Centerville man charged with shoplifting at mall
HYANNIS — Police are holding a man on $2,000 bail after he allegedly stole items from three stores in the mall and told an employee he had a gun. Officers responded to the Cape Cod Mall at about 6:12...
View ArticleNaked man with knife subdued by police
WEST BARNSTABLE — A standoff between a naked, knife-wielding man and police ended with only minor injuries Sunday morning after it took four officers to subdue him. Barnstable police Sgt. Sean Sweeney...
View ArticleDennis man pleads guilty to vandalizing cell
FALMOUTH — A Dennis man pleaded guilty in Falmouth District Court on Monday to vandalizing a jail cell at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility in October.Terry M. Burdick, 30, of 30 Wixon Road,...
View ArticleWellfleet man and woman charged with trafficking fentanyl
ORLEANS — A man and a woman from Wellfleet pleaded not guilty Monday in Orleans District Court to trafficking fentanyl.Katherine Carey-Benton, 34, and Max Stone, 38, were each arraigned on one count of...
View ArticlePlymouth man pleads not guilty to OUI drugs
FALMOUTH — A Plymouth man who allegedly overdosed and crashed head-on into another car in Buzzards Bay last month pleaded not guilty Monday in Falmouth District Court to operating under the influence...
View ArticleWitnesses offer varying accounts of Yarmouth driver's sobriety
Trial begins for Paul Dennehy, charged with striking 2 pedestrians in 2014, killing 1.
View ArticleWitnesses recall scene of fatal pedestrian accident
Prosecution rests case in trial of Paul Dennehy, charged with killing off-duty firefighter and injuring his fiancee.
View ArticleWoman faces heroin charges after traffic stop
FALMOUTH — A Wareham woman is facing criminal charges after police say she drove while under the influence of heroin with a child in the vehicle. Sofia L. Andrade, 28, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in...
View ArticleHyannis man found guilty in November assault
HYANNIS — A judge found a Hyannis man guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon after he threatened a woman with a chainsaw in November. Joseph Brehaut, 30, was found guilty Tuesday in Barnstable...
View ArticleYarmouth accident victim tells of lasting impact of injuries
Other witnesses at Paul Dennehy's trial saw no sign he was drunk the night he struck Lynda Cavanaugh and killed her fiance.
View ArticleHyannis man found guilty in November assault with chainsaw
A judge found a Hyannis man guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon after he threatened a woman with a chainsaw in November.
View ArticleHomeless man subdued with Taser after alleged assault on police
HYANNIS — An intoxicated homeless man who admits he had just smoked “spice,”or synthetic marijuana, became disruptive on Main Street on Friday afternoon and was subdued with a Taser after allegedly...
View ArticleWitnesses recall scene of fatal striking of pedestrian
Prosecution rests case in trial of Paul Dennehy, charged with killing off-duty firefighter and injuring his fiancee.
View ArticlePaul Dennehy found not guilty on all charges related to pedestrian death
South Yarmouth man was charged with striking and killing off-duty Westfield firefighter Kevin Regan and severely injuring his fiancee.
View ArticleHearing set for former Uber driver facing rape charges
BARNSTABLE — Barnstable Superior Court Judge Gary Nickerson on Thursday set a May 17 pretrial hearing on rape and assault charges against a 39-year-old Bourne man who formerly worked for the Uber...
View ArticleState police troopers to carry Tasers
Massachusetts State Police will buy almost 900 stun guns to arm troopers, according to a statement released Thursday by the agency.“The weapons add another tool to the department’s less-lethal arsenal,...
View ArticleMotion hearing scheduled in alleged rape case
BARNSTABLE — A motion to suppress items found during a warrantless search of Steven Blanco’s workplace and a discussion of crime lab results related to rape and strangulation charges against the...
View ArticlePaul Dennehy found not guilty on all charges in pedestrian death
Family of firefighter struck and killed vows to change laws on OUI blood tests.
View ArticleYarmouth Port man gets life in prison for killing neighbor
John Looney, who has a long history of mental illness, pleads guilty to second-degree murder in baseball bat attack.
View ArticleTrial set for Osterville woman charged with twice trying to kill husband
Tricia Leslie, since divorced from the victim, is charged in his shooting and with attempt to hire hit man.
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