UPDATE – 4/10/24 – “The rest of the story”

HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – According to an arrest report by Patrolman Kevin Shaw of the Barnstable Police Department, Sunday at around 12:25 a.m., he was dispatched to Embargo at 453 Main Street for a report of a disturbance between restaurant staff and patrons. Dispatch informed responding officers that a group of males had fought with staff. One of the males reportedly struck a bouncer over the head with a glass. The combative males were said to have driven away from the scene in a gray Toyota Highlander.

When Patrolman Shaw arrived at Embargo, he reportedly observed broken glass on the ground at the front entrance. The victim, an Embargo bouncer, was in the bathroom cleaning blood from the right side of his head. The bouncer’s injuries were described bloody lacerations on the side of his head and behind his right ear.

Patrolman Shaw’s report continues as follows:

“In viewing the video, [Ptl. Shaw] could clearly see a group of males fighting with the staff at the front entrance. A male party was wearing a jacket with a distinct white stripe and a hat is seen in the video swinging his arm at [the victim’s] head with an object in his hand, followed by glass shattering and [the victim] going to the ground holding the right side of his head. The fight then spilled out onto the side walk, where the group of males continued to gang up on [the other bouncer], pushing and punching him repeatedly before retreating across the street. Ptl. Ginnetty confirmed the party he had detained was wearing the jacket seen in the video. The male, later identified as Killian Cortes was taken into custody at this time. He was handcuffed to the rear in properly fitted handcuffs and placed in the back of E228. He was transported to BPD where he was booked and advised of his rights with the assistance of an interpreter via the language line telephone…”

Killian Cortes, 31, listed as currently residing in Marstons Mills, was charged with Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, to wit glass.

The following is HN’s initial report and video:

*** WATCH *** MAN HERE ON COLOMBIAN PASSPORT ACCUSED OF SMASHING GLASS ACROSS SOMEONE’S HEAD AT HYANNIS BAR…

HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – [HN VIDEO NOTES] – Barnstable Police and Hyannis Rescue responded to the Embargo Restaurant on Main Street shortly before closing this morning for a report of a glass being broken across someone’s head.

The suspect was said to have gotten into a gray Toyota Highlander before driving away toward High School Road.

As you will see and hear in the following HN Video, patrol officers caught up to the suspect vehicle on Bearses Way and were able to conduct a traffic stop near the intersection with Quaker Road.

Officers noticed one man had blood on him along with a laceration on one of his fingers. Hyannis Rescue responded to the car stop and bandaged up the man’s finger.

Meanwhile, at the Embargo Restaurant, Hyannis Rescue evaluated the victim. (The extent of the victim’s injuries was unknown at the time of this report… developing)

A member of the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Crime Scene Unit responded to both Embargo and BPD Headquarters to photograph evidence.

The police report was still being worked on at the time of this HN report and many details were not readily available.

HN was in the lobby of Barnstable Police Headquarters when the bail commissioner was speaking with the suspect by utilizing a telephone Spanish/English translator. The bail commissioner was explaining to the suspect that he needed to surrender his passport in order to be bailed out… and that his passport would later be returned to the suspect when he showed up to court on Monday. (It was a Colombian passport according to sources.) In short, for one reason or another, the suspect refused to sign the bail commissioner’s paperwork, stating, “Tengo mis derechos.” (I have my rights.)

It’s uncertain exactly why, but the suspect stopped cooperating with the bail process. Once refusing to sign the bail paperwork, the only other option was for the suspect to be placed back inside his jail cell, to be held in custody until Monday morning at Barnstable District Court.

One police source mentioned the glass broken on the person’s head at Embargo may have actually been some type of bottle. HN will provide clarification upon receiving the arrest report.

At this time, it’s unknown what led up to the alleged assault and battery. The suspect with the Colombian passport is being charged with Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, a serious felony.

The following HN Video highlights both scenes, Embargo and the traffic stop where the arrest was made. The video also contains actual police radio traffic. HN will provide updated official details as they become available…. [DEVELOPING]

[HN VIDEO – PRESS PLAY]

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