Category Archives: News
Hyannis landmark restaurant evacuated after explosion and kitchen fire… [VIDEO]
HYANNIS – Dinner was ruined for at least two bus loads of tourists after a can of cooking spray exploded and set fire to the back kitchen of the Paddock Restaurant. At about 7:35pm, an estimated 100 guests were in … Continue reading →
WASHINGTON BUZZKILL: EBT cards currently used to buy marijuana… some want to close welfare-for-weed loophole…
Hundreds tested for TB in MA…
SHOCKING DETAILS: Four promptly arrested after violent home invasion…
The following is the actual BPD press release: On Tuesday 09/09/14, at approximately 0144hrs. [1:44am], the Barnstable Police Department received a report of an armed home invasion at 12 Hiramar Road Hyannis where a firearm was displayed. Within seconds of … Continue reading →
East End two-alarm apartment fire draws rapid response… [VIDEO]
HYANNIS – At about 7pm, Hyannis Firefighters rushed to a two-alarm apartment building fire at 135 Main Street for heavy flames in one of the upstairs rooms. Barnstable Police shut down Main Street as well as Lewis Bay Road, as … Continue reading →
FREAK ACCIDENT: Teen run over by her own truck… Medflighted from Marstons Mills… [VIDEO… UPDATED INFO]
UPDATE – 11:30AM – 9/5/2014: According to sources, the teen was traveling south on 149 when she experienced brake problems. She managed to pull to the side of the paved travel lane, where she got out; the truck was still … Continue reading →
SHOCKING AUDIO: What police have to deal with on a regular basis…
HYANNIS – The following is audio of the Barnstable Police patrol operations frequency, broadcast and captured from an online application called Rangecast… The audio below involves people at, or near, 149 Sea Street, a notorious ‘problem property.’ Police respond there … Continue reading →
Police investigating the break-in of neighboring homes… and other news briefs…
HYANNIS – Last night, police responded to a home in the area of Walnut Street for a recent break-in only to discover that the house next door had also been broken into. In at least one home it looks like … Continue reading →
PROACTIVE POLICE WORK: Investigators hit streets looking for knife-wielding scumbag who attacked elderly tourists… [HyTown needs your help!]
Top photo: Patrolmen and detectives converge on possible robbery suspect… HYANNIS – Investigators are taking names and looking at possible suspects. East Main Street, with its heavy foot traffic, is being scoured by a police force on a mission. But … Continue reading →
COPS: Drunken driver crashes jeep into river… swims ashore… flees on foot… and fights police officer…
Actual YPD press release: Yarmouth Police and Fire Departments responded to a report of a Jeep in the water of Parker’s River late last night. The suspect swam ashore, fled on foot, and was encountered by Officer Justin Haire a … Continue reading →