PHOTO ROUNDUP: B&E suspect arrested while drinking stolen wine coolers… plus other news briefs…
Press Release:
On Sunday November 2, 2014 at 8:45 p.m. Barnstable Police Officer Troy Perry was dispatched to My Salon & Spa, 58A Corporation Rd. in Hyannis. The business owner discovered that the business had just been broken into during the last hour. Patrol Officers from the evening shift, including a K9 team, responded and searched the area. This business was also broken into on 10/23/14.
An investigation was conducted and evidence was retrieved from the scene with assistance from Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Identification Officer Sean Percy.
A new surveillance system had just been installed and it yielded priceless photos and video of the suspect throughout the course of the entire break-in. The suspect spent nearly 15 minutes in the Salon looking for money but left only with some wine coolers that he located in the back room.
Officer Keith Sexton of the midnight shift viewed the photos during a roll call briefing on the case and was able to positively identify the suspect as Michael Nickerson of Hyannis. Officers Perry and Sexton interviewed Nickerson at a home on Hiramar Rd.
Nickerson was found to have the same distinctive clothing and sneakers and was also in possession of the wine coolers that were stolen.
Michael Nickerson, age 37 of Hyannis, was arrested and charged with Breaking & Entering During The Night Time To Commit A Felony and Larceny In A Building. He was held at the Barnstable Police Department overnight and then transported to Barnstable District Court for arraignment later that morning.
Nickerson is considered to be a suspect in several other commercial break-ins in the area including the previous one at the My Salon & Spa. His involvement in those breaks is being followed up on by the Barnstable Police Department Detective Division.
[Press release prepared by Barnstable Police Sgt. Mark Cabral]
In other news:
Police and rescue assisted a man who became afflicted by what HN refers to as ‘Sudden Body Drop’ (SBD) after ingesting too much alcohol and drugs this past Tuesday evening. The man was reported to be unresponsive by a passerby behind the Sunnyside Restaurant on Main Street in Hyannis. His condition improved as he became slightly alert just prior to being transported to CCH for further treatment and care. The number of people suffering from SBD continues to increase in the downtown Hyannis area. The condition can be fatal, especially when temperatures fall below freezing.
In other news:
A homeless couple takes shelter and bundles up under the bandstand on the Hyannis Village Green during last weekend’s storm. The bandstand has become one of many last ditch backup shelters when the homeless, for one reason or another, are no longer welcome at the Noah Shelter on Winter Street.
In other news:
A rental truck became hung up on a gas pump barricade this past weekend. Hyannis FD needed to respond and standby, while a local tow truck company helped to free the vehicle.
In other news:
Random Route 28 Drama…
Two brothers took their family squabble to the street last weekend. What was originally reported as an assault, turned out to be just a verbal domestic argument. Police spoke with the family on the side of Route 28 near Cape Maid Farms and peace was restored for the time being.
In other news:
A young male driver was hurt when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a traffic light pole during last weekend’s blustery conditions. The single car crash happened at the intersection of Buck Island Road and Higgins Crowell Road in West Yarmouth. The driver’s injuries were considered not life-threatening…
11/6/2014
Robert Bastille,
P.S. -- Tonight's HyTown Vignette is brought to you by Jefferson Starship... [Dust off the Lava Lamps, chill some legally procured wine coolers, turn up the quadraphonic Hi-Fi, and help spread that HyTown Love!]
