Cape Wide News for Thursday March 11th, 2010

Man trapped in tractor rollover

FALMOUTH – Just after 2 p.m. Thursday a man working in his yard in the Ballymeade community was trapped under a tractor when it rolled over on a hillside.

Falmouth Fire Rescue paramedics treated and stabilized the man while other Rescue and Falmouth Police officers worked together to lift the tractor off the man so he could be extricated.

The victim was transported to Falmouth hospital with what appeared to be injuries that were not life threatening.

Photos by C. Eric Tinglof/CWN

Possible arson fire on Fresh Holes Road

HYANNIS - At about 10:45 a.m. Thursday there was a fire at 12 Fresh Holes Road in Hyannis. It was in the left side of a duplex in a cul-de-sac off Bearses Way.

When the Hyannis Fire Department and Barnstable Police arrived they found that there was heavy smoke coming out of the furnished but uninhabited unit.

After the fire was extinguished, Barnstable Police Arson Investigator Ptl. John York was called to the scene as was the state Fire Marshall’s office.

There was official activity for several hours with crime-scene tape strung on the burned side of the duplex.

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Photos by Frank F. Paparo/CWN

Yarmouth Police Department Arrests of the Week
WEST YARMOUTH - From 8 a.m. on Thursday, March 4th, 2010, to 8 a.m. on Thursday, March 11, 2010, the men and women of the Yarmouth Police Department logged 612 police service calls, 28 of which resulted in criminal charges. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Some of the more noteworthy arrests were:

Mar 4: 6:05 p.m. Oyster Cove Road - VEHICLE STOP - Patrol Officer Raymond Scichilone arrested
James E. Kontos, 53, of South Yarmouth who was charged with
OUI drugs
Failure to stay within marked lanes

Mar 5: 1:21 a.m. Route 28 - VEHICLE STOP - Patrol Officer Andrew O’ Malley arrested
Robert William Shanahan, 26, of Dennis who was charged with
OUI drugs
Operating to endanger
Operating without headlights on

Mar 5: 7:43 p.m. Cheshire Road - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Patrol Officer Albert Sprague arrested
Christopher Thomas Lawrence, 27, of West Yarmouth who was charged with
Outstanding warrant
Assault and battery

Mar 6: 6:59 a.m. Station Avenue - VEHICLE STOP - Patrol Investigator Scott Lundegren arrested
Thomas W. Salamone, 46, of Hyannis who was charged with
Outstanding warrant
Outstanding warrant

Mar 9: 1:40 a.m. Station Avenue - VEHICLE STOP - Patrol Investigator Scott Lundegren arrested
Nico A. Kraft, 21, of Truro who was charged with
OUI Liquor
Resisting arrest
Assault and battery on a police officer

Mar 9: 9:17 p.m. Treasure Lane - DISTURBANCE - Patrol Investigator Erica Wenberg
Jillian M. Sparrow, 33, of South Yarmouth who was charged with
Outstanding warrant

Release and mugshots furnished by Yarmouth Police

2nd annual "Run to the Top" scheduled for April 10th
PROVINCETOWN - The Provincetown Fire Department and Lower Cape Ambulance will sponsor the 2nd annual "Run to the Top" of the Pilgrim Monument on Saturday April 10th, 2010.

Proceeds from this year's event will benefit Firefighter Stephen Bold, a 16-year veteran of the Mashpee Fire Department who has been diagnosed with incurable stage 4 bladder cancer and is currently in remission. Firefighter Bold also has sole custody of his two daughters ages 6 and 8.

Firefighters in full turnout gear sans airpaks will as the name implies run to the top of the 252 foot Provincetown landmark either solo or in groups of five.

Registration will start at 3:30 p.m. with the "run" starting at 5 p.m. There is a $20 entry fee. Checks should be made out to the Stephen Bold Benevolent Fund.

For more information contact Firefighter Christy Avila at (508) 776-7508 or email, or Paramedic Brandy Tarala at (508) 737-4852 or email.

Sheriff’s Office blood drive set for Friday, March 12th
BOURNE - Barnstable County Sheriff James M. Cummings has set this coming Friday, March 12th, (tomorrow) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., for his office’s first blood drive of the new year.

It will be at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility (BCCF) in Bourne. The facility is located just outside the Bourne gate to the Massachusetts Military Reservation, which is near the Bourne National Cemetery.

Walk-ins are welcome. They have contributed to the Office’s four prior blood drives and so “make a positive difference in an area of unrelenting need,” Sheriff Cummings noted. “We’re hoping for another strong turn-out and perhaps our highest number of pints collected this time around.”

In addition to walk-ins, donations will be taken from the more than 300 uniformed officers, corrections support staff, and administrative personnel who work at BCCF. “Our employees were generous last time and I know they will be again,” the Sheriff said.

The blood drive’s other sponsor is the C-Lab at Cape Cod Hospital. This guarantees that all blood collected on Friday will stay on Cape.

Donors should park in the lot designated for visitors and enter BCCF’s front lobby.

To get to the facility, take Route 28 (either direction) into the town of Bourne. At the Massachusetts Military Reservation rotary, follow signs leading to the base and to the Bourne National Cemetery. The Sheriff’s Office is accessible by making a U-turn just before the base gate. Ample signage will direct donors from the rotary on in. Those with base access and who enter at the Falmouth or Sandwich gate should exit at the Bourne gate and take an immediate right once they’re off base.
Release furnished by Barnstable Sheriff's Department

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