HYANNIS — A Somerville man faces a criminal charge after allegedly exposing himself and having sex with a woman in front of beachgoers at a busy Keyes Memorial Beach on Saturday.Joseph Bradley, 54, pleaded not guilty Monday at Barnstable District Court to a charge of open and gross lewdness.Police were dispatched to the beach, which is also known as Sea Street Beach, shortly after 2 p.m. for [...]
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Man charged for allegedly having sex on Hyannis beach
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Dennis Port man sentenced in domestic assault cases
ORLEANS — A 28-year-old Dennis Port man pleaded guilty Monday in Orleans District Court in two cases of domestic assault.Jean Theloma was sentenced to 2½ years in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility for each of two cases of assault on a household or family member. The first case was a Nov. 3, 2017, incident in which Dennis police officers said he punched his former girlfriend in the face and ribs. In the second case, on May 26, Theloma punched the same victim [...]
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Hyannis man held in multiple assaults on woman
BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man is being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing after he allegedly violently beat a woman several times, including while she was pregnant.David Jennette, 26, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Barnstable District Court to charges of strangulation or suffocation of a pregnant victim; assault and battery on a pregnant victim; two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; five counts of assault and battery on a family or [...]
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No simple answers to why alleged killer of Yarmouth police officer was free
More than two months after Yarmouth police Sgt. Sean Gannon was shot and killed in the line of duty, questions remain about why the man charged with killing him was free despite dozens of prior charges against him.“It doesn’t make any sense to most of us in law enforcement,” Yarmouth Police Chief Frank Frederickson said about violent criminals being repeatedly released. “What good are the laws if we’re just ignoring them?”A review of [...]
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No simple answers to why Sgt. Gannon's alleged killer was free
More than two months after Yarmouth police Sgt. Sean Gannon was shot and killed in the line of duty, questions remain about why the man charged with killing him was free despite dozens of prior charges against him."It doesn’t make any sense to most of us in law enforcement," Yarmouth Police Chief Frank Frederickson said about violent criminals being repeatedly released. "What good are the laws if we’re just ignoring them?"A review of hundreds of pages of [...]
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No simple answers why Gannon's alleged killer was free
More than two months after Yarmouth police Sgt. Sean Gannon was shot and killed in the line of duty, questions remain about why the man charged with killing him was free despite dozens of prior charges against him."It doesn’t make any sense to most of us in law enforcement," Yarmouth Police Chief Frank Frederickson said about violent criminals being repeatedly released. "What good are the laws if we’re just ignoring them?"A review of hundreds of pages of [...]
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Quincy woman charged with OUI, child endangerment
FALMOUTH — A Quincy woman pleaded not guilty Monday in Falmouth District Court to charges that she drove drunk Friday with a child in the front seat before being rear-ended by another vehicle in the Otis Rotary in Bourne, according to court documents.Rachel Leschernier, 38, was arraigned on one count of operating under the influence of liquor; negligent operation of a motor vehicle; state highway traffic violation, failing to use care in starting and stopping; and reckless [...]
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Falmouth man charged with assaulting officers
FALMOUTH — An East Falmouth man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Falmouth District Court to assaulting police and other charges after he allegedly became violent at a sober home early Sunday morning.Sean Hegarty, 29, was ordered held on a $1,000 bail, according to court documents.Police were called to the sober home on Red Brook Road in Falmouth after the director witnessed Hegarty damaging the house and punching another resident in the face, according to a police [...]
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Dennis man charged with indecent assault on a child
ORLEANS — A 72-year-old South Dennis man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Orleans District Court to a charge of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years old, according to police and court documents.After his arraignment, Edward Gonsalves was released on $5,000 bail and ordered to stay away and have no contact with the victim, the documents say. A criminal complaint against Gonsalves was issued on June 22 by Dennis police, but details of the case were sealed [...]
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Dennis Port woman faces drug charges after police stakeout
HYANNIS — A Dennis Port woman was arrested and charged with distributing cocaine after police observed her dealing the drug from a Hyannis inn, according to court documents.Diandre Edwards, 24, pleaded not guilty in Barnstable District Court to the cocaine charge and to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, according to the documents. She was released on $1,000 bail.On the morning of June 26, police watching the Hyannis Host Inn observed three separate [...]
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Provincetown man charged with biting jail officer
Aaron Mrowka was in custody for another alleged assault.
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Bicyclist injured in Harwich Port crash
HARWICHPORT — A bicyclist crashed into the side of a truck a little before 5 p.m. in front of 532 Route 28 in Harwich Port, according to Harwich fire Lt. Ryan Edwards.The bicyclist, a female J-1 student here for the summer, was brought to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, according to police Sgt. Aram Goshgarian.The bicyclist was riding east in the westbound lane on Route 28 when she struck the side of a truck trying to pull out from Cape [...]
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Framingham man arrested in Eastham, charged with 5th OUI
ORLEANS — A Franklin man pleaded not guilty Thursday in Orleans District Court to drunken driving, fifth offense; negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and speeding after being pulled over and arrested Wednesday on Route 6 in Eastham.At about 10 p.m., Donald Derrico, 49, was traveling northbound on Route 6 and clocked at traveling 70 mph on a police radar, according to an Eastham police report.When an officer stopped the him at a 7-Eleven, Derrico’s vehicle [...]
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Law aims to overhaul how sexual assault evidence tested and stored
Cape, Islands police departments report no backlog of unprocessed "rape kits"
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Law aims to overhaul sexual assault evidence handling
Cape, Islands police departments report no backlog of unprocessed "rape kits"
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Hyannis man indicted on rape charges
HYANNIS — A Hyannis man who was charged with three counts of rape for an alleged assault in February was indicted Friday on related charges.A Barnstable grand jury indicted Amir Beyah, 29, on three counts of rape, and one count each of strangulation, indecent assault and battery on a person age 14 and over, and count of intimidating a witness, according to the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s office.When Beyah was arraigned in June he was held [...]
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Hyannis man charged with rape
BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man pleaded not guilty Thursday in Barnstable District Court to charges of rape and strangulation or suffocation in connection with an incident in February, according to court documents.Amir Beyah, 29, also pleaded not guilty to a charge of intimidating a witness, juror, police or court official from an April incident, according to the documents. He was charged with three counts of rape, the documents say.He was ordered held on $5,000 bail and to [...]
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Bourne man charged with using car in assault
BARNSTABLE — A 78-year-old Bourne man was arraigned in Barnstable District Court for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and other charges after he allegedly hit another man with his car Monday in Sandwich.According to a Sandwich police report filed with court documents, the victim complained that David E. Garnett drove at him in slow motion when he was at a crosswalk at Kiah's Way, then reversed onto Mill Road and hit him from behind, knocking him to the ground. [...]
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Man admits facts in Provincetown chase
ORLEANS — A 28-year-old Eastham man admitted in Orleans District Court Tuesday that there were sufficient facts to convict him of a charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle and a marked lanes violation in connection with a June police pursuit of him as he rode his motorcycle in Provincetown, eventually crashing it into a tree. Four other motor vehicle violations against Justus Allmon were dismissed as part of a plea deal in which his case was continued without a [...]
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Former chef admits facts in assault
ORLEANS — The former head chef at a Dennis Port restaurant admitted sufficient facts for a guilty finding in Orleans District Court Tuesday on one of four counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14. The assault was on a woman who also worked at the restaurant.Eric Hammer, 32, of Harwich Port, was ordered to perform 50 hours of community service, and his case was continued without a finding for two years. As part of the plea deal, three other indecent assault and [...]
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