Hyannis woman charged with OUI, assault on officer
BARNSTABLE—A 25-year-old woman was arrested Thursday night after allegedly striking a police officer after being stopped for drunken driving, according to court documents.Alexandria Rurycz, of Hyannis,...
View ArticleOff-road vehicles damage protected areas in Mashpee
MASHPEE — Town officials are ramping up enforcement of a bylaw that prohibits the use of vehicles on town conservation land after a recent spike in vandalism that has cost thousands of dollars.The...
View ArticleBarnstable named one of most dangerous places in U.S.
BARNSTABLE — The town of Barnstable has been placed on a national list that won’t be promoted in tourist or visitor brochures.The Cape’s largest town ranks 93rd — one spot below Cincinnati — in the Top...
View ArticleHarwich police euthanize injured coyote
Harwich police shot and killed an injured coyote after a standoff with a dog Sunday.At 10 a.m., the Harwich Police Department responded to a call that a dog and coyote were in a standoff near a marsh...
View ArticleGovernor signs bill boosting Busby pension
FALMOUTH — Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill into law late Friday that will provide former Falmouth police Officer John Busby, disabled in a vicious attack 37 years ago, the pension the town believes he...
View ArticleDamage in Pocasset house fire confined to attic
The Bourne Fire Department extinguished a fire Monday night in the attic of a Pocasset house. At 7:22 pm, firefighters responded to a possible structure fire at 324 Barlows Landing Road. "The wife...
View ArticleHarwich teen pleads not guilty in fatal stabbing of stepfather
Cole Martin's attorney alleges history of domestic abuse before Yarmouth motel attack.
View ArticleDennis Port man charged after crash
WEST BARNSTABLE — A 19-year-old Dennis Port man who police say crashed a pickup truck into a tree on Monday pleaded not guilty to related charges in Barnstable District Court Tuesday.Christian Gibbs...
View ArticleCenterville man denies rape of 13-year-old girl
DNA test leads to arrest 4 years after incident.
View ArticleBarnstable seeks summer officers
HYANNIS — The Barnstable Police Department is hiring 10 seasonal community service officers to provide foot patrol coverage in downtown Hyannis during the summer of 2017.The primary role of the...
View ArticleAlleged gang member denies Hyannis shooting
Christian Chapman charged with firing gun into crowd outside nightclub.
View ArticleHyannis man faces 3rd OUI charge after crash
HYANNIS — A Hyannis man is facing charges of a third drunken-driving offense after a single-car accident on Lantern Lane.Matthew Lojko, 48, pleaded not guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the...
View ArticleBourne man denies assaults on police officer, K-9
Eric T. Roderick already faced probation violation on similar charge.
View ArticleHigh court lays down response for tainted drug cases
Cape and Islands prosecutors already had similar plan in motion.
View ArticlePolice arrest driver on Rte. 6 in Barnstable after foot chase
BARNSTABLE — State police have arrested a driver on Route 6 near Exit 5 and are on scene with drug-sniffing dogs, according to Massachusetts state police Trooper Dustin Fitch.Police pulled the car over...
View ArticleMarstons Mills student, 19, faces drug charges
ORLEANS — A 19-year-old student from Marstons Mills was arraigned Wednesday in Orleans District Court, charged with drug possession, distribution and a drug violation near Cape Cod Regional Technical...
View ArticlePlymouth man charged in assault on woman, child
BARNSTABLE — A 24-year-old Plymouth man was charged Thursday in Barnstable District Court with assault and battery after allegedly striking a woman and her 12-year-old child Tuesday in Sandwich.The...
View ArticleN. Falmouth man charged in gun theft, burglary
FALMOUTH — A North Falmouth man pleaded not guilty to 15 charges Thursday in Falmouth District Court in connection to the theft of guns and burglary of a Bourne home.Scott L. Malyerck, 45, of 741 North...
View ArticlePolice chief takes blame for erroneous 'most dangerous' label
BARNSTABLE — Police Chief Paul MacDonald has taken full responsibility for a coding error that created the appearance there was an unusual spike in crime and put the town on a list of the country’s...
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