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Read / Add Comments Massachusetts law enforcement officials are mourning the passing of a police officer known for his compassion who died from COVID-19 on Christmas Eve. Patrolman John Borges, 48, was a search and rescue specialist and officer in Taunton. He was also a lead trainer for Massachusetts Emergency Management and active with the Civil Air Patrol. Borges was born in Portugal and immigrated to the US with his family when he was 18 months old, according to his obituary. H...

NORTON — A GoFundMe page has been created for the family of a local veteran police officer battling COVID-19 in the intensive care unit at a Boston hospital. Detective Sgt. Stephen Desfosses, a member of the department for over 30 years, has been in intensive care for about a week at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to Jeffa Lombardi, who created the GoFundMe account Monday. Desfosses was diagnosed with COVID-19 and pneumonia and tried to recuperate at home for two weeks bef...

3 months ago in Local Denise Vozella Photo: WHMP (Undated) — More than half the cities and towns in Massachusetts are now listed as at high risk for the coronavirus. The number has ticked up over the course of the past week. Elsewhere in New England, a federal food box program set to end with the year is being taken over by Vermont Foodbank. It plans to fund it through February. Schools across Maine are repor...

“He had a passion for serving the public,” Nichols said. Borges lost a "tough battle" with COVID-19 on Thursday — Christmas Eve, Nichols said. The news hit the department hard, Nichols said. Borges, who had been with the department for the past 20 years, was beloved among his colleagues, Nichols said. Nichols said Borges, who was 49, was a quiet, cheerful presence, who tended to work the midnight shift and was always willing to go out of his way to help others. Borges would have been the ...

TAUNTON — An officer with the Taunton Police Department, who also was an integral part of the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (SEMLEC), passed away on Christmas Eve at the age of 49 after battling COVID-19. According to a press release from SEMLEC, Officer John Borges was one of the founding members of the SEMLEC Search and Rescue Unit in 2003. Somerset Police Chief George McNeil, the control chief and head of the SEMLEC SAR, called Borges the "glue" that held the team toge...

Veteran police officer dies of COVID-19 on Christmas Eve © Taunton Police Department Patrolman John Borges Taunton police on Thursday announced the death of an officer who had been on the force for 20 years. Patrolman John Borges died on Christmas Eve after a "tough battle with COVID-19," Chief Edward Walsh announced. Sign up for our Newsletters In addition to his service as a police officer, Borges was a Search Manager for the SEMLEC Search and Rescue Team, a lead trainer for MEMA and acti...