HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — A pickup truck tore through a Sea Street neighborhood and slammed into a tree early Sunday, leaving a debris field of wreckage, damaged poles, streetlights and fencing before the driver was charged with operating under the influence. … Continue reading →
UPDATE FROM SANDWICH PD – 9/12/26 @ 11AM: Sandwich Police Officer on administrative leave after Friday night off-duty incident. Sandwich Police Officer Matthew Cotter has been placed on administrative leave after an off-duty vehicle crash on Friday, September 11, 2026. … Continue reading →
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — A 27-year-old Hyannis man is facing criminal motor vehicle charges after his pickup truck slammed into a telephone pole in the early hours of Friday. Barnstable Police and a Hyannis Fire Department ambulance crew raced to Winter … Continue reading →
CENTERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS — Two men in a dark SUV tore off into the night after a savage road-rage beating left a Centerville man with significant facial injuries, sources say. Barnstable officers raced to a local address shortly after 9 p.m. … Continue reading →
WEST YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS — A young woman riding an e-scooter was transported to Cape Cod Hospital this afternoon after a collision with a Subaru at the intersection of Route 28 and Springer Lane. Yarmouth Police and a Yarmouth Fire Department … Continue reading →
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – Barnstable Town Council voted 7-3 on Thursday, September 3, 2026, to terminate the town’s contract with Flock Safety and take down the four automated license plate readers operating in town, overriding a last-minute appeal from police leadership. … Continue reading →
BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS — A Jaguar convertible left the roadway around 1 p.m. Friday and slammed into a fence and a tree before coming to rest in the front yard at 3655 Route 6A. The male driver, the vehicle’s sole occupant, … Continue reading →
HYANNIS PORT, MASSACHUSETTS — Shortly after 4 p.m. Friday, lifeguards pulled an 81-year-old woman from the water onto the beach at West Beach Club, 9 Dale Ave. Hyannis firefighters and Barnstable police rushed to the scene as CPR was already … Continue reading →
HN Photos: SANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS – According to a Sandwich Police media statement, at approximately 9 a.m., Sandwich Police Department dispatch received a call from a concerned fisherman. He reported an unattended bicycle near the jetty at the east end of … Continue reading →
ABOVE: HN file images of Peter Afouxenides at his Oct. 20, 2025, arraignment in Barnstable District Court. BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS – Peter Afouxenides, the 61-year-old Arlington man charged with battering a 77-year-old protester at Hyannis’s Airport Rotary last October, changed his … Continue reading →
SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS – A Dennis woman released on personal recognizance after a mid-August drug raid is now being held on a dangerousness finding following a second search that turned up hundreds of grams of fentanyl and cocaine in a … Continue reading →
