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.
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. …
WAREHAM – On May 8, 2024, the Wareham Police Criminal Investigation Division along with the Patrol Division served narcotic related search warrants at a residence in Wareham, which resulted in an arrest, and the seizure of suspected Fentanyl and drug related paraphernalia. Alexander Lugo, 41-years-old…
[HN PHOTO NOTES] In the top HN photo, at around 5:30 a.m. this morning in Hyannis, police and firefighters were called to an ordinarily quiet family neighborhood for a report of a man down in someone’s driveway. Neighbors and people at the residence had no idea who the unconscious man was. Luckily,…
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COTUIT, MASSACHUSETTS – [HN NOTES] – Ever since this past October 2023, members of the Barnstable Police Department, along with members of the local Drug Enforcement Administration have had their eyes on Charles Curtis, 36, of Cotuit. Curtis has a long criminal history dating back nearly…
BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS – According to a statement by Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois, Andreas Miller, 43 years old, of Chatham, MA, was just arraigned in the Orleans District Court, for his role relating to the possession of explosive materials and Fentanyl. Andreas Miller…
CHATHAM – Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois announced on today’s date that Andreas Miller, 43-years-old, of Chatham was arraigned in the Orleans District Court, for his role relating to the possession of explosive materials and fentanyl. Andreas Miller was arraigned on the…
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