SANDWICH - Police from three towns were involved in a bizarre incident that ended with a driver crashing into a police cruiser. It started around 9 p.m. when Mashpee Police tried to stop a Chevy van on Route 28, reportedly for a minor traffic offense. The driver refused to stop taking police on a chase down Route 28, in to Cotuit, on to Route 149 and then Race Lane. Only going about 40 miles per hour the chase ended on Boardley Road at Harlow Road in Sandwich when the suspect allegedly rammed a Sandwich police cruiser. No injuries were reported and only minor damage was done. The driver later identified as Peter E. Bailey Jr. of Mashpee is expected to face numerous charges in the incident including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for ramming the cruiser and failing to stop for a police officer. Further details were not immediately available. CWN photo by Bryan Joseph
Another gas station robbed in Hyannis A Hess clerk (idenity protected) shows Barnstable Police which way a knife wielding robber fled the gas station. HYANNIS - For the second time in 24 hours a Hyannis gas station was robbed. A man wielding a knife held up the Hess station at the intersection of South Street, Ocean Street and Old Colony Way about 8:15 p.m. The suspect fled with an undetermined amount of cash. The clerk was not injured.
The suspect was described as a white male with s a scruffy beard, wearing a brown leather jakcet and a hoodie. We're checking with Barnstable Police to see if surveillance images are available. Anyone with information is asked to contact Barnstable Detectives at (508) 771-6237.
Photos by Frank F. Paparo/CWN
Hyannis firefighters douse mulch fire at Cape Codder Resort HYANNIS - Hyannis firefighters were called to the Cape Codder Resort on Iyannough Road (Route 132) Sunday evening after mulch began smouldering outside.
It is believed a carelessly discarded cigarette caused the fire.
No injuries or significant damage was reported.
Photo by Frank F. Paparo/CWN
911 call leads to arrest for pot cultivation and default warrants
SOUTH DENNIS - The Dennis Police report that at approximately 10:21 a.m. Sunday they responded to 110 Acorn Road in South Dennis in response to a 911 call. The Dennis Police had responded to this address for prior domestic disturbances. When Patrolmen Downes and Winn arrived at the house they knocked on the door and a female answered and said everything was fine.
Patrolman Downes was aware of two warrants for Derek Pitcher, 23, who lives at 110 Acorn Road. When the female was asked if Derek was home she said that he hadn’t lived there for months. The officers entered the house to look for Derek and when they walked upstairs they observed broken glass and a telephone on the floor. Looking down the hallway, the officers noticed that a door had been kicked in and was lying on its side. As the officers looked in the room they observed fluorescent lights hanging from the ceiling and a 4-foot marijuana plant growing under the lights. Also in the room was plant growing material including potting soil, plant food, and growing pots.
As the officers continued to look for Derek Pitcher they entered a child’s room where they observed 4 potted marijuana plants thrown into a baby’s play pen. While searching the room for Pitcher they found him lying curled up in a ball behind a child’s bunk bed. Pitcher was placed under arrest for two default warrants along with cultivating marijuana. He was held without bail and taken to the Barnstable County Correctional Facility where he will be held until Monday pending arraignment at Orleans District Court.
Release furnished by the Dennis Police Department.
Car rolls over into woods in Sandwich SANDWICH - Police are investigating the circumstances around an early morning car crash in Sandwich. Around 1:15 a.m. a vehicle rolled over crashing into the woods on Route 130 by the exit 2 ramp to Route 6. The driver was nowhere to be found when officials arrived. Evidence at the scene suggested significant injury. Police located the driver Jonathan Adams, 19, at his residence a couple of miles away. He was taken to Cape Cod Hospital for treatment. Adams was cited for abandoning a motor vehicle, operating to endanger, speeding, and marked lanes violation.
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