FALMOUTH — Assault charges were dismissed Tuesday in Falmouth District Court against a 22-year-old Buzzards Bay man after a witness failed to cooperate with prosecutors, according to court records.Jamason B. Wenzel, of 39 Puritan Road, was charged of assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, destruction of property more than $250 and leaving the scene after property damage.On Dec. 5, Wenzel and another man were in a dispute over a woman both men [...]
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Assault charges against Buzzards Bay man dismissed
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Brewster woman pleads guilty to drug charges
ORLEANS — A Brewster woman arrested on drug charges earlier this month pleaded guilty to three counts, according to Orleans District Court documents. Police arrested Alison Digravio on Aug. 3 after executing a search warrant at her Daisy Lane residence and finding heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine along with $883 in cash, according to a police report. Digravio was charged with possession of a class A drug, subsequent offense, distribution of a class A drug, [...]
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Woman allegedly tries to ram Nantucket cruiser during drug investigation
NANTUCKET — A New Bedford woman faces multiple charges after she allegedly tried to ram a car into a Nantucket police cruiser during a drug investigation Tuesday.Jiahda Wiggins, 28, was arrested by island police and charged with distribution of heroin, distribution of crack cocaine, assault with a dangerous weapon, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, speeding, failure to stop for police, assault and battery on a police officer, [...]
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Wedding day assault case dropped
BARNSTABLE — On the morning of a scheduled trial, charges against a Hyannis man accused of assaulting a woman with a knife on her wedding day in April 2015 were dropped Tuesday when two key witnesses invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.Anthony Russ, 28, who has been charged through the years with a long list of violent crimes but has few convictions on his record, pleaded not guilty in Barnstable Superior Court in October 2015 to attempted extortion, [...]
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2 men allegedly point gun at cab driver in Hyannis
HYANNIS — Two men were arrested early Wednesday morning after allegedly pointing a gun at a cab driver outside the International Inn, also known as the “cuddle and bubble,” on Main Street.Thomas Burton III, 19, of Mashpee and Aldrin Rivera, 19, of Falmouth were arraigned at Barnstable District Court on Wednesday. Both men pleaded not guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon, while Burton was also charged with giving a false name to police.Police [...]
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Assault charges against East Falmouth man dismissed
FALMOUTH — Charges against an East Falmouth man from an incident in March in which he was accused of assaulting a pregnant woman have been dismissed, according to court documents.Charges against William Rogers, 33, of assault and battery, assault and battery on a pregnant woman, strangulation or suffocation on a pregnant woman, breaking and entering and vandalism were dismissed without prejudice on Wednesday in Falmouth District Court after a witness failed to [...]
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Challenge to nuclear waste facility heads to trial
Pilgrim neighbors based 2014 lawsuit on permits and property values.
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Smoke alerted police to alleged marijuana grow operation
FALMOUTH — An East Falmouth man pleaded not guilty Thursday in Falmouth District Court to a marijuana trafficking charge stemming from a July 20 discovery of an indoor growing operation in the basement of his home, according to police. Peter Chappell-Maher, 41, of 53 Corte Real Ave., is charged with trafficking in more than 50 pounds but less than 100 pounds of marijuana, according to court records. He is free on his own recognizance and was assigned a Sept. 21 [...]
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Hyannis man charged with cocaine trafficking
BARNSTABLE — A 19-year-old Hyannis man was arraigned on drug charges in Barnstable District Court Thursday after police say a narcotics dog detected cocaine in his pants, according to court and police documents.Vincent Gomes is due back in court for a probable cause hearing on Sept. 21 after he pleaded not guilty to trafficking cocaine, possession to distribute a class B substance, and carrying a dangerous weapon.Members of the State Police Cape Cod Task Force [...]
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Falmouth mortgage company founder charged with fraud, conspiracy
Robert Pena allegedly defrauded federal government of nearly $3M.
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Home visit saved infant, probation officer says
BARNSTABLE — The case of a 5-week-old boy found alone in a sweltering apartment in July shows the importance of unannounced home visits, according to the probation officer who discovered the infant."I never expected her to not be home," Julie Hall, an officer in Barnstable Juvenile Court, said of the baby's mother. "I thought maybe something happened to her, like she was (in) some kind of distress inside the home."Hall had been visiting another family in Hyannis [...]
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East Falmouth man faces rape charge
FALMOUTH — A 34-year-old East Falmouth man pleaded not guilty Thursday in Falmouth District Court to a charge of rape.Shaun M. Swass Sr. also was arraigned on a charge of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over.Swasser was released on $500 cash bail and ordered to stay away from the alleged victim and not to work as a masseuse. He listed his employer as Pura Vida.The police report was not available because of the nature of the charges. He was [...]
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Man pleads guilty in Mashpee police standoff
Some charges against Patrick Perkins dismissed as part of plea deal.
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Plea deal falls apart in hired-killer case
Tricia Leslie to go on trial on charges she twice plotted husband's death.
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Two from Falmouth sentenced in drug case
FALMOUTH — Two Falmouth men pleaded guilty Friday in Falmouth District Court to drug-related charges stemming from a September arrest.Sean E. Dugas, 21, of 47 Renee Lane, East Falmouth, and James C. Burke, 21, of 30 Hillcrest Drive, Falmouth, pleaded guilty to identical charges of possession with intent to distribute a Class B drug and possession with intent to distribute a Class D drug. Conspiracy charges against both men were dismissed.Both Dugas and Burke had [...]
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Fugitive from Mid-Cape drug sweep arrested in disguise
Shaun Miller had been sought since April raids targeting Hyannis street gang.
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Six rescued from sinking boat off Martha's Vineyard
No one was hurt Sunday when a 32-foot boat with a crack in its hull started taking on water off the south coast of Martha’s Vineyard, according to the Coast Guard.Shortly before 9 a.m., the pleasure craft Fast Line sent out a distress call, saying that there were six people aboard and the boat's pumps could not keep up with the flooding, the Coast Guard wrote in a statement.The Fast Line then made its way toward a nearby fishing vessel. A lifeboat from Coast Guard [...]
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Pedestrian struck, seriously injured in Falmouth
FALMOUTH — A man was flown to a trauma center after he was struck by a car Saturday evening, according to a Falmouth fire official.Around 8:30 p.m., rescuers responded to 55 Davis Straits near the Papa Gino’s after the man had been hit, Lt. Scott Starbard said. Rescuers had planned to take the man, who had life-threatening injuries, directly to the landing zone at Falmouth Hospital for a medical helicopter but its arrival time was deemed too long to wait and he was taken [...]
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Harwich brush fire likely to burn for days
HARWICH — A brush fire that started on Saturday at Hawksnest State Park off Queen Anne Road continues to burn and appears to have been lit deliberately. "At this time it is unclear if the original fire was a cook fire, children playing around or set to ignite the brush," the Harwich Fire Department wrote in a post on its website.A Harwich police officer checked on the fire at 6:30 a.m. today and found that it had started burning again after it was contained on [...]
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Mashpee attorney reinstated to bar
BOSTON — A Mashpee attorney who had his license to practice law suspended for six months in January has been reinstated to the Massachusetts bar, according to the Board of Bar Overseers.David Randall Harsch, whose office is on Sunset Strip in Mashpee, temporarily lost his license after the board found he falsely represented a woman in Texas as a paralegal so she would have visitation rights with prisoners in two detention centers, according to a state Supreme Judicial Court [...]
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