Top photo: Police and rescue wait for state medical examiner… WEST YARMOUTH – Divers recovered the body of an adult male from the icy waters off Colonial Acres Beach at the end of Standish Way. Police, firefighters, divers, and … Continue reading →
Top photo: One of today’s fatal overdoses… This is what it looks like… it’s either recovery, prison, or death. HYANNIS – At about 5:15am, Barnstable Police and Hyannis Rescue responded to an overdose at a residence on the east side … Continue reading →
HYANNIS – [DEVELOPING] A man was taken into custody hours after dropping off a dead woman at CCH. She was described as being in the early stages of lividity according to sources… About 5am, or sometime thereafter, a man showed … Continue reading →
HYANNIS – The driver of a vehicle that went airborne after hitting one snow bank and landing in another is possibly looking at motor vehicle charges according to sources at the scene. At 1:50am, police received a call regarding a … Continue reading →
Top photo: Barnstable patrolmen and a state trooper surrounded a house in the East End of Hyannis last evening. They were looking for a man who was said to be illegally carrying a gun. No arrests were made and the … Continue reading →
ABOVE PHOTOS: (Top) Yarmouth police and rescue try to help OD patient in back of ambulance… (Second) DCF workers arrive at CCH with Barnstable Patrolmen… YARMOUTH – Police and rescue rushed to save a father who had just overdosed with … Continue reading →
PHOTO: A fox carefully watches a cop car as the patrolman attempts to return an escaped pit bull… was the fox in on it? HYANNIS – Two suspicious foxes stalked and kept a close eye on a patrolman who captured … Continue reading →
HYANNIS – Police and rescue rushed to the parking lot in front of Bobby Byrne’s for a man who was unresponsive. At about a 8:30pm, a police dispatcher put out the call as possibly being some sort of epileptic seizure, … Continue reading →
The statistics and graphs in this report were prepared by Officer Eric Drifmeyer of the Barnstable Police Department. It’s important to note that Hyannis News added enhancements and wording to the graphs to further illustrate the statistics. For example, in … Continue reading →
HYANNIS – Barnstable Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident which left a man down in the middle of Main Street. At about 5:15pm, police and rescue rushed to the East End in front of Bradford’s Hardware for an injured pedestrian … Continue reading →
Nobody enjoys writing, or even reading, about the steady stream of daily heroin overdoses here on Cape Cod. Especially the recent seemingly record-breaking numbers in the Greater Hyannis area. But emergency resources are being stretched to the limit… and people … Continue reading →
