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Cape Wide News for Saturday January 26th, 2013



Driver arrested for OUI in police station parking lot
HYANNIS
- Barnstable Police arrested an Arlington man for operating under the influence of liquor after he was discovered allegededly operating erratically in the rear parking lot of the Barnstable Police station reserved for police officers only. 57-year-old Michael Sheehan reportedly failed a field sobriety test and was also charged with trespassing. He is due to be arraigned Monday in Barnstable District Court.

Man arrested for domestic assault in Yarmouth
YARMOUTH
- Yarmouth Police report that on Friday at 4:20 p.m., Patrol Officers Gordon Gibbons, Mary Gibney and Paul Mellett responded to an urgent 911 call reporting an alleged Domestic Violence Attack in progress on Ernest Road in West Yarmouth. 

Officers arrived and promptly placed Karl Remy, 20, under arrest for Assault and Battery and Felony Intimidation of a Witness. Remy was booked at Yarmouth Police Headquarters and is scheduled for arraignment in Barnstable District Court on Monday.
Media release and mugshot furnished by Barnstable Police


Inmates paint at MMR in Bourne

BOURNE
It’s a big job – painting inside the administration building and dorms at Massachusetts Maritime Academy – but someone’s got to do it.  Why not these three and six fellow inmates at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility?  The academy and correctional center are both located in Bourne, though on opposite sides of the bridge.  That’s inmate Michael McBride on ladder, inmate Niko Kersey using long-handled roller, and inmate Thomas Godbout down low with brush.  Eyeballing the work in progress is Ed Gendron, the academy’s supervisor of building maintenance.

Gendron, with no painters on his in-house maintenance crew, would have had to contract the job out “or more likely put it off even though the new coat is  badly needed.”  By his estimate ($35 per hour), the donated inmate labor is saving MMA in the neighborhood of $20,000.  “That’s pretty unbelievable,” says Gendron.

But just another day for inmate crews that typically save the Cape’s municipal and non-profit agencies between $425,000 and $525,000 annually.  The final figures for calendar year 2012 are being computed now and will likely be in that range.

The job, meanwhile, was scheduled to coincide with the annual cruise of T.S. Kennedy, the academy’s training ship.  Having the bulk of cadets on the high seas has reduced the normal flow of pedestrian traffic and enabled the corridor painting to proceed virtually unhindered.  Nor was this late January day a bad one to be working inside; the wind-chill adjusted temperature outside had fallen below zero.
Media release and photo furnished by Barnstable Sheriff's Office


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