EAST FALMOUTH - Fire crews just mopping up on Plum Hollow Road had to rush to the scene of a second house fire at 24 Collins Road. Fire was showing on arrival from the 2 1/2 story house on arrival. Mashpee, Cotuit and Mass Military Reservation firefighters were called to assist and cover empty fire stations. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation. View a slideshow of images from the scene here.
Photos by C. Eric Tinglof/CWN
Basement fire in Falmouth
EAST FALMOUTH - Fire caused extensive damage to a home in Falmouth Sunday afternoon. Crews were called to 207 Plum Hollow Road around 3:20 p.m. to find heavy smoke showing from the basement. Mashpee firefighters assisted at the scene. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Photo by C. Eric Tinglof/CWN
Pedestrian struck in Dennis
WEST DENNIS - A pedestrian was struck by a car in West Dennis around 8:45 p.m. Saturday evening. The incident happened on Main Street (Route 28) by Sundancer's Restaurant. The victim was taken to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries believed to be serious but non life-threatening. Dennis Police are investigating
Smoke fills Hearth 'N Kettle in Orleans
ORLEANS - Firefighters investigating an alarm at the Hearth 'N Kettle Restaurant on the corner of West Road and Main Street (Route 6A) discovered smoke in the building around 10:45 p.m. Eastham and Brewster units were called as a precaution. Power had been knocked out in the area due to a blown transformer and officials believe a rooftop heating and ventilation unit malfunctioned. Building and Health inspectors were called to the scene and the restaurant will be closed until Monday while repairs are made.
Meanwhile nearly 900 NSTAR customers in Sandwich also lost power about the same time. The exact cause of the outage and whether the rainy weather was a factor were not immediately known.
SCU busts suspect on GPS probation
Photo by C. Eric Tinglof/CWN
Pedestrian struck in Dennis
WEST DENNIS - A pedestrian was struck by a car in West Dennis around 8:45 p.m. Saturday evening. The incident happened on Main Street (Route 28) by Sundancer's Restaurant. The victim was taken to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries believed to be serious but non life-threatening. Dennis Police are investigating
Smoke fills Hearth 'N Kettle in Orleans
ORLEANS - Firefighters investigating an alarm at the Hearth 'N Kettle Restaurant on the corner of West Road and Main Street (Route 6A) discovered smoke in the building around 10:45 p.m. Eastham and Brewster units were called as a precaution. Power had been knocked out in the area due to a blown transformer and officials believe a rooftop heating and ventilation unit malfunctioned. Building and Health inspectors were called to the scene and the restaurant will be closed until Monday while repairs are made.
Meanwhile nearly 900 NSTAR customers in Sandwich also lost power about the same time. The exact cause of the outage and whether the rainy weather was a factor were not immediately known.
SCU busts suspect on GPS probation
HYANNIS - On Friday, members of the Barnstable Police Street Crime Unit (SCU) were working in the Hyannis area. The SCU had received information from a confidential source about the occupants of a vehicle driving around Hyannis selling narcotics. The driver was reportedly from Boston. At approximately 10:45pm, SCU members Barnstable Officer Peter Ginnetty and Yarmouth Officer Nicholas Ambrosini located the vehicle. It was traveling on Route 28 near the Bearses Way intersection in Hyannis. The vehicle, a 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe, had a defective tail light. Ginnetty and Ambrosini stopped the vehicle.
The operator was identified as Frantzy Cambrone, 21, of Boston, MA (left). The vehicle also had a female passenger identified as Sylvia N. Fawehinmi, 19, of Lynn, MA (right). Ginnetty and Ambrosini detected an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle interior. Based on this observation and information earlier provided to the SCU, SCU member Mashpee Officer Michael Assad and his K-9 partner Lola were requested to assist.
Prior to the arrival of Lola, Fawehinmi produced a bag of marijuana which was less than one ounce. She and Cambrone denied being in possession of any additional narcotics. Upon their arrival at the motor vehicle stop, Lola was deployed by Assad. Lola indicated the presence of narcotics on both Cambrone and Fawehinmi’s person. Assad spoke with both regarding the reliability of Lola. Fawehinmi produced a small bag of “crack” cocaine hidden in her bra. Cambrone produced a plastic bag from under his underwear in the area of his buttocks. The bag contained twelve small bags of “crack” cocaine and one Percocet. Both were placed under arrest. Cambrone was charged with Possession of Class B/crack cocaine with intent to distribute, Possession of Class B/Percocet with intent to distribute, and Operating a MV with defective equipment. Fawehinmi was charged with Possession of Class B/crack cocaine
Cambrone is known to Boston area law enforcement as an associate of a Boston neighborhood street gang. He is currently on two-year probation out of Suffolk Superior Court which includes wearing a GPS probation monitoring bracelet. Cambrone was convicted in November 30th, 2012 of witness intimidation. He was sentenced to two years in jail with eight months to serve. The victim/witness in this case was involved in a murder investigation.
Media release and mugshot furnished by Barnstable Police
Man accused of secretly taping tanning clients
HYANNIS - Barnstable Police are charging a Mashpee man was secretly videotaping clients at a tanning salon. 47-year-old Luis Carlos Macdeo is accused of using a cellphone to record clients at Sunsational Tanning in Hyannis.
Further details were not immediately available.
Mugshot furnished by Barnstable Police
Dennis Police start Blizzard of '13 damage assessment
DENNIS - The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) is initiating an effort to determine whether the Commonwealth and any of its counties may be eligible to receive federal disaster assistance under a Presidential declaration as a result of the February 8-9th 2013 Blizzard.
This determination of eligibility is a multi-step process and at this time MEMA is engaging in the first step of the process; ie: “initial damage assessments”.
Under this process MEMA is seeking information to determine eligibility.
One of the areas that MEMA will be gathering information on is for “Individual Assistance” (IA), regarding damage and impacts to a primary residence and business property. In evaluating damages, the primary factor considered is overall impacts to the residents and businesses. Generally, to qualify for IA disaster assistance, the state must show that hundreds of primary residences or businesses have suffered significant damage or were destroyed and that insurance either is not available or was inadequate.
If you have sustained damage to your Dennis primary residence or Dennis business we will need the following information: Street Address, type of residence or business, type of damage and if there is insurance.
This information is needed no later than Tuesday February 26th 2013.
To report damage in the Town of Dennis, please go to Dennis Police Department’s website at www.dennispolice.com and click on the February 8-9th 2013 Blizzard link. You can also call the Dennis Police Department’s special phone line that has been set up, 774-352-1575, and leave your information.
Please note that seasonal homes are not eligible for this process.
For more information please go to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency’s website at www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/mema/.
Media release furnished by Dennis Police
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