos Santos then terminated the pursuit at the direction of the shift supervisor for public safety reasons.

A short time later, Officer Dos Santos, who had turned his lights and siren off and was following the vehicle at a safe distance, witnessed the vehicle crash into another car at Pleasant Street and Beatrice Lane. Officer Dos Santos watched the operator, later identified as VIEIRA, flee on foot from the vehicle. He pursued VIEIRA, who resisted arrest. Officer Dos Santos, with the assistance of another responding officer, was able to take VIEIRA into custody.

Police searched VIEIRA’s vehicle and located and seized 36.7 grams of fentanyl, 18.3 grams of crack cocaine, $3,147 in cash, and drug paraphernalia.

VIEIRA was arraigned Monday in Stoughton District Court. His bail was revoked on a pending case in Plymouth Superior Court, and he is due back in court on Feb. 12 for a pre-trial hearing. He is being held at the Norfolk County Correctional Center.

These are allegations. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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Chief Donna McNamara and the Stoughton Police Department report that the department held its annual “Nightmare on Rose Street” Haunted Station event on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the police station.

On Saturday members of the Stoughton Police Department had the privilege of helping retired Sgt. Ed Silva celebrate his 100th birthday. 

Chief Donna McNamara reports that the Stoughton Police Department responded Thursday to Central Street after a pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle.