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.
ABOVE LEFT: Booking photo of Julia Lee, charged December 5, 2025 with Trafficking Fentanyl and a litany of other drug charges; RIGHT: Orleans PD evidence image… ORLEANS, MASSACHUSETTS – Julia Lee, the 57-year-old chairwoman of the Town of Orleans Board of Assessors, has been charged…
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — A terrifying home invasion unfolded on December 3, 2025, when Tyson Colton allegedly entered his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend’s residence armed with a large knife, possibly a machete, threatening to kill everyone involved—including himself, according to police reports.…
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS — (HN video notes) – A hidden Apple AirTag on a valuable stump grinder proved pivotal in a swift recovery operation by Massachusetts State Police, leading to the seizure of suspected narcotics and the custody of two men in a Hyannis parking lot. The incident unfolded shortly…
HYANNIS – The towns of Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Harwich and Orleans are collaborating on a series of listening sessions to determine how to best-use opioid settlement funding. Towns across the U.S. have signed onto settlements in the last several years which have earned payouts from drug companies…
OSTERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS – [Based on a Barnstable PD media statement] – An Osterville resident has been arrested following a multi-month investigation into his alleged role as a key supplier of fentanyl and cocaine across Barnstable and neighboring communities. Eric Brando, 33, of Osterville,…
OSTERVILLE – From Barnstable Police: Over the past several months the Barnstable Police Department Detective Unit has been investigating 33 year old Eric Brando of Osterville and his role as a source of both Fentanyl and Cocaine in Barnstable and the surrounding communities. As a result of this…
Beyond that which is “reasonable and proper,” Cape Cod’s veneer of postcard perfection cracks wide open every single day and night. These following HN photos capture just a sliver – maybe only 5% – of the daily chaos here: mangled metal on our unhinged roadways, crime born of desperation and…
Enforcement operation targeted criminal alien offenders during the month of September BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — [ICE MEDIA STATEMENT] — ICE and federal law enforcement partners apprehended more than 1,400 illegal aliens during a weeks-long immigration enforcement operation focusing…
Above HN photos: In the pre-dawn hours of October 13, 2025, Barnstable Police patrol officers brave torrential rain as they rush toward a potentially volatile scene inside a Hyannis hotel room. The call came in around 4:00 a.m. via a 911 text from a woman reporting an assault, stating she was…
NANTUCKET – Nantucket’s health department has begun testing the island’s wastewater for certain drugs and viruses to get a better sense of community needs, and the initial results are in. The island reportedly has a 50 percent higher than national average use of cocaine. Meanwhile, methamphetamine…
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ABOVE LEFT: Booking photo of Julia Lee, charged December 5, 2025 with Trafficking Fentanyl and a litany…
BOURNE – Massachusetts Department of Transportation will hold another public meeting on the Cape…
WELLFLEET – A traffic collision between a garbage truck and a SUV caused delays for a time on Route…
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Special Airport Commission Meeting 12-05-2025
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BARNSTABLE – From the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s office: Cape & Islands District…
Old Kings Highway 12-10-2025