Town of Hopedale issues joint statement over incident involving raccoon and police officer

The Town Administrator and Police Chief of Hopedale issued a joint statement on Friday over public concern regarding an incident in a raccoon that allegedly attacked someone in Hopedale has been euthanized.

On Christmas Day, officers responded to a residential neighborhood, where they say they recieved reports that a raccoon attacked someone and was showing obvious signs of possible rabies exposure and aggressive behavior in a

Once on scene, police found the raccoon and decided that, due to its aggressive behavior, it was determined that action would be necessary…

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