Author Archives: Robert Bastille
About Robert Bastille
Rob Bastille is a regionally renowned photojournalist and founder of Hyannis News, raised right here in Hytown! [Read full bio]
Rapid response to psyche center
Hyannis – 2/28/13 – Cape Cod Hospital Security, Hyannis Fire Department, and the Barnstable Police all responded to the ‘psyche center’ at 4pm to assist with a troubled young male patient who barricaded himself in one of the rooms. Emergency … Continue reading →
[Photo] “Peeping Tom’s” door smashed in…
Hyannis – 2/27/13 – Police responded to Sunsational Tanning at 11 Enterprise Rd. last night after someone smashed in the front door with a rock. Police responded quickly and eventually determined that nobody had entered the building. Also note, Luis … Continue reading →
Sea Fox ‘turn and burn?’
Hell of a ‘HyTown Haul’ for the Sea Fox and her crew on the Ocean Street docks… And just in the nick of time as they say it may start to blow for the next couple days, making a “turn … Continue reading →
PetsSafe
PetSmart pets are breathing a sigh of relief after emergency vehicles responded to and checked out reports of a fire this afternoon. Fire and Police vehicles arrived quickly, even Animal Control arrived soon after the call went out. Fire officials … Continue reading →
A peeping Luis [Update]
Feb. 25 Court Report UPDATE: MACEDO, LUIS CARLOS, 47, 12 Ashumet Road, Mashpee; photographing an unsuspecting partially nude or nude person (two counts). Ordered to stay away from victim, surrender passport; pretrial hearing March 20. Editor’s Note: Due to a … Continue reading →
Funny 911 call
[UPDATED] The gravest call just became more dangerous
Update: 4/9/13 – I’m monitoring the Barnstable Police emergency/ operations radio system and I keep hearing the same troubling things… static or broken/ unreadable transmissions… portables completely malfunctioning, even the normally more powerful cruiser radios are occasionally completely on the … Continue reading →
Bagged jacking copper
Patrolman Steve Everette, a seasoned veteran of the Barnstable Police force was the logical choice for patrolling Osterville, an area he knows very well. On the evening of February 21, 2013, Everette was looking for a thief responsible for eleven … Continue reading →
Cape emergency radio system ‘re-banded’
Corolla takes out traffic lights and flees!
HYANNIS – Barnstable Police are looking for driver who jumped the curb and took out a traffic light pole at the intersection of Barnstable Road and Center Street today at about 1:30 pm. All lights at the intersection were unable … Continue reading →