HN NOTE: This is the worst I have ever seen it! As you will hear in the following HN Audio, at about 6:30PM this evening, a Barnstable Patrolman just happened across a 30-year-old woman passed out in a car … Continue reading →
HYANNIS – According to police, there were five overdoses last evening within the Town of Barnstable. Police and rescue responded to 4 overdoses during the 4:00PM to Midnight shift… and the following HN Video highlights the final overdose which … Continue reading →
YARMOUTH – [DEVELOPING] – At 7:45AM this morning, police and firefighters rushed to a Yarmouth residence and were unable to revive a man who died alone in his vehicle sometime during the overnight. The cause of his untimely … Continue reading →
OSTERVILLE – A man found a vehicle crashed in front of his home. He then observed the driver suffering from an apparent overdose, unconscious, but still breathing… (according to the following emergency radio transmissions) Upon closer inspection he … Continue reading →
[Creative Commons photo by Heinrich Klaffs / with HN insert] HYANNIS – As you will hear in the following brief HN Video, police and two ambulances rushed to an address on Pleasant Street last evening to rescue two people … Continue reading →
YARMOUTH – The opioid epidemic rages on… … and the Yarmouth Police Department reports 72 documented overdoses thus far in their town, 60 of which have involved heroin/Fentanyl. Although local first responders have become experts at arriving quickly and … Continue reading →
FALMOUTH – At this point in the investigation, the scene leads police to believe the driver possible overdosed on heroin prior to his vehicle rolling over onto its roof. According to a Falmouth Police press statement, on July 15, … Continue reading →
BARNSTABLE – A Dennis man was arraigned on serious drug charges this past Friday after police concluded their investigation into a fatal drug overdose which occurred this past March. HN NOTE/WARNING: The following report contains pertinent and sometimes graphic details … Continue reading →
“Death was a friend, and sleep was Death’s brother.” _____________________________ ~ John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath HN NOTES – HYANNIS – It’s a good thing plainclothes police officers happened by and noticed a local intoxicated man down, … Continue reading →
UPDATE (May 1st, 2017) – YPD official media release regarding rescue: “Yarmouth Police Overcome Dog and Police and Firefighters Save Man from Heroin Overdose On Saturday April 28, 2017 at approximately10:33PM Yarmouth Police Officers were dispatched to a home on … Continue reading →
HN NOTES: The goal of making downtown Hyannis an ever-growing outpatient ward has its unfortunate tradeoffs. Sure, for some there will be service industry job security, but for every job created, there will be many others not happy about … Continue reading →
