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A second person has been arrested in the 2011 killing of a man in his home on Cape Cod, authorities said Tuesday. Curtis Collins Jr., a 31-year-old from West Yarmouth, was due in court Wednesday to face a murder charge in the Feb. 27, 2011, shooting death of Todd Lampley, according to the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office. Lampley,…

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in the stabbing of another teenager at the Cape Cod Mall in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on Monday, police said.

The 17-year-old was flown by medical helicopter to Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, after the stabbing at Cape Cod Mall in Hyannis, Barnstable police said.

There were also two children found inside the house, and they are now under the care of “appropriate individuals,” according to the district attorney’s office.

Authorities are investigating a murder-suicide at a home in Hyannis overnight after two people were found dead inside an area home. Luis Castro Jr. is believed to have fatally stabbed his wife, Aline De Lima Ferreira De Castro, then hanged himself, according to the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office. Barnstable police received a 911 call around 2:48 a.m. asking…

A Cape Cod man accused of threatening to commit a school shooting appeared in court Tuesday. Justin Moreira, 29, of Hyannis, was taken into custody without incident at his home on Saturday, according to police in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The department says it received several reports about a Facebook post in which he allegedly threatened a shooting at an unnamed school….

A Cape Cod man was arrested this weekend after police received several reports about one of his Facebook posts in which he allegedly threatened to commit a school shooting at an unnamed location. Justin Moreira, 29, of Hyannis, was taken into custody at his home without incident on Saturday, Barnstable police said. Multiple people reported the concerning social media post…

Rail service returns to Cape Cod this weekend, along with backups at the Sagamore and Bourne bridges.” “It’s a nightmare in the summer,” one woman said of the usual Cape traffic. The CapeFLYER is marking a decade of service, providing an alternative way of getting to Cape Cod and the islands. The train makes round trips between South Station...

Barnstable police arrived at the Fogo Brazilian Barbeque in Hyannis on Friday after receiving a call about a possible bomb threat. The call came after Eduardo Filho, 29, of Oaks Bluff, allegedly called the restaurant and told them he had left a travel bag there. Filho warned that if anyone touched the bag he would make it explode. Barnstable police…

The victim was critically injured, police said.

A man was hospitalized Saturday after he was stabbed overnight in Hyannis, Massachusetts, and several people have been arrested, police said. Barnstable police received a 911 call around 1 a.m. Saturday for a stabbing in the area of Old Colony Road and Main Street in Hyannis, according to a joint statement from Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe and…

A Cape Cod man is facing numerous charges after he allegedly fired multiple gunshots into a home Tuesday evening while young children were inside. Christopher Bloniarz, 36, of Yarmouth, is charged with eight counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon, one count of discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, one count of possession of a…

The suspect in a fatal shooting on Cape Cod earlier this month has been arrested and arraigned. Prosecutors said Friday that Justin Peckham was held without bail after pleading not guilty in Barnstable District Court to murder and assault and battery with a firearm. Peckham is charged in connection with the shooting death Dec. 8 of radio employee Eric Christensen,…

A man wanted in connection to a double homicide that occurred last month in Illinois was apprehended Thursday in Hyannis, Massachusetts, officials said. According to a statement from the U.S. Marshals Service, District of Massachusetts, authorities tracked Carl Curry, 33, to a residence on Pitcher’s Way in Hyannis. US Marshals, Massachusetts State Police and Barnstable police surrounded the home...

A 50-year-old man has died after he was shot in the head in Hyannis, Massachusetts, the Cape and Islands District Attorney said Thursday.

A well-known radio employee has died after he was shot in the head inside his Hyannis, Massachusetts, home, the Cape and Islands District Attorney said Thursday. Barnstable police found Eric Christensen, 50, unresponsive on the kitchen floor of his Oakview Terrace home just before 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Hyannis Fire Department rushed him to Cape Cod Hospital with an apparent…

A car burst into flames in a driveway in Hyannis early Sunday morning, briefly spreading to a house just as firefighters arrived. The fire, which began around 1 a.m. Sunday, was ultimately put out before spreading to the majority of the house or any other properties. There was no immediate word on the cause of the blaze or of any…

A car became engulfed in flams in Hyannis, spreading to a house from the driveway just as firefighters arrived.