BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man was sentenced to one year in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility after pleading guilty Wednesday to a third offense of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.Brandon McAndrews, 36, also pleaded guilty during a pretrial hearing at Barnstable District Court to a charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, according to court documents. He will serve six months of the sentence, with the remainder suspended for two [...]
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Hyannis man sentenced to jail for 3rd OUI
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Provincetown restaurant owner to be arraigned in July attack
A Provincetown restaurant owner who was indicted by a Barnstable County grand jury last month for an alleged attack of his family member is scheduled to be arraigned in Barnstable Superior Court on Nov. 14.Victor DePoalo, 54, was indicted on two counts of assault to murder, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault and battery on a family or household member.Police were called at 1:35 a.m. July 4 to a residence on Bradford Street Extension in [...]
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Police probe 3-car Mashpee crash
MASHPEE — A driver will face criminal charges after a three-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Mashpee Police Department.Police responded to the crash on Route 151, one-eighth of a mile east of Old Barnstable Road, at 4:14 p.m., according to a statement from the department. Route 151 was closed for about two hours while investigators processed the scene.Two drivers had to be taken to the hospital for injuries, according to the statement. [...]
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Former Buzzards Bay Water District employees receive probation for theft
Both face 5 years in prison for stealing $198K if they violate terms.
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Injured cook denies workers' compensation fraud
WEST DENNIS — A cook who was injured at the Lighthouse Inn in 2013 when a heavy pot fell on her head in a walk-in refrigerator pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of workers' compensation fraud, Orleans District Court records show.Lynn Maguire, 50, of Abington, fraudulently collected $6,622 in temporary total disability benefits through February 2014 even though she began work as a housecleaner about a month after her injury, according to a statement of probable [...]
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Falmouth man charged in box cutter threats
FALMOUTH — A 35-year-old Falmouth man was arrested on a warrant Wednesday for allegedly threatening two men with a box cutter and intimidating a witness.Paul Lumsden stopped at a house on Pitch Pine Lane shortly after noon Oct. 26 after seeing a man in the yard he had an issue with, according to Falmouth District Court records.Lumsden allegedly was angry with the man for participating in a controlled heroin purchase arranged by police a few months earlier. [...]
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East Sandwich woman charged in third OUI
HYANNIS — An East Sandwich woman pleaded not guilty Thursday in Barnstable District Court to her third offense of operating under the influence. Kelly Olsen, 40, also pleaded not guilty to unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and speeding, according to court documents. A Sandwich police officer pulled over Olsen's car on Cotuit Road just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, according to a police report. She had allegedly been going 48 mph in a 30 mph zone. The [...]
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Pocasset man faces assault charges
FALMOUTH — An 18-year-old Pocasset man was arraigned Thursday in Falmouth District Court on charges of domestic assault and battery and strangulation.Jeremy Brady had an argument with the victim outdoors at a house on Keith Road on Monday and it escalated, the police said. The victim didn’t report the incident, but Brady called police at 11 p.m. Wednesday, saying he was being threatened by the victim and two men.When police talked to the victim and learned [...]
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Woman denies assault on pregnant woman in Falmouth
FALMOUTH — A 27-year-old Fall River woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges she assaulted a pregnant woman.Sasha Montanez argued with the victim at a house both were staying at on Old Main Road in Falmouth, according to the police report. She allegedly slapped the woman in the face and hit her in the stomach.After her arraignment in Falmouth District Court on charges of assault and battery and assault and battery on a pregnant woman, Montanez paid $500 bail and [...]
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Two from Boston face drug charges after traffic stop
HYANNIS — Two people from the Boston area were charged with cocaine trafficking after a Yarmouth police officer stopped their car on Wednesday afternoon and found drugs in the glove compartment, according to court documents. Kiana Freeman, 19, of Dorchester, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Barnstable District Court to trafficking between 18 and 36 grams of cocaine and conspiracy, according to court documents. Terrell Spencer, 24, of Boston, pleaded not [...]
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Police: Woman chases down man who masturbated on her porch
FALMOUTH — An East Falmouth man who allegedly was chased down by a woman with a BB gun because he was masturbating on her porch pleaded not guilty to resulting charges in Falmouth District Court on Friday.Darryl Weathers, 21, was charged with open and gross lewdness, disorderly conduct and carrying a dangerous weapon.A woman called police Wednesday saying a man was masturbating in front of her daughter from their back porch near Martin Road, according to a [...]
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Bourne police: Man hit friend with bat, charged with attempted murder
A Dorchester man was arrested after allegedly hitting a friend in the head with a baseball bat early this morning in Pocasset, Bourne police said in a statement.Mark Dudas, 28, is charged with attempted murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and other charges related to the incident. Police responded to a 911 call that a man had been struck in the head with a bat around 2:30 a.m. at a residence on Quail Hill Road. Dudas drove away in a small gray [...]
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5 taken to hospital after Route 6 crash
BARNSTABLE — Five people were taken to the hospital after a three-car crash on Route 6 this morning.Two cars with one occupant each and one car with three occupants collided near the westbound on-ramp at Exit 6, said Barnstable fire Capt. Chris Beal.Firefighters brought all five people to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening, Beal said.West Barnstable, Hyannis and Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills fire [...]
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Police: Driver skates away from West Dennis car crash
WEST DENNIS — A 23-year-old Dennis Port man fled the scene on a skateboard after driving his car into a telephone pole on Center Street shortly after noon today, according to police.Brian Jurczuk put some distance between himself and responding officers, but was eventually picked up thanks to witnesses who saw him rolling down Pine Street, according to Police Lt. Peter Benson.Police detectives caught up with Jurczuk in front of the Honey Dew Donuts on Route 28, [...]
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Buzzards Bay man charged with assaulting child
FALMOUTH — A Buzzards Bay man pleaded not guilty Monday in Falmouth District Court to assault and battery on a child with injury, according to court documents. Police arrested Patrick Holmes, 53, on Sunday afternoon after he slammed a child's head into a wall, causing the child's face to bruise, according to a police report.Holmes was released on personal recognizance.He is scheduled to appear in court for a pretrial hearing on Dec. 21.
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One dead, one injured in South Dennis double stabbing
Man apparently stabbed woman and then fatally stabbed himself.
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Separate trials sought in Nantucket sexual assault cases
David Matterson is charged in four separate attacks.
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Hyannis man denies burglary, assault
BARNSTABLE — A 26-year-old Hyannis man who allegedly broke into an apartment, hit a woman and stole her purse pleaded not guilty to charges of burglary and assault and battery Tuesday in Barnstable District Court.According to a report by Yarmouth police Detective Michael Wells, Benjamin Fortier broke into an apartment on Gleason Street in Yarmouth on the afternoon of Sept. 5.One of the residents identified Fortier when he and another man came into the apartment demanding [...]
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Falmouth man pleads guilty to stealing more than $635K
BOSTON — A Falmouth man pleaded guilty to multiple charges of larceny and money laundering in Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday in connection with a construction machinery scheme in which he stole more than $635,000 from customers, according to a statement from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's office. Dennis Desgroseilliers, 68, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of larceny of more than $250 and two counts of money laundering, according to the statement. [...]
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Man indicted on Yarmouth prostitution charges
BARNSTABLE — A Sharon man accused of leading a human trafficking operation out of a house in South Yarmouth was indicted Wednesday by a Barnstable County grand jury.Kenneth Silva, 49, is charged with deriving support from prostitution and trafficking of persons for sexual servitude.Police searched a house at 88 Wilfin Road in April after a woman detained in a prostitution sting said she worked for Silva and was afraid of him, according to Barnstable District Court [...]
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