BOURNE  —  Police are investigating an accident where an SUV traveling down off the Bourne Bridge didn’t even stop before barrelling over the Bourne Rotary and landing on its roof.

The male driver was reportedly still trapped inside the vehicle when police arrived.  He was eventually extricated and transported to a local hospital.  His injuries are not believed to be life threatening.

It remains uncertain what caused the crash.

HN will update this story as more details become available.

The following video highlights the scene…

In other news:

PHOTO: Barnstable Police responded to what was described as a large fight in the parking lot of the Tiki Port Restaurant last evening at about 11:00PM.

A witness who was not directly involved with the fight spoke with HN.  Apparently at one point during the altercation, a woman jumped behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Avalanche and purposefully drove into a male who was already arguing with one of her friends. But when police arrived, the alleged victim and suspect had reportedly already fled the scene. The remaining people at the scene were not cooperative and appeared as though they may have had one too many Scorpion Bowls.

In other news:

PHOTO: Patrolman Corey Frederickson listens to a mother and daughter after someone smashed in the front window of their home last evening. The incident took place at an address in Hyannis and the Barnstable Police Department is still investigating.

HN will provide further details once officers have completed the investigation.

In other news:

(Actual YPD press statement)

Two Local Men Charged with Tagging and Trespassing

Several months ago a large amount of graffiti was located behind the Town of Yarmouth Transfer Station in South Yarmouth. The graffiti was on the waste treatment facility. Some of the graffiti involved a tag of “3C” as well as lewd comments towards the police such as ‘F_ _ k the Police.” We have removed the full spelling of the “F” word for this media release. Photographs of the graffiti were taken and documented and an investigation ensued primarily by Yarmouth Police Department Patrol Officer Sean Geary.

On September 2, 2015 Patrol Officer Geary went to the Town of Yarmouth Water Pump Station on North Main Street for the report of more graffiti. It appeared that the graffiti at this location was similar in nature. There were more initials “TKM” “CAP” “ARF” “MHB” “MFF” “CRH” along with another “3C” “CodTown” and a tag that read “F THE LAW”. Along with this graffiti at this location there was a large “RIP JOB” that appeared to be unrelated. The “RIP JOB” was in black spray paint rather than white and appeared to be different hand writing. Two cans of spray paint were located at this location and were sent to the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Department Crime Scene Unit for processing with negative results.

On both the Water Pump Station and the Waste Water Treatment Facility the areas are clearly marked with signs that say “No Trespassing.” Furthermore both of these areas are fenced off. Access was made either over, under, or through gaps in the fence with clear disregard for the No Trespassing signs.

Additional information was developed with assistance from the Dennis Police Department which indicated these tags were in remembrance of local young people that have died untimely deaths.

Through the use of several Social Media outlets, Patrol Officer Geary developed several suspects who were close friends with the deceased and posted the same exact tags on their pages. Some of the photos showed the suspect with the young person prior to their deaths.

Here is the list of Town of Yarmouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and privately owned properties that have been vandalized:

1. Waste Treatment Facility South Yarmouth (Deceased Initials, 3C, F_ _k The Police)
2. Water Pump Station North Main Street South Yarmouth (Deceased Initials, F_ _k The Law, 3C, Codtown)
3. Bayberry Hills Golf Course West Yarmouth (Deceased Initials, Cross)
4. West Great Western Road South Yarmouth (3C, Codtown)
5. 33 Old Main Street South Yarmouth (3C, Codtown)
6. 474 Station Ave (3C)
7. North Dennis Road at Route 6 Underpass South Yarmouth (3C, F_ _k Police)
8. Webbers Path West Yarmouth (3C)
9. 261 Whites Path (3C)
10. 389 Whites Path (RIP)
11. 23 Whites Path (3C)

On September 20, 2015 Patrol Officer Geary spoke with suspect Ian Cooke in front of his residence at 23 Melville Road in South Yarmouth and based on the evidence obtained 11 Counts of Felony Tagging and 2 Counts of Trespassing have been filed against him through the summons process at the Barnstable District Court.

Furthermore, the investigation has also implicated another person and the Yarmouth Police Department is also filing charges through the summons process against Jordan O’Brien with 1 Count of Felony Tagging and 1 Count of Trespassing.

IAN J. COOKE AGE 24
23 MELVILLE RD SOUTH YARMOUTH
11 COUNTS OF FELONY TAGGING PROPERTY
2 COUNTS OF TRESPASS

JORDAN P. O’BRIEN AGE 25
55 MAYFAIR RD SOUTH DENNIS
FELONY TAGGING PROPERTY
TRESPASS

Tagging is considered a felony in Massachusetts and with consequences such as serious fines, jail sentences, and loss of driver license.

Massachusetts General Law C 265-S126B Regarding Tagging:

“Whoever sprays or applies paint or places a sticker upon a building, wall, fence, sign, tablet, gravestone, monument or other object or thing on a public way or adjoined to it, or in public view, or on private property, such person known or commonly known as ”taggers” and such conduct or activity known or commonly known as ”tagging”, or other words or phrases associated to such persons, conduct or activity, and either as an individual or in a group, joins together with said group, with the intent to deface, mar, damage, mark or destroy such property, shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than two years or by a fine of not less than fifteen hundred dollars or not more than three times the value of such damage to the property so defaced, marked, marred, damaged or destroyed, whichever is greater, or both fine and imprisonment and shall also be required to pay for the removal or obliteration of such ”tagging” or to obliterate such ”tagging”; provided, however that when a fine is levied pursuant to the value of the property marred, defaced, marked, damaged or destroyed or where the cost of removal or obliteration is assessed the court shall, after conviction, conduct an evidentiary hearing to ascertain the value of the property so defaced, marked, marred, damaged or destroyed or to ascertain the cost of the removal or obliteration. A police officer may arrest any person for commission of the offenses prohibited by this section without a warrant if said police officer has probable cause to believe that said person has committed the offenses prohibited by this section.

Upon conviction for said offense the individual’s driver’s license shall be suspended for one year. If the individual convicted of defacing or vandalizing the real or personal property of another is under the age of sixteen then one year shall be added to the minimum age eligibility for driving.”

[This media release was prepared and distributed by Yarmouth Police Department Deputy Chief of Police Steven G. Xiarhos]

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