SANDWICH — The trial involving neighbors of the aerial adventure park at Heritage Museums & Gardens will be concluded in the coming weeks as witness testimony drew to a close on Thursday.Neighbors of Heritage Museums & Gardens filed the original complaint on Nov. 17, 2014, in Barnstable Superior Court alleging, among other things, that the adventure park reduced property values, created unwanted traffic and congestion and is out of character with the surrounding [...]
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Aerial park neighbors take fight to court
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Falmouth woman denies embezzling money from Mashpee Boosters Club
FALMOUTH — A Falmouth woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges she embezzled thousands of dollars intended for the Mashpee Boosters Club.Aja Cassell, 37, was arraigned in Falmouth District Court on charges of embezzlement of over $250 and larceny by a single scheme. She allegedly stole $4,511 raised for the booster club, a fundraising group that manages the assets and accounts of all Mashpee High School sports teams and clubs, according to a Mashpee police report. [...]
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2 arrested in Yarmouth Port drug bust
YARMOUTH PORT — Police arrested two men after allegedly finding drugs and ammunition during a search Wednesday of a home on Newfield Lane.Ethan Tallman, 20, of Yarmouth Port, and Brendan Murray, 18, of Sagamore Beach, pleaded not guilty in Barnstable District Court on Thursday to charges of possession with intent to distribute class A and class E substances, according to court document.Tallman pleaded not guilty to additional charges, including two counts of [...]
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Kline house neighbors continue property fight
TRURO — A state Land Court judge is waiting on information from the town following an October hearing in a lawsuit over the demolition of the controversial Dennis/Kline house, according the plaintiffs.At an Oct. 17 hearing on a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, the judge asked a town attorney to provide paperwork showing that the building permit for the house had been revoked. As of Thursday, the documentation had not been provided, plaintiff Joanne Barkan said.Barkan and [...]
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Falmouth man held on domestic violence charges
FALMOUTH — A 32-year-old East Falmouth man was ordered held on $1,000 bail Monday after he pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges in Falmouth District Court.Adam Wilcox, of Waquoit Highway, was arraigned on charges of domestic assault and battery, subsequent offense; strangulation/suffocation; and threat to commit a crime.The charges stem from an incident Oct. 28 in a room at the Great Bay Motel. Wilcox threw a woman on the ground, grabbed her neck and [...]
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Pocasset man gets probation for assault conviction
FALMOUTH — A 47-year-old year-old Pocasset man will be on probation until Nov. 1, 2019, must abstain from alcohol and attend an anger management program after being found guilty Friday of assault and battery with serious injury and threat to commit a crime.After a trial without a jury, Falmouth District Judge Toby Mooney also found Thomas Ward not guilty of charges of strangulation and malicious damage of property. Mooney sentenced Ward to two years in the Barnstable [...]
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Actor Kevin Spacey accused of Nantucket assault
BOSTON — A former Boston news anchor has accused actor Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting her teenage son at a Nantucket restaurant in 2016, adding to a wave of sexual misconduct allegations against the two-time Oscar winner."The victim, my son, was a starstruck, straight 18-year-old young man who had no idea that the famous actor was an alleged sexual predator, or that he was about to become his next victim," former Channel 5 [...]
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East Falmouth man held on $100K bail
FALMOUTH — A 33-year-old East Falmouth man is being held on $100,000 bail after pleading not guilty Thursday in Falmouth District Court to charges he distributed heroin and operated a motor vehicle without a license.As in recent opioid distribution cases, Judge Christopher Welch justified the higher-than-normal bail in a separate letter, stating fentanyl likely would result in a death and “a potential legally viable charge of manslaughter.”Members of the [...]
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Pembroke man facing rape charge released on $5K bail
ORLEANS — A Pembroke man charged in September with aggravated rape and armed kidnapping with sexual assault was released Thursday in Orleans District Court after paying $5,000 bail, according to court documents.On Sept. 29, Irakli Patsuria, 21, had pleaded not guilty to the rape and kidnapping charges as well as charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and impersonating a police officer. Documents containing information about an incident which occurred Sept. 20 in [...]
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Centerville man charged with assault
BARNSTABLE — A Centerville man pleaded not guilty in Barnstable District Court Monday to charges of strangulation or suffocation and assault and battery on a family or household member after allegedly attacking a woman last week, according to court documents.Joseph Chandler, 33, allegedly grabbed a woman by the throat and punched her repeatedly in the face, according to a police report. He also threatened to poison her dogs, the report says.The woman reported [...]
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Hyannis man charged with assault
BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man pleaded not guilty in Barntable District Court Thursday to strangulation or suffocation and assault and battery on a family or household member, according to court documents.Joel Williamson, 35, allegedly threw a woman off a bed, punched her in a face and held her by the throat early Thursday morning, according to a police report. Barnstable police responded to the scene at around 12:06 a.m. and arrested Williamson, the report says. [...]
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Civil case also possible with Nantucket allegation against Spacey
Criminal charges from reported sexual assault face hurdles, legal experts say.
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Civil case against Spacey deemed possible
Criminal charges from reported sexual assault face hurdles, legal experts say.
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2 East Falmouth men charged with stealing Jeep
FALMOUTH — Two East Falmouth men pleaded not guilty Thursday in Falmouth District Court to stealing a Jeep Grand Cherokee from a house on Avalon Drive in Falmouth earlier that day.Ahmad Faiky, 18, and Richard Gilbar, 50, were both charged with breaking and entering a vehicle in the nighttime for a felony and larceny of a motor vehicle, according to police and court documents. Faiky was also charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.At [...]
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2 injured in single-car Orleans crash
ORLEANS — Two people were injured in a serious single-car crash Friday night when their vehicle hit a tree on Crystal Lake Drive, according to Orleans police.Police received several reports of the crash shortly after 10 p.m., police said.Both the driver and the passenger, the only two occupants in the car, were trapped in the vehicle and the Orleans Fire Department needed to use hydraulic rescue tools to free them. They were then brought to Cape Cod Hospital, but the [...]
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Former Orleans police officer faces another drunken-driving charge
Travis Tebbetts still on probation from 2015 sentencing.
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Dennis man faces OUI charge after crash
YARMOUTH PORT — A 20-year-old Dennis man pleaded not guilty Monday in Barnstable District Court to drunken driving after allegedly crashing a car into a tree and leaving the scene.Nicholas Harrington was arraigned on charges of operating under the influence, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of property damage, according to court documents.Yarmouth police officers responded to a call for a motor vehicle crash at around 11 a.m. [...]
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Falmouth duplex fire confined to bedroom
FALMOUTH — A fire damaged a duplex on Sandwich Road on Monday but firefighters were able to contain it to the bedroom where it started.A stove fire was reported at 8:45 Monday morning at 155 Sandwich Road, according to Deputy Fire Chief Timothy Smith.Firefighters arrived to find the blaze was in a bedroom, he said. None of the other rooms in the duplex were damaged, nor was an attached unit, Smith said.“It was unoccupied, but the neighbor heard the [...]
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Marstons Mills man denies driving drunk in crash
BARNSTABLE — A Marstons Mills man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a second offense of operating under the influence after allegedly crashing his truck into a tree Monday night and fleeing the scene.Dwayne Peters, 36, also pleaded not guilty to charges of intimidating a witness, mistreating a police dog, leaving the scene of property damage and having an unregistered motor vehicle, according to Barnstable District Court documents.At around 11 p.m. Monday, a Barnstable [...]
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Rhode Island man faces drug trafficking charge
HARWICH — A 24-year-old Rhode Island man was held on $7,500 bail after pleading not guilty Tuesday in Orleans District Court to a charge of trafficking heroin weighing between 36 and 99 grams.Jorge Barros of Warwick, Rhode Island was arrested Monday after police received information from a confidential source that a narcotics transaction was going to occur near a sports store on Orleans Road, according to a Harwich police report.At 4:43 p.m. [...]
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