ORLEANS — A South Chatham man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Orleans District Court to carrying a firearm without a federal permit and carrying a loaded weapon without a license.Luis Mata, 19, was released on $500 bail and is due back in court Oct. 29 for a pretrial hearing.Dennis police responded to Entertainment Cinemas at Patriot Square in South Dennis around 10:38 p.m. Monday after receiving an anonymous tip from a woman who saw a photo on social media of Mata [...]
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South Chatham man faces firearms charges
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Man charged with killing crewmate held without bail
BOSTON — The 27-year-old Mexican man accused of killing a crewmate and assaulting several others last month on a fishing boat 55 miles east of Nantucket is being held without bail.On Thursday in U.S. District Court, Franklin Freddy Meave Vazquez waived his right to a preliminary hearing.U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith Dein ordered that Vazquez be held without bail pending trial. The order is "without prejudice," meaning Vazquez can contest it later. [...]
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Officials: No threat in Bourne school vandalism
BOURNE — Vandalism found Monday morning on a wall in a student bathroom at Bourne Middle School, which included a threat to the school, was determined to have no basis to be a real threat, according to the Bourne police and school Principal Christine Borning.The writing was found at around 11:05 a.m., and police were notified immediately, Borning said in her note to parents.After a call at 11:29 a.m., police went to the school, Bourne Police Lieutenant Brandon [...]
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Driver injured in Yarmouth rollover crash
SOUTH YARMOUTH — A man was taken to Cape Cod Hospital after a rollover crash in South Yarmouth on Saturday night, according to a fire official.A pickup truck clipped a utility pole and then hit a tree, Yarmouth fire Capt. Corey Kittila said. The crash left the vehicle on its side.The driver had to be extricated and was taken to the hospital, Kittila said. His injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, he said.The crash, which occurred around 10:30 p.m. in the [...]
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Woman taken to hospital after Centerville rollover
CENTERVILLE — A woman was transported to Cape Cod Hospital on Sunday night after her vehicle rolled over near a sharp curve on Huckins Neck Road, according to a Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire Department official.A call about the rollover at 160 Huckins Neck Road came in at 8:21 p.m., COMM fire Capt. Sean Greene said.Barnstable police found the car on its side in the woods, Greene said. It appears the woman was able to get out of the car on her own, he [...]
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Cape man indicted in $400M Ponzi scheme
Mark Scott charged in federal court on charges he conspired to launder $400M.
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Prosecutors seek to seize money from Latanowich
Cash found in house where Yarmouth officer shot believed to be drug proceeds.
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Yarmouth man pleads guilty to assault at party
BARNSTABLE — A 49-year-old South Yarmouth man pleaded guilty Monday to charges of assault and battery causing serious injury and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for a 2016 attack that left the victim with a metal plate in his head.Paul Edwards will not be sentenced until March 21, 2019.The victim and his family appeared in court and told Barnstable Superior Court Judge Robert Rufo they will wait until the March hearing to give a victim-impact statement. [...]
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Mashpee man pleads guilty to assault, strangulation
BARNSTABLE — A Mashpee man will spend 18 months in jail after he pleaded guilty Monday to strangling, smothering and hitting a woman.Brandon Stuczynski, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of strangulation, two counts of assault and battery on a household member, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of possession of a class E substance, anabolic steroids.Because of his guilty plea, a second case from December 2017 that involved a [...]
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Yarmouth Port man held in two rape cases
BARNSTABLE — A Yarmouth Port man was ordered held on $400,000 bail Tuesday morning during his arraignment in two separate child rape cases.Barnstable Superior Court Judge Robert Rufo ordered Clayton Robbins, 37, be held on $200,000 in each of the child rape cases, for a total of $400,000 in bonds or $40,000 in cash.In the first case, Robbins pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated child rape and one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. [...]
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Man charged with lewd assault on 92-year-old
BARNSTABLE — A South Yarmouth man faces a charge of assault and battery with injury on a person over 60, after an alleged lewd attack on a 92-year-old man last month.William Bowen, 55, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Barnstable District Court.Bowen, who police say was intoxicated, approached the victim Aug. 12 as he sat on his porch with his two daughters. He began pestering the victim for an alcoholic beverage, according to a police report.When the victim refused, [...]
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Convicted charity owner seeks to loosen probation conditions
BARNSTABLE — A Marstons Mills woman convicted of embezzling at least $148,388 from the charity she founded has requested that she be released from her GPS monitoring as well as from the requirement that she be subjected to drug and alcohol testing.Gina Clark appeared in court with her attorney, Seth Roman, on a motion to modify the conditions of her probation.However, the prosecutor with the attorney general's office handling the case was not aware of the [...]
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Man accused of attacking woman with bleach held without bail
BARNSTABLE — The West Yarmouth man accused of beating his girlfriend and pouring bleach into her mouth agreed that he is dangerous and should be held without bail pending trial.Mark Beltrandi, 50, pleaded not guilty to 11 counts in Barnstable Superior Court on Wednesday.A grand jury indicted him Aug. 3 on three counts of attempted murder; three counts of assault and battery on a household or family member; two counts of assault and battery with a deadly [...]
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Dorchester man held in Yarmouth home invasion
BARNSTABLE — A Dorchester man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Barnstable District Court to multiple charges stemming from an incident in June in which he and another man entered a Yarmouth home, held an occupant at gunpoint and demanded money from him, according to court documents.Eric Cardoso, 24, faces charges of home invasion, conspiracy, assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a firearm without a license, assault and battery and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a [...]
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Man charged with 3rd OUI admits facts to lesser charge
BARNSTABLE — A West Yarmouth man accused of a third operating under the influence charge after allegedly driving while drunk in Hyannis last month admitted to sufficient facts last week to a reduced charge of operating under the influence first offense. Jeffrey Gajownik, 47, appeared Friday in Barnstable District Court. The case was ordered continued without a finding until March 20, 2020, according to court documents.He was also found responsible for a marked lanes [...]
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Yarmouth woman gets home confinement for theft of daughter's Social Security benefits
BOSTON — A 35-year-old West Yarmouth woman was sentenced Tuesday to six months of house arrest, followed by 2½ years of supervised probation for stealing more than $50,000 in Social Security benefits.U.S. District Judge William Young sentenced Crystal Lehtola to three years of supervised release with six months to serve on home confinement, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. She also must pay $53,682 in [...]
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Falmouth woman pleads guilty to credit card thefts
FALMOUTH — An East Falmouth woman pleaded guilty Monday in Falmouth District Court to charges of larceny from a building, improper credit card use, credit card larceny, receiving a stolen credit card, vandalizing property, trespassing and drug possession, according to court documents.Denise Beckwith, 44, was sentenced to two years in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility, with six months to serve and the balance suspended for two years, according to court documents. She [...]
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'Donut Boy' visits Cape Cod to thank officers
BOURNE — He came bearing doughnuts. Twenty dozen of them.Tyler Carach, a 10-year-old who has generated national attention as "Donut Boy" for traveling the country delivering doughnuts to police officers, visited the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday morning.Wearing a doughnut-emblazoned cape and T-shirt bearing his signature tagline, "I DONUT need a reason to thank a cop," he arrived to the applause of nearly 100 police officers and deputy [...]
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Centerville father, son sentenced in knife attack
Fight broke out in Hyannis over missing wallet.
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Buzzards Bay man charged with possession of child porn
FALMOUTH — A Buzzards Bay man pleaded not guilty Friday in Falmouth District Court to possessing and distributing child pornography, according to court documents.Justin Fleming, 27, was arraigned on one count of possession child pornography and one count of disseminating material of a child in a state of nudity, documents show. He was ordered held on $1,000 bail because of the nature of the offense.Bourne police executed a search warrant at Fleming’s Waterhouse [...]
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