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.
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – [HN PHOTO NOTES & MULLINGS] – HN has been to too many overdoses and dangerous drug reactions to count or remember. It’s a daily and nightly occurrence on the Cape, and Hyannis sees more than its fair share. Very few things surprise me anymore, but Sunday…
Above HN photos: A young man examines his cellphone after driving a vehicle into a telephone pole in the East End of Main Street this morning, around 4:00 a.m. He escaped uninjured but the pole holding up high tension power lines was heavily damaged and will need to be replaced. …
Two Somerville men were arrested Wednesday for allegedly trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine, according to a Barnstable Police Department media statement. The arrest was the result of an investigation during the past several months, where the Barnstable PD partnered with the Massachusetts State Police Gang…
HYANNIS – From Barnstable Police: Over the past several months the Barnstable Police Department has partnered with the Massachusetts State Police Gang Unit, Massachusetts State Police Cape & Islands Detective Unit, and the Drug Enforcement Administration Cape Cod Task Force; in an effort to…
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – [HN VIDEO NOTES] – As you will see and hear in the following HN Video, at around 3:30 a.m. this morning, Hyannis Firefighters were investigating an automatic fire alarm at Barnstable High School when they discovered a fire in one of the rooms. Firefighters were able to quickly…
HYANNIS – Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois today announced that Shawn O’Hara, 42-years-old, of Hyannis, was arraigned in the Barnstable District Court for his role relating to the death of a 36-year-old female in the town of Barnstable. Shawn O’Hara was arraigned this…
YARMOUTH – A Yarmouth Police Detective observed a Toyota pickup truck driving without an inspection sticker just before 6:30 pm, Monday. The truck had been registered in September, however, it was never inspected. (Massachusetts law requires a newly registered vehicle to be inspected within seven…
BOSTON – New data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health indicates opioid-related overdose deaths decreased by ten percent in 2023 to a total of 2,125 deaths. Governor Maura Healey says her administration is “encouraged by the overall decrease in overdose deaths”, but she says the report…
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – According to a Barnstable Police Department media statement, on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at 9:45 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on a red Jeep Grand Cherokee for several traffic violations. The Jeep initially pulled over and came to a stop on Main Street. Patrol…
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. …
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