Fire damages kitchen at Mashpee home
MASHPEE — A microwave fire caused extensive damage to a Mashpee home’s kitchen Wednesday night.At 6:23 p.m., Mashpee firefighters responded to a call for a possible structure fire at 85 Snead Drive....
View ArticleBarnstable County pulls Entergy, land trust and fire district into water lawsuit
BARNSTABLE — Add a giant nuclear power company and a charitable trust originally established to buy school supplies for Barnstable students to the list of parties entangled in a lawsuit over the...
View ArticleYarmouth man pleads not guilty to truck theft, assault
BARNSTABLE — A West Yarmouth man pleaded not guilty to several charges in Barnstable District Court on Thursday after allegedly stealing a vehicle from a woman, according to court documents. John...
View ArticleWareham man dies in Lakeville crash
LAKEVILLE — A 50-year-old Wareham man has died following a single car accident in Lakeville.Massachusetts State Police say officers responded to the accident at about 5:50 a.m. Sunday.They say a...
View ArticleOrleans business reopens after bomb threat
ORLEANS — It was business as usual Sunday at the Hot Chocolate Sparrow as several dozen customers frequented the popular shop a day after Orleans police investigated a bomb threat at the building. “A...
View ArticleProvincetown man held on domestic violence charges
PROVINCETOWN — A man with five prior restraining orders against him pleaded not guilty Monday in Orleans District Court to charges of mayhem, strangulation and assault and battery on a household...
View ArticleHyannis man pleads not guilty to soliciting sex from minor
BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man pleaded not guilty Monday to multiple charges in Barnstable District Court after allegedly attempting to solicit sex from a minor in a bank vestibule over the weekend,...
View ArticleSandwich man facing third OUI charge
BARNSTABLE — A Sandwich man pleaded not guilty Monday in Barnstable District Court to a third offense of operating under the influence of alcohol, according to court documents. Jay Wahl, 55, also...
View ArticleHyannis man charged with OUI after crash
BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man pleaded not guilty in Barnstable District Court on Monday to a fourth or greater offense of operating under the influence of alcohol, according to court documents. Shawn...
View ArticleJudge orders inappropriate phone photos destroyed
BARNSTABLE — An Everett man pleaded guilty Monday to one charge of distributing obscene matter, according to Barnstable District Court documents. A judge sentenced Dylan Barca, 20, to one year of...
View ArticleMashpee man sentenced to 78 months on drug, laundering charges
BOSTON — A Mashpee man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 6½ years in federal prison for running a large marijuana distribution and money laundering operation.David Landry, 29, was...
View Article2 Falmouth women held after second heroin arrests in 2 weeks
FALMOUTH — Two Falmouth women were ordered held on $75,000 bail after pleading not guilty Monday in Falmouth District Court to heroin trafficking charges. It was the second time in two weeks they had...
View ArticleYarmouth police investigate head-on crash
WEST YARMOUTH — Yarmouth police are investigating Saturday's head-on crash, after which a South Yarmouth man was arrested on charges of drunken driving, according to a press release from the...
View ArticleTwo charged with robbery, assault
BARNSTABLE — Two men were arraigned Monday in Barnstable District Court on charges of robbery and assault.Christopher Barrie, 18, of West Yarmouth, and Isaiah Starling, 19, of Mashpee, were arraigned...
View ArticleSouth Yarmouth man sentenced in vandalism, assault
BARNSTABLE — A South Yarmouth man pleaded guilty Monday in Barnstable District Court to charges of vandalism and assault and battery.Joseph Tinkham, 34, of was charged with strangulation or...
View ArticleHyannis man sentenced in baseball bat attack
BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man was sentenced in connection with a brutal attack on Winter Street in March 2016.Kenneth McGay, 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Barnstable District Court to two charges of...
View ArticleOrleans builder charged with contractor violations
ORLEANS — An Orleans builder pleaded not guilty Wednesday to three counts of home improvement contractor violations after Wellfleet residents told police he took thousands of dollars in advance...
View ArticleFamily: Stabbing victim was trying to leave husband
COTUIT — From early on, the relationship between Christopher Fratantonio and his 35-year-old wife, Molly, who he is accused of fatally stabbing last week, was volatile and abusive, according to court...
View ArticleDoctors seeking right-to-die for terminally ill get day in court
BOSTON — A retired Cape Cod doctor suffering from prostate cancer stood outside a Boston courtroom Wednesday to tell the public why he and terminally ill patients should be able to choose to end their...
View Article'Codfather' to plead guilty to federal charges
NEW BEDFORD — Carlos Rafael, who the Department of Justice labeled as the owner of the largest commercial fishing business in New England, will plead guilty to federal charges as part of a settlement...
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