MILFORD – On Monday April 27, 2026, at approximately 9:50PM, the Milford Public safety communications center received a 911 emergency call reporting a hit and run motor vehicle accident at the Nouria gas station, located at 97 Cedar Street in Milford. The caller stated that a silver Audi SUV struck a vehicle in front of Nouria before leaving toward Fortune Boulevard and crashing again.
Arriving on-scene, officers observed a silver Audi SUV backed into a stone wall on Fortune Boulevard, directly across from Nouria. CCTV footage of the incident showed the vehicle in question traveling in reverse into a parked black pick-up truck before continuing in reverse over a nearby grass island, across Fortune Boulevard before ultimately coming to a halt when colliding with a stone wall.
At approximately 10:08PM, Joseph Marsden, 58, of Holliston, MA. was placed under arrest for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. While in custody, Marsden was increasingly assaultive, striking one officer and threatening to sexually assault another.
“I reviewed the video of the incident, and it is a shock that no one was injured.” Said Milford Chief of Police Robert Tusino As a result of the incident, Joseph Marsden was charged with the following:
OUI-LIQUOR LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE RESISTING ARREST A&B ON POLICE OFFICER DISTURBING THE PEACE DISORDERLY CONDUCT MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY -$1200
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