Former WCOD news director slain in NYC homeless shelter
Deven Black, a former news director at WCOD radio, was found stabbed to death in a Harlem homeless shelter on Wednesday.
View ArticlePolice: Driver who fled crash charged with OUI
Police arrested an alleged drunken driver after he struck a car on Pine Street, knocking it on its side and sending its driver to the hospital, said Barnstable police Sgt. Michael Riley.
View ArticleSafe Home volunteers offer haven for abuse victims
FALMOUTH — Some of the women who came to stay with Cynthia Pina over the years wanted to talk about the abuse they had experienced. Others didn’t.Some preferred to stay in their rooms; others were more...
View ArticleBourne chief: Officers still deal with aftermath of shootings
One year after a Virginia man carried out what prosecutors say was an elaborately planned triple shooting at a Monument Beach condominium complex that left a 31-year-old Coast Guard petty officer dead,...
View ArticleBourne police officer: 'I knew I had been shot'
When Jared MacDonald, a Bourne police officer for 17 years, responded to a call Feb. 5, 2015, he was thrust into what prosecutors say was a carefully orchestrated plot by Adrian Loya to kill...
View ArticleYarmouth business leaders revive debate over police news
At issue is whether social media posts hurt town image or are valuable way to spread information.
View ArticleSandwich driver charged with dragging woman along highway
Xiao Ying Zhou allegedly hit a couple walking in Chinatown and then dragged the woman 3 miles to Dorchester.
View ArticleCousins indicted in alleged Centerville kidnapping
BARNSTABLE — Two cousins were indicted by a Barnstable County grand jury on Friday on charges that they kidnapped a woman and held her captive at a Centerville house.Curtis Collins Jr., 24, of...
View ArticleDennis Port man charged with having pot-growing operation
Dennis Port man charged with having grow operationORLEANS — A 25-year-old Dennis Port man pleaded not guilty Monday in Orleans District Court to growing marijuana plants in a storage unit associated...
View ArticleBrewster man faces charges after alleged assault on police officer
ORLEANS — A 23-year-old Brewster man pleaded not guilty Monday to five charges stemming from a Christmas altercation with police, including domestic assault and battery and assault and battery on a...
View ArticleProvincetown man charged with vandalizing mother's shrine
ORLEANS — A 29-year-old Provincetown man pleaded not guilty in Orleans District Court on Monday to destroying a shrine and driving an unregistered, improperly registered scooter. On Saturday, Tenzin...
View ArticleCenterville man sentenced to 60 days in jail
ORLEANS — A 35-year-old Centerville man was sentenced to 60 days in Barnstable County Correctional Facility on Monday for driving after his license was suspended for eight years following three drunk...
View ArticleMashpee, Barnstable schools target of threats
MASHPEE — At least two Cape Cod schools were among several locations across the state disrupted by threats on Monday, the second bout of threats in the past two weeks.A phoned-in bomb threat early...
View ArticleHyannis doctor defends massive prescription
Recent drug arrest caused uproar over 420-pill allotment, but doctor says he followed proper procedures.
View ArticleMashpee man gets 1-year term on rape, child pornography charges
FALMOUTH — A 19-year-old Mashpee man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Falmouth District Court to rape and child pornography charges.James Stone, of 22 Seneca Ave., was sentenced to 2½ years in the Barnstable...
View ArticleFormer manager charged with stealing $108K from Hyannis company
HYANNIS — A former general manager of Fastenal, an international distributor of fasteners and construction products with a store on Rosary Lane, has been charged with larceny after allegedly stealing...
View ArticleAttorney: Sandwich driver unaware person trapped under car
Woman charged with hitting 2 pedestrians in Boston, then dragging one along highway.
View ArticleBourne police search for armed robber
SAGAMORE BEACH — Police are searching for a man who brandished what appeared to be a gun and robbed the Shell gas station on Canal Street shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday.At 9:47 p.m. the man walked into...
View ArticleMashpee activist convicted of trespassing at Pilgrim
PLYMOUTH — A Plymouth District Court jury on Tuesday found Mashpee activist Paul Rifkin guilty of trespassing in connection with his arrest in May while protesting at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. A...
View ArticleNurses want protection from violent patients
HYANNIS — Tricia Casey said that after she was assaulted by a patient at the psychiatric center across from Cape Cod Hospital, an administrator told her dealing with such incidents was part of her job...
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