SOUTH YARMOUTH — Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School students were let out about a half hour early Wednesday afternoon after school officials received a report about a “possible threat,” Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District Superintendent Carol Woodbury said.Investigators, including from the Yarmouth police and fire departments, did not feel the threat was credible, Woodbury said. Students were released early “out of an abundance of caution, [...]
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D-Y students released early because of threat
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Hyannis man held on $1K bail after alleged assault
HYANNIS — A Hyannis man is being held on $1,000 bail after allegedly smashing a woman’s head into a wall of an apartment they shared in Hyannis on Tuesday night.Samuel Wiles, 52, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in Barnstable District Court on Wednesday to charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery on a family or household member.The victim, who declined treatment, had blood on her forehead from what appeared [...]
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Defendant, accuser offer 2 versions of MMA rape case
Consent at issue in 2002 incident.
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Buzzards Bay man charged in alleged assault on girl
BUZZARDS BAY — A Buzzards Bay man was arrested Thursday afternoon for allegedly grabbing a 14-year-old girl and throwing her to the ground as she walked toward her bus stop along Puritan Road last week, according to Bourne police.At about 6:50 a.m. on Nov. 10 police were called to the area for a report that a man threw the girl down and then grabbed her by the neck, police said. The man then fled in an older-model sedan after a witness intervened, according to police. [...]
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D-Y student charged with bomb threat
SOUTH YARMOUTH — Police on Thursday charged a 16-year-old Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School student in connection with a threat discovered at the school Wednesday that prompted officials to dismiss students a half hour early. The student admitted to the crime and was charged with felony bomb threat, according to a statement from Yarmouth police. Because the student is a juvenile, police did not release his name.At about 10:50 a.m. on Wednesday, a student at [...]
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Man acquitted of MMA rape
Charges stemmed from 2002 incident between 2 cadets.
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Cape inmates caught taking unemployment benefits
BOURNE — A new state program to prevent inmates from fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits has already paid dividends on Cape Cod.Barnstable County and Plymouth County were the first two sheriffs offices to work cooperatively with the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance in a pilot phase of the program.There were seven inmates at Barnstable County Correctional Facility who had either filed for or were collecting unemployment benefits from [...]
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Teen held in alleged Bourne assault
FALMOUTH — An 18-year-old man pleaded not guilty Friday to attempted kidnapping and assault charges stemming from a Nov. 10 incident in which he allegedly threw a 14-year-old girl to the ground as she walked to a bus stop.John Allen, of Buzzards Bay, was arraigned in Falmouth District Court on charges of attempted kidnapping of a child, assault and battery on a juvenile and strangulation or suffocation.A police report is being withheld from the public, according to a [...]
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Mashpee sex offender indicted on child porn, rape charges
Jeffrey Laporte also faces firearm, drug charges.
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Four face charges after attempted robbery in Hyannis
HYANNIS — Three people were arrested early Saturday and one person will be summoned to court following a fight at a housing complex parking lot on Barnstable Road over what police say was money owed from a drug deal earlier in the evening.When police arrived at around 1:15 a.m. at 168 Barnstable Road, they found Jennifer Monaco, a 47-year-old Hyannis woman who had been struck by a car and had a broken ankle. Monaco had allegedly been at the housing complex to get money [...]
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Video: 6 rescued from sinking boat off New Bedford
BOSTON — The Coast Guard and local responders rescued six people Sunday from a sinking scallop boat five miles off New Bedford, according to a press release from the Coast Guard. A crewmember of the 72-foot scallop boat called the Coast Guard at about 9:30 a.m. to say the boat was taking on water, according to the release. A 47-foot lifeboat from Coast Guard station Menemsha, a helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod and the Buzzards Bay Task Force [...]
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3 face drug charges after Bourne raid
BOURNE — Police arrested three people after finding weapons and drugs at a residence on Megansett Road during an early morning raid Monday. Police served a search warrant on the home, seizing a loaded, sawed-off shotgun; a semi-automatic .45-caliber handgun; marijuana; crack cocaine; powdered cocaine; and $1,300 in cash, according to a post on the Falmouth Police Department's Facebook page. Terrance Cardoza Jr., 20, of [...]
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Brewster man held on drug charges
BARNSTABLE — A 30-year-old Brewster man was ordered held on $5,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to drug charges Monday in Barnstable District Court. Corey Rathburn pleaded not guilty to charges of possession of heroin with the intent to distribute as a subsequent offense, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute as a subsequent offense, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, according to court documents. [...]
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Bourne woman charged with OUI in crash that injured passenger
FALMOUTH — A Bourne woman faces three criminal charges after a weekend accident seriously injured a passenger in her vehicle, according to police. Christine Cilano, 35, of 203 County Road, pleaded not guilty Monday in Falmouth District Court to charges of operating while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. She also was cited for a marked lanes violation, according to court records. At 11:23 p.m. Saturday, [...]
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Hyannis man faces indecent-assault charge
BARNSTABLE — An 18-year-old Hyannis man pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.Christopher Calle, who received a summons on the charge, was released to family after his arraignment, according to Barnstable District Court documents.The details of the case are not public because of the nature of the charge.Calle is scheduled to return to court Jan. 4 for a pretrial hearing.
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Taunton man sentenced in violent Hyannis spree
Jordan Gomes to serve up to 16 years for home invasion, other attacks.
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"Modified lockdown" initiated at Falmouth school during K-9 search
FALMOUTH — Falmouth High School went into “modified lockdown” at about 9:30 a.m. today as part of a search of the student parking lot by Barnstable County Sheriff's Office K-9s, Superintendent Nancy Taylor said. In an email to parents, Taylor wrote that the 45-minute drill was targeting any illegal or unauthorized items. Any items not allowed on school grounds were confiscated, and no illegal drugs were found during the search, she wrote.The action was [...]
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Two held on drug charges in Bourne arrest
FALMOUTH — Two people arrested after police seized weapons and drugs at a Bourne home Monday have been arraigned in Falmouth District Court and assigned Dec. 9 pretrial hearing dates.Terrance Cardoza Jr., 20, of East Falmouth, Dominique King, 32, of New Bedford, both pleaded not guilty to their charges Monday, according to court records. Cardoza was ordered held in lieu of $75,000 bail; King was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail. Cardoza is charged with [...]
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Centerville fugitive faces new charge
WEST YARMOUTH — A 37-year-old Centerville man is being held in a federal prison without bail after being arrested Friday on charges of felony trafficking of fentanyl and being a fugitive from justice, according to the Yarmouth police department.At 5 p.m. Friday, police saw David Silva driving on Route 28 in a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu with North Carolina license plates, police said. Silva is known to police on Cape Cod because of his criminal record and was wanted by the [...]
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Attempted kidnapping charge against N.H. man dismissed
FALMOUTH — An attempted kidnapping charge was dismissed against a New Hampshire man at his request Monday in Falmouth District Court. Glen Hunter, 61, of Manchester, New Hampshire, faced the charge after being accused of trying to take a woman who had been ruled mentally incompetent out of Bourne Manor Extended Care in July 2014, but the staff would not let him leave with the woman, according to police reports. Hunter was ordered to pay a $150 attorney fee, [...]
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