ORLEANS — A 27-year-old Wellfleet man pleaded not guilty in Orleans District Court Tuesday to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon with serious bodily injury after he allegedly hit another man over the head with a blunt object in Truro on June 23.According to a Truro police report, the victim said Joseph Buckley allegedly approached him from the rear as he was preparing for a possible fight with another man. He told Truro police investigators that Buckley hit him over [...]
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Wellfleet man charged in assault
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Mashpee man denies assault charge
MASHPEE — A Mashpee man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Falmouth District Court to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon after he allegedly beat up another man early Sunday.Robert Alonso, 31, was ordered held on $500 bail, according to court documents.Mashpee police responded to 14 Wampanoag Drive at around 3 a.m. for the reported assault, according to a police report. Officers were told the suspect might have left the scene.The police reported seeing the [...]
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Provincetown man indicted on assault charge
BARNSTABLE — A grand jury on Monday indicted a Provincetown man for an alleged May 10 attack with a box cutter on an 82-year-old man.The Barnstable County grand jury indicted Aaron Mrowka on charges of assault with intent to murder of a person aged 60 or older and two counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon on a person aged 60 or older.During a prior dangerousness hearing on May 29, Orleans District Court Judge Robert Welsh ordered Mrowka be held without [...]
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Man, woman plead not guilty to having sex on bus in Chatham
ORLEANS — An Eastham man and a Provincetown woman have pleaded not guilty in Orleans District Court to one charge each of lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct stemming from a February incident in which they allegedly had sex on a Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority bus in Chatham, according to court documents.Daniel Griswold, 27, and Brittany Wojcik, 29, were riding the bus at around 8 p.m. Feb. 24 when the driver noticed them apparently having [...]
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Man gets jail time for assaulting officer, other charges
ORLEANS—A Dennis Port man was sentenced to six months in jail, with 82 days credit, in a plea agreement filed Friday in Orleans District Court, from an incident in April in South Dennis.Ryan Callahan, 31, entered a guilty plea on charges of assault and battery on a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon, resisting arrest, possession of Class B drug and breaking and entering into a building at nighttime for felony, court records showed.For all five [...]
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Woman charged with trafficking fentanyl
ORLEANS — An East Dennis woman was released on personal recognizance Friday in Orleans District Court after pleading not guilty to a charge of trafficking in more than 10 grams of fentanyl from an incident on May 25, court records showed.Jennifer Kimball, 35, also pleaded not guilty to charges of possession to distribute Class B drug and possession of Class E drug.At 4:40 a.m. May 25, Dennis police, state troopers and members of the Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement [...]
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Yarmouth man charged with burning woman's car
ORLEANS — A 40-year-old Yarmouth man is being held on $25,000 bail after he allegedly torched his former girlfriend's 2017 Volkswagen Jetta early Sunday morning.Tyson Colton pleaded not guilty Monday in Orleans District Court to burning a motor vehicle and violating an abuse prevention order.Brewster police were alerted to the fire at 2:52 a.m. and found the car fully engulfed in flames when they arrived at the woman's home, according to a police report. A second vehicle [...]
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For Cape police, a painful wound reopens
The Sunday shooting death of a Weymouth police officer just three months after the killing of Yarmouth police Sgt. Sean Gannon has shaken the local law enforcement community while reinforcing the bonds between departments, Cape police chiefs say."The men and women of the YPD have had our hearts broken again," a posting on the Yarmouth Police Department's Facebook page says. "We know exactly what our colleagues in Weymouth are experiencing and we will always be [...]
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Man denies Falmouth upskirting charge
FALMOUTH — A Wareham man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Falmouth District Court to a charge he had followed women around a supermarket trying to take photographs up their skirts.David Rolfe, 36, was ordered held on cash bail of $1,000 on a charge of photographing sexual or intimate parts without consent, according to court documents.A woman told Falmouth police Friday that she first encountered a man, later identified as Rolfe, in the snack aisle at Stop & Shop. [...]
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Dennis man charged with 3rd OUI
ORLEANS — A 58-year-old South Dennis man pleaded not guilty in Orleans District Court Tuesday to his third offense of operating under the influence. Christopher Canniff also pleaded not guilty to a marked lanes violation and negligent operation of a motor vehicle after a traffic stop in which a Dennis police officer noticed him going well under the speed limit on Route 28 Monday night. According to the Dennis police report, Canniff was going very slow at 9:45 p.m. and [...]
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Man charged after P'town car crash
ORLEANS — A 35-year-old Mashpee man pleaded not guilty in Orleans District Court Tuesday to OUI and other driving charges after he allegedly passed out at the wheel and crashed his car into a tree May 27 near the intersection of Provincelands Road and Route 6 in Provincetown.According to the Provincetown police incident report, Frederico Martinez was initially unresponsive when they arrived and had to be cut out of his vehicle by Provincetown rescue personnel. The car was [...]
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Man faces assault, strangulation charges
BARNSTABLE — A 32-year-old Marston Mills man was arrested Saturday after a fight over a pizza led to him allegedly choking another man.Barnstable police charged Jared Powell with assault and battery and strangulation. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday in Barnstable District Court. His bail was set at $40.Officers originally went to the Old Stage Road residence for a report of a disturbance. The alleged victim told officers that Powell had been threatening [...]
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2 charged with Falmouth credit card thefts
FALMOUTH — A man and woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Falmouth District Court to a string of alleged credit card thefts, including one from a Falmouth library Monday.Denise Beckwith, 44, and Justin Beckwith, 24, both of East Falmouth, were each ordered held on $2,500 bail, according to court documents. Both were arraigned on charges of larceny from a building; vandalizing property; receiving stolen property under $1,200, subsequent offense; and improper use of credit card [...]
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New Bedford man to repay $54K to employer
ORLEANS — A New Bedford man was ordered to pay restitution to Wellfleet Shellfish Co. after pleading guilty Wednesday in Orleans District Court to larceny over $250 by a single scheme.Vasco Camara, 49, must pay the shellfish company, his former employer, $54,150.75.The owner of the Eastham-based company told police in October 2017 that Camara had stolen about $70,000 of product, according to court documents.During the investigation by Eastham police, Camara [...]
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Harwich teen pleads guilty to killing stepfather
Cole Martin sentenced to 16-18 years in prison.
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Dennis Port man held on assault charges
ORLEANS — A Dennis Port man was held without bail Thursday after pleading not guilty in Orleans District Court to assault charges from an incident Monday, according to court records.Daniel Court, 44, pleaded not guilty to assault to rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a family or household member, kidnapping and intimidation of a witness, juror, police or court official. He also pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault and battery on a [...]
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Probation ordered for man who violated restraining order
ORLEANS — A Provincetown man was sentenced to two years probation and mental health screening after entering a guilty plea Thursday in Orleans District Court to violating an abuse prevention order on June 28 in Orleans, court records showed.In the plea filed by Kevin Boulais, 65, two other charges of violating an abuse prevention order on the same day were dismissed as requested by prosecutors as was a charge of intimidation of a witness, juror, police or court official, the [...]
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Yarmouth woman, son deny assaults on police, caretaker
BARNSTABLE — What started as an argument between a residence caretaker and a mother and son walking their dog Tuesday ended in two arrests after the son allegedly brandished a knife and the mother allegedly hit a police officer.Yarmouth police arrested Crystal Dirazonian, 53, and Jesse Dirazonian, both of West Yarmouth. She was charged with assault and battery on an officer and interference with an officer, and he was charged with trespassing, assault with a dangerous weapon, [...]
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Pot talks drag on in Barnstable
Town officials push off zoning decisions for marijuana businesses.
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Convicted Yarmouth sex offender arrested for assault
BARNSTABLE — A convicted child molester who was at the center of a pedophile sex scandal at a West Barnstable church three decades ago was released on $1,000 bail after being arrested Thursday for indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over.Harold K. Isham Jr., 57, of Yarmouth Port, pleaded not guilty to the charge Friday in Barnstable District Court and is scheduled for a pretrial hearing Sept. 7.Isham, who lists his occupation as caregiver, was ordered to [...]
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