HN PHOTO NOTES:  “Plastic Uzi…”

    One can never be too careful these days.  Two women were out for a stroll along the old Hyannis Railroad Wharf jetty near Keyes Beach in Hyannis, when they discovered some type of firearm lodged between the jetty’s boulders.  They didn’t want to mess with it and called police.  A Barnstable Patrolman arrived and found an Uzi, but it wasn’t a real Uzi.  It was made out of plastic, some type of pellet gun or toy.  It’s not unusual for police officers to recover firearms during the course of their patrol in Hyannis.  In fact, there was an illegal firearm recovered during a traffic stop in downtown Hyannis just last evening.  HN is looking into possibly finding out more… stay tuned…              A 25-year-old with a driver’s license out of New Jersey was transported to Cape Cod Hospital under a trauma alert after his vehicle crashed through a fence and down into a thickly wooded hillside in West Barnstable early this morning.  The single vehicle crash happened on the Service Road at around 5:00 a.m.  First responders found the man outside of the vehicle, bleeding from the head.  He was conscious and able to speak with EMTs.  He says he was wearing a seatbelt when his vehicle rolled over into the woods, according to radio transmissions.  He is believed to have been traveling at least 50 MPH.  The Barnstable PD is investigating…    A 28-year-old male was rushed to CCH from a Yarmouth hotel after suffering a priority one overdose early Saturday morning.  At around 1:45 a.m., police and firefighters sped to the hotel room after the patient was reportedly turning blue.  The OD was believed to have been caused by some type of opioid.  The patient regained consciousness after two doses of Narcan and CPR…     At around 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning, Barnstable patrol officers responded to a doorway in the East End for reports of a man yelling and keeping people awake.  Officers found a young man unable to control his wildly erratic movements. He had been yelling, growling and grunting like some type of rabid beast, and it was obvious that some type of evil, voluntarily ingested chemical had taken hold.  For very brief moments, the afflicted young man was able to sporadically pull himself together in order to communicate with officers.  They offered him an ambulance, but he refused.  An experienced patrolman told him that he had one of three choices; go to the hospital, be taken into custody, or try to find someplace where he would no longer be keeping people awake.  It took a while, but the man slowly began to come down from whatever he was on.  In one of the above photos, a Barnstable Patrolman is seen giving the man a bottle of water, advising him to stay hydrated.  The young man had a congenial interaction with officers… they apparently have tried to help him out before.  It was another “one day at a time” for young man having just made a risky decision in the East End Saturday morning… Aside from the motorcycle crash HN covered Sunday morning, entitled, “WATCH *** COPS LOOKING FOR OPERATOR OF STOLEN MOTORCYCLE INVOLVED IN SERIOUS CENTERVILLE CRASH [CLICK HERE],” the Barnstable Police had additional issues with reckless motorcyclists this weekend.  On Friday evening, there were two separate pursuits that were almost immediately called off for public safety reasons, per BPD policy.  The two motorcyclists that recklessly took off from two separate attempted traffic stops, put themselves and others at risk of serious injury or death.  HN literally cannot count the number of times these types of irresponsible motorcyclists have either killed themselves or others in horrific crashes.  It’s only a matter of time for young people who drive motorcycles like idiots.  To them I say, it’s never too late to SMARTEN UP!  Don’t become a news story! But if you’re unable to wise up and are hellbent on continuing to behave like a moron, please at least remember to check off “organ doner” at the registry… it’s the very least you can do for the mess you’re voluntarily about to cause.   HN MEMORIAL DAY NOTE:   Please keep the friends and families of U.S. military personnel who died in service in your thoughts and prayers today. “Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces . It is observed on the last Monday of May.” ~ (online sources)   P.S. – Today’s Hytown Vignette is a brought to you by John Coltrane…  [CLICK IT/CRANK IT! HEADPHONES ABSOLUTELY OBLIGATORY!]