Below are the latest news articles mentioning heroin, fentanyl, Narcan, opioid or overdose from all the local Cape Cod news sources. Most of these stories should be related to recent heroin related arrests, heroin or fentanyl overdoses, opioid addiction and the use of Narcan on Cape Cod.
Top HN Photo: Yarmouth FD EMTs transported an overdose patient from a Yarmouth condo/apartment to Cape Cod Hospital early this morning after she reportedly took “all” of another person’s pills. She was initially said to be unconscious and unresponsive. Police … Continue reading…
BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey’s office and the Massachusetts State Police were recently granted nearly $4 million dollars from the federal government to aid in their efforts to eradicate fentanyl trafficking across the New England region. Healey’s office said the money, provided…
HYANNIS – Twin brothers from Hyannis pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston Monday to gun and drug offenses. Di’lon Smith, a/k/a Dilon Smith, and Denzel Smith, 29, each pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance analogue called cyclopropyl fentanyl,…
BOSTON (AP) – A state study has found that fatal opioid overdoses nearly doubled in recent years among Massachusetts workers, with construction, farming, and fishing industries among the hardest hit sectors. The updated study from the state Department of Public Health released Monday shows the…
TOP PHOTO: HN file images from Dustin Monick’s arrest by Yarmouth Police in December of 2019 BOSTON – [DOJ STATEMENT] – A South Yarmouth man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl and heroin offenses. Dustin Monick, … Continue reading → The post FEDS:…
YARMOUTH – A South Yarmouth man was sentenced Monday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl and heroin offenses. Dustin Monick, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 70 months in prison and five years of supervised release. On April 26, 2021, Monick pleaded…
HYANNIS – [HN NOTES] – Barnstable Police and Hyannis Firefighters rushed toward a Hyannis residence for an unresponsive man overdosing this afternoon. While en-route they learned a second man inside the residence was also overdosing and unresponsive. Both patients sounded … Continue reading…
HYANNIS – [HN PHOTOS, NOTES & MULLINGS ON THE MATTER] – It’s all hands on deck whenever someone’s overdosing. First the dispatchers (at least two in most cases) burst onto the airwaves, relaying important information to responding patrol cars while … Continue reading →…
BOURNE – Sheriff James M. Cummings announced today that the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office was awarded a Grant from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. The grant, in the amount…
HYANNIS – The Ride for Opioid Addiction Recovery (ROAR Ride) will return this weekend to help those struggling with substance abuse disorders. The 40 mile ride starting at Falmouth High School and ending in Hyannis will begin staging at 9 am on Sunday, September 12, and will officially kick off…
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NANTUCKET – The Nantucket Select Board recently heard an update from Police Chief William Pittman…
DENNIS – A special town election in Dennis on Tuesday, December 7 will ask voters if they would…
WEST DENNIS – [DEVELOPING] – A pedestrian was reportedly struck by a vehicle in the area of the Horsefoot…
