B&E suspect nabbed while shaving…
Hyannis – Shortly after 2pm a man came home to an unwelcomed guest inside his house…
… he chased him off and called police.
A description was put out as multiple Barnstable police units responded to the area of Fernwood Ave and began searching the surrounding streets.
Nearby, an alert police detail officer noticed the suspect fleeing on a bike…
… another police detail officer also ran over to assist. (Despite criticism, police details do often assist on-duty officers… but that’s another topic for another day)
A manhunt developed as officers converged on the area…
Patrolman “Gino” Desruisseaux had a hunch and questioned a nearby landscaping crew…
… Desruisseaux’s hunch paid off as multiple officers, including a detail officer in his private vehicle, zeroed in on an address on Orrs Ave, several blocks away from the initial scene on Fernwood Ave.
As officers confronted the individual in the top photo he was busy shaving… perhaps attempting to alter his appearance… perhaps just cleaning himself up for the mugshot.
Regardless, the suspect police were searching for originally had some facial hair…
… police weren’t fooled.
Officer Brian Morrison drove the victim over to identify the suspect. An arrest was made based on evidence connecting the suspect back to the Breaking and Entering on Fernwood Ave…
However, police weren’t quite finished yet.
While police were busy pursuing the now cleanly shaven B&E suspect, other officers discovered a recent B&E nearby on Oak Hill Avenue…
Coincidence?
Police don’t think so…
For nearly two hours crime scene investigators were busy at both scenes, Fernwood Ave and Oak Hill Ave…
The suspect under arrest in the above photo is the lead suspect in both B&Es… and quite possibly other local crimes as well.
Police were still working on the report while this was being written…
Hyannis News will provide updates and more details as they become available.
In other news:
Narcotics Detectives nabbed a major heroin pusher!
The following is the actual Barnstable Police press release:
Over the past six months, Barnstable Police Narcotics Detectives and members of the Bristol County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit have been conducting a heroin distribution investigation targeting Gerard Boyce (age 42 of Boston). During the investigation, Detectives learned that Boyce was traveling from Boston to Barnstable several times per week to distribute Heroin. Boyce, who was supplying several local Heroin distributors, was suspected of selling approximately twenty five thousand dollars worth of Heroin per week on the Cape. An undercover Bristol County Sheriff was able to infiltrate Boyce’s organization and make two Heroin purchases from Boyce.
On 11/20/13, Detectives established surveillance on Boyce in Boston in anticipation of his regular trip to the Cape. Detectives followed Boyce from Boston and stopped him when he arrived in Yarmouth. The stop was conducted by the SCU. Boyce was placed under arrest for two counts of Distribution of Heroin. At the time of his arrest, Boyce was found in possession of approximately 36 grams of Heroin. Consequently, Boyce faces an additional charge of Trafficking Heroin. The street value of the drugs seized is approximately $8000. Boyce was held overnight at the Barnstable PD and subsequently arraigned in Barnstable District this morning.
