Woman flown to Boston after car vs tree crash
HARWICH - Shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday a female driver lost control of her Mazda Miata convertible and it smashed broadside into a tree at 173 Route 28 just east of the Weatherdeck Restaurant in Harwich. The woman was trapped in the vehicle for a short time until Harwich Fire and Recue personnel were able to extricate her.
She was taken from the scene to Barnstable Airport where a MedFlight helicopter flew her to a Boston hospital with unknown injuries.
Harwich Police shut down Route 28 for approximately 45 minutes until the scene was cleared. At the time of the crash the roads were wet from a snow/rain mixture.
Reporting and photos by Jake O'Callaghan/CWN
Trio arrested for illegal drugs in Yarmouth
YARMOUTH - Yarmouth Police report that On Monday at approximately 5:45 p.m. while working in plain clothes and traveling in unmarked and marked police vehicles members of the new Yarmouth Police Department Proactive Anti-Crime Unit (PAC-UNIT) teamed up with Yarmouth Police Detectives and began saturating the parking lot areas of several businesses on Station Avenue in South Yarmouth near the CVS and Wendy’s.The task force of Yarmouth Police Officers observed actions were consistent with the sale of illegal narcotics occurring between occupants of a Mercedes and Audi. Based on this observation they encountered the occupants of a white Mercedes which then attempted to flee out of the parking lot backwards at a high rate of speed, striking a curb, and coming to a stop.
The operator, Dylan E. Vacher, 32, of Sandwich (left) and passenger, Theresa A. Reilly, 48, of Sandwich (center) were removed from the vehicle and a small clear baggie containing 10 blue pills with scoring on them were located on the passenger seat. The pills were later positively identified as Oxycodone hydrochloride 30 mg.
Vacher and Rilley were placed under arrest and later transported to Yarmouth PD Headquarters where they were booked and charged with Felony Possession with Intent to Distribute a Class B Substance (Oxycodone hydrochloride) and Conspiracy to violate the Massachusetts Drug Laws.
The operator of the Audi was located inside of Wendy’s and identified as Jacques A. Vilcin, 28, of South Yarmouth (right). Vilcin was subsequently placed under arrest for Conspiracy to violate the Massachusetts Drug Laws and after an interview at Yarmouth PD Headquarters, $300 was located on Vilcin and an additional charge of Felony Distribution of a Class B Drug was added.
All three subjects were scheduled for arraignment in the BDC today.
Media release and photos furnished by Yarmouth Police
Drunken woman faces drug charges
YARMOUTH - Yarmouth Police report that on Monday at approximately 11:43 p.m., Yarmouth Police Officer Christopher VanNess radioed that he was on West Yarmouth Road near the bogs with a possible disturbance. Patrol Officer Melissa Alden arrived and observed a white sedan pulled perpendicular to the road and a male and female outside the vehicle.The female began yelling that a she hates “the (expletive) Yarmouth pigs” and became extremely uncooperative while yelling on and on about how much she hated the Yarmouth cops.
The female was taken into Protective Custody for being intoxicated and subsequently identified as Amanda A. Sims, 25 of South Yarmouth.
Sims was still extremely uncooperative when she arrived at the station. A booking room search located a plastic bag containing 30 yellow pills in her bra area. Two other white pills fell on to the floor during the booking process.
The pills were subsequently identified as the following:
(30) Yellow 300 mg pills with imprint of 1G322 (Gabapentin)
(2) White pills with imprint of M357 (Vicodin)
Sims was charged with Possession of Class C and Possession of Class E and was scheduled for arraignment Tuesday in the Barnstable District Court.
Media release and photos furnished by Yarmouth Police
Wellfleet Police report no arrests for the past week
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