85-year-old package store owner struck while out riding his bike… transported to CCH… [Video]
Hyannis – The 85-year-old owner of Hyannis Package Store was out riding his bike when he was struck by a man driving a SUV…
The accident occurred at the intersection of Sea Street and South Street…
Hyannis Rescue responded and carefully secured the bicyclist on a stretcher and transported him to Cape Cod Hospital…
… his injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening.
Donald Birch, age 85, owns the Hyannis Package Store at the West End Rotary…
For years Mr. Birch has taken care of the landscaping and appearance of the West End Rotary…
Barnstable Police are investigating the cause of the collision…
Photo: Driver of the SUV telling his side of the story…
The following video highlights the scene right after the accident occurred… [Press play]
Hyannis News will provide updates as they become available...
In other news:
Four hauled in after $6,000 in heroin discovered...
Actual BPD press release:
After a two month investigation by Yarmouth Detective Chris Kent and Barnstable Detective Mark Butler, a search warrant was issued for 54 Sandalwood Dr. [in] Cotuit for heroin. The target of the investigation, 21 year old Mason Lavallee, has been distributing heroin from the home he shares with his mother and brother. The Lavallee home has been the target of a prior search warrant for drugs in 2011.
At approx. 5 AM on 5/24/14, Barnstable and Yarmouth Narcotic Detectives, as well as the Barnstable Street Crimes Unit made entrance into the Sandalwood Dr. residence. Upon making entry, Mason Lavallee and his girlfriend Brittany Poillucci were located in a basement bedroom. Mason’s mother and brother, Terri and Ronald Lavallee were also located in their bedrooms inside the home.
Mashpee Officer Assad and his drug sniffing K9 Lola searched the home and located two plastic bags containing approximately 60 grams of heroin inside a nightstand next to Mason’s bed. The street value of the heroin is approximately $6000 and one of the two larger plastic bags contained 29 smaller individual knotted baggies of heroin packaged for distribution. Upon further searching, other drug paraphernalia was located in the living room of the home and upstairs in Terri Lavallee’s bedroom.
As a result of the search, Mason Lavallee was placed under arrest for Trafficking in Heroin (36-100 grams). Mason has 2 prior convictions for Distribution of Oxycodone in 2011. He was arraigned in Barnstable District Court on this date and held on $25,000 bail.
Ronald and Terri Lavallee, as well as Brittany Poillucci, were also placed under arrest for Knowingly Being Present Where Heroin is kept, 23 year old Ronald is currently on probation in Barnstable District Court for 2 counts of Breaking and Entering in the Nighttime; all three suspects were released from Barnstable District Court on personal recognizance on this date.
In other news:
One person was transported to CCH for evaluation of minor injuries after two vehicles collided in front of Harbor Freight Tools on Route 132...
Two others were reportedly treated at the scene for minor injuries and released...
In other news:
Firefighters responded to a stove top fire at 327 Winter Street this afternoon...
Someone was cooking some kind of chicken stew that spilled over and ignited...
Firefighters arrived and quickly handled the small grease fire... there were no reported damages to the kitchen...
A mom with young children was told she had done the right thing by calling the fire department...
The stew reportedly was burned beyond being fit for consumption...
4/24/2014
Robert Bastille,
