Forestdale couple arrested on cocaine charges
FORESTDALE — A Forestdale couple were arrested Thursday morning after Sandwich police and the Cape Cod Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at their home and found 16 grams of cocaine, according...
View ArticleFormer health worker charged with prescription fraud
BARNSTABLE — A former home care worker was arraigned Thursday in Barnstable District Court on charges she picked up a man's Valium prescription by posing as his current health aide.Tarah N. Amaral, 44,...
View ArticleTwo charged in assault in police parking lot
FALMOUTH — Two Wareham residents were arraigned Thursday in Falmouth District Court after what police say was a fight over marijuana money in the parking lot of the Bourne Police Station in Buzzards...
View ArticleDrug-theft defendant gets 'impressive' treatment report
BARNSTABLE — Melanie Powers, a former chief financial officer at Woods Hole Research Center and the International Fund for Animal Welfare accused of stealing prescription pills from her tenants’...
View ArticleJudge mulls request to dismiss Chatham sky-diving lawsuit
Town calls effort by citizens group to bar activity a 'nuisance.'
View ArticleJudge mulls dismissal of Chatham sky-diving lawsuit
Town calls effort by citizens group to bar activity a 'nuisance.'
View ArticleEast Sandwich man pleads not guilty to jail attack
FALMOUTH — A 19-year-old East Sandwich man pleaded not guilty Friday in Falmouth District Court to an alleged attack while he was in jail.Thomas Burton III, of 180 Old County Road, was arraigned on...
View ArticleRape, sodomy charges against San Diego man dismissed
FALMOUTH — Charges of rape and sodomy were dismissed against a 59-year-old San Diego man Friday in Falmouth District Court because the alleged victim failed to show up to testify at the probable cause...
View ArticleYarmouth man charged in alleged altercation with police
HARWICH — An attempt to put an intoxicated man into protective custody allegedly became confrontational at the police station and Cape Cod Hospital Thursday evening, resulting in his arrest on charges...
View ArticleAttorneys make final bid to suppress Falmouth homicide evidence
Police took advantage of their clients' unfamiliarity with English and the American justice system, lawyers argue.
View ArticleSunshine Week: Obtaining police emails costly, can take months
When the editor of a gay-oriented newspaper in Florida requested records he thought should be public, he cast a wide net, asking that the email of every employee of the Broward County Sheriff's Office...
View ArticleAttorneys make final bid to suppress Falmouth evidence
Police took advantage of their clients' unfamiliarity with English and the American justice system, lawyers argue.
View ArticleHearing in Orleans power line lawsuit rescheduled for April 13
ORLEANS — A case management conference in the civil case between Eversource Energy and the town of Orleans related to cormorants roosting on power lines over Cedar Pond is set for April 13, according...
View ArticleSouth Dennis man pleads not guilty to drug charges
SOUTH YARMOUTH — A man who police arrested after finding him unresponsive in a parked sport utility vehicle Saturday evening pleaded not guilty to multiple drug charges in court Monday. The manager of...
View ArticleWareham man sentenced for passing bad checks
FALMOUTH — A 32-year-old Wareham man was sentenced to nine months in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility on Monday in Falmouth District Court for using a stolen credit card and passing three...
View ArticleEastham woman arraigned on break-in, larceny
ORLEANS — a 25-year-old Eastham woman was arraigned Monday in Orleans District Court for allegedly breaking into a home in Eastham on Sunday and stealing jewelry.Sarah Plakas, of 250 Sunken Meadow...
View ArticleMan charged with animal cruelty, receiving stolen property
BUZZARDS BAY — Bourne police on Monday arrested a Buzzards Bay man on multiple charges, including animal cruelty, after they spotted a stolen dirt bike at a residence and then found a neglected dog in...
View ArticleWoman found not guilty of OUI charges
HYANNIS — A Hyannisport woman arrested in May after allegedly driving drunk with a child in the car was found not guilty of all charges in Barnstable District Court Monday.Patricia Joyce, 49, was found...
View ArticleMan charged with attacking, robbing man on street
HYANNIS — A Hyannis man arrested after allegedly attacking and attempting to rob another man on the street pleaded not guilty to five charges in Barnstable District Court on Friday. Clark Griffin, 30,...
View ArticleDoctor pleads guilty to illegal prescribing
BARNSTABLE — A former Hyannis doctor has pleaded guilty to charges that he illegally prescribed addictive narcotics to known addicts, according to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s...
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