UPDATE FROM SANDWICH PD – 9/12/26 @ 11AM: Sandwich Police Officer on administrative leave after Friday night off-duty incident. Sandwich Police Officer Matthew Cotter has been placed on administrative leave after an off-duty vehicle crash on Friday, September 11, 2026. … Continue reading →
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — A 27-year-old Hyannis man is facing criminal motor vehicle charges after his pickup truck slammed into a telephone pole in the early hours of Friday. Barnstable Police and a Hyannis Fire Department ambulance crew raced to Winter … Continue reading →
CENTERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS — Two men in a dark SUV tore off into the night after a savage road-rage beating left a Centerville man with significant facial injuries, sources say. Barnstable officers raced to a local address shortly after 9 p.m. … Continue reading →
WEST YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS — A young woman riding an e-scooter was transported to Cape Cod Hospital this afternoon after a collision with a Subaru at the intersection of Route 28 and Springer Lane. Yarmouth Police and a Yarmouth Fire Department … Continue reading →
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – Barnstable Town Council voted 7-3 on Thursday, September 3, 2026, to terminate the town’s contract with Flock Safety and take down the four automated license plate readers operating in town, overriding a last-minute appeal from police leadership. … Continue reading →
BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS — A Jaguar convertible left the roadway around 1 p.m. Friday and slammed into a fence and a tree before coming to rest in the front yard at 3655 Route 6A. The male driver, the vehicle’s sole occupant, … Continue reading →
HYANNIS PORT, MASSACHUSETTS — Shortly after 4 p.m. Friday, lifeguards pulled an 81-year-old woman from the water onto the beach at West Beach Club, 9 Dale Ave. Hyannis firefighters and Barnstable police rushed to the scene as CPR was already … Continue reading →
HN Photos: SANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS – According to a Sandwich Police media statement, at approximately 9 a.m., Sandwich Police Department dispatch received a call from a concerned fisherman. He reported an unattended bicycle near the jetty at the east end of … Continue reading →
ABOVE: HN file images of Peter Afouxenides at his Oct. 20, 2025, arraignment in Barnstable District Court. BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS – Peter Afouxenides, the 61-year-old Arlington man charged with battering a 77-year-old protester at Hyannis’s Airport Rotary last October, changed his … Continue reading →
SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS – A Dennis woman released on personal recognizance after a mid-August drug raid is now being held on a dangerousness finding following a second search that turned up hundreds of grams of fentanyl and cocaine in a … Continue reading →
YARMOUTH PORT, MASSACHUSETTS — A single-vehicle crash snapped a utility pole and knocked out power along Route 6A early this morning, leaving parts of the neighborhood dark while the driver faces criminal motor vehicle charges. Yarmouth police and firefighters rushed … Continue reading →
