Sandwich police investigate car break-ins
SANDWICH — Early Tuesday morning, a Sandwich police officer responded to a report of breaking and entering into a motor vehicle in the area of Spring Hill Road, according to a press release from the...
View ArticleMan in high-speed chase faces multiple charges
DENNIS — A man who led police on a car chase from Dennis to Middleboro on Jan. 7 is being charged with multiple motor vehicle violations, according to Dennis police Lt. Peter Benson. The 26-year-old...
View ArticleMissing Yarmouth Port man's body found near Grays Beach
YARMOUTH PORT — The body of Jody Ashkenazi, 55, of Yarmouth Port was found near midnight Monday off Alms House Road after he was reported missing by a friend earlier in the day, according to the...
View ArticleHarwich Port man charged with improper credit card use
HYANNIS — A Harwich Port man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to improper use of a credit card for a purchase over $250, according to court documents. Kevin McCarthy, 27, owner of McCarthy Tree, a tree care...
View ArticleHyannis man arrested on drug charges after reported road rage incident
WEST YARMOUTH — A 32-year-old Hyannis man was arrested on drug charges Monday after a witness reported a road rage incident on Route 28, according to Yarmouth police.Shortly after noon, a Honda Accord...
View ArticleMan in custody, 2 men sought in alleged Falmouth firearm assault
FALMOUTH — One man has turned himself in and police are searching for two more men in connection with gunshots being fired and a man being struck with a pistol Wednesday afternoon.The Falmouth police...
View ArticleMan in custody, 2 men sought in alleged assault at home
FALMOUTH — One man has turned himself in and police are searching for two more men in connection with shots being fired and a man being struck with a pistol Wednesday afternoon.Vincent Carroll, 19,...
View ArticleDennis Port man indicted for drug possession
BARNSTABLE — A 21-year-old Dennis Port man was indicted by a Barnstable County grand jury Friday on a charge of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.Ryan Weygand was arrested in February...
View ArticleHyannis man indicted on 13th OUI charge
BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man charged with his 13th operating under the influence charge was indicted by a Barnstable County grand jury Friday, according to the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s...
View ArticleBuzzards Bay man charged with open and gross lewdness
FALMOUTH — A 19-year-old Buzzards Bay man pleaded not guilty Friday in Falmouth District Court to a charge of open and gross lewdness.Christopher J. Merkel, of 62 Puritan Road, allegedly masturbated in...
View ArticleSecond man in custody in alleged Falmouth assault
FALMOUTH — Falmouth police have taken a second man into custody in connection with an alleged firearm assault Wednesday, while a third man remains at large.Cordell DeCoster, 18, of Falmouth, was taken...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to Hyannis stabbing, threat
BARNSTABLE — A 23-year-old man who was arrested in Florida in June as a fugitive from justice pleaded guilty in Barnstable Superior Court on Thursday to aggravated assault and battery causing serious...
View ArticleCharges dropped in alleged Falmouth abduction attempt
New witness casts doubt on identification of 'squirrel brothers' as men who tried to lure girl at bus stop.
View Article2 men face charges after Truro altercation
TRURO — An officer trying to frisk a man ended up deploying his Taser twice during an altercation Thursday night, according to court documents.Around 8 p.m., Officer Craig Bayer saw a Saab sport...
View ArticleOnset man faces heroin charges
TISBURY — An Onset man was arrested Friday for attempting to sell heroin, according to Oak Bluffs police.Around noon on Friday, police arrested 38-year-old Eric Bills after executing a search warrant...
View ArticleNew Yarmouth K-9 to begin training Monday
A 15-month-old German shepherd named Satu has been chosen by Yarmouth police officials to replace the department’s newly retired K-9 Kosmo, a police official said.
View ArticleTruro K-9 adds new dimension to Outer Cape police work
A young yellow Lab with a tendency to lick everyone she meets has joined the Truro Police Department, adding what local police chiefs say is an important new dimension to Outer Cape police work.
View ArticleLegal help for families of addicts
QUINCY — As the opiate epidemic affects more lives on Cape Cod and across the state, people are turning to the Section 35 law in an effort to get their loved ones who are addicts mandated inpatient...
View ArticleApplications available for Yarmouth's Citizen Police Academy
WEST YARMOUTH — Applications are available for the 23rd session of the Yarmouth Police Department's Citizen Police Academy.The session will begin Feb. 4 and run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays until...
View ArticleState police, FBI investigate several school bomb threats
More than a dozen school districts across Massachusetts received bomb threats today, authorities said, which came in the wake of similar threats Friday at Cape schools.
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