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An acrobat has been hospitalized following injuries sustained in a fall at the Barnstable County Fair Wednesday. The man fell about 20 feet to the ground while he was performing on a large, spinning structure called the wheel of death. He sustained multiple serious, but not life-threatening injuries, many of which were caused when he struck another part of the…

A guest at a Falmouth restaurant gave a five minute break and a round of drinks to the wait staff to show his appreciation for restaurant workers.

Prosecutors have dropped the rape charges against a man who was accused of attacking an 18-year-old woman on a ferry from Martha’s Vineyard to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, this month. The Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office filed a motion dropping the charges after talking with the victim and her family, a representative for the prosecutors told NBC10 Boston and...

Five people were rescued Saturday when a boat capsized near a lighthouse in Buzzards Bay, according to officials. The Mattapoisett Harbormaster plucked the people from the water before rescue boats arrived at the scene, and a Mattapoisett firefighter assisted in medical evaluations, officials said. No one was seriously injured. The vessel overturned near Cleveland East Ledge Light. The Coast Guard…

Police in Falmouth, Massachusetts are asking for the public’s help in finding a man suspected of trying to kidnap a teenage girl. According to police, the 16-year-old girl was walking home shortly on Clinton Avenue after 10:30p.m. on Friday when a man driving a black SUV attempted to abduct her. Police have described the suspect as an overweight White...

Police have identified the man charged with allegedly raping an 18-year-old woman aboard a ferry off the coast of Massachusetts on Monday. Bruno Sanches Dejesus, 20, of Dorchester, is charged with two counts of rape, according to Massachusetts State Police. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday at his arraignment in Falmouth District Court and was ordered held on $25,000 bail. The…

A man accused of raping an 18-year-old woman on a ferry appeared in court Tuesday.

A person was arrested after an alleged sexual assault aboard a ferry off the coast of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The incident happened just before 5 p.m. Monday, according to Massachusetts State Police. While authorities did not say where it took place, the Steamship Authority of Massachusetts acknowledged police responded to an incident on one of its vessels. The alleged attacker fled…

A person was arrested after a sexual assault was reported on a ferry.

A woman from Falmouth, Maine, who was reported missing on Tuesday has been found safe in New York City, police said Friday. New York City and Falmouth police had been working together to try to find 29-year-old Christine Hammontree, who had last been seen in Times Square early Monday morning. Hammontree hadn’t been heard from for days after getting...

Use of a private road that leads to a beach on Cape Cod has created controversy within the town. A cut-through off of a bike path in Falmouth leads to Black Beach, where one resident who said that he’s had things stolen from his property believes that it is being overused in the summer. His idea for a solution...

Some residents in Falmouth, Massachusetts, are calling for changes as more people head outside on Cape Cod.

Police have confirmed that the body of a missing woman was found in Falmouth.

While the ASICS Falmouth Road Race awaits COVID-19 guidance from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Town of Falmouth on hosting an in-person event in 2021, registration will open Saturday, May 1, for the At-Home Edition – with the possibility of running the in-person race, if held, on Aug. 15. During the At-Home Edition registration process, an option will be…

A Massachusetts man accused of beating his father to death was ordered held without bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty. Stephen Walcott Jr., 42, of Brockton, is charged with murdering Stephen Walcott Sr., 70, in his East Bridgewater home on Monday. Police went to the father’s home on Cedar Street around 6:30 p.m. Monday for a well-being check and discovered…

A Massachusetts man is charged with killing his father after a situation the whole family tried to avoid.

Authorities are investigating after a 31-year-old woman was found dead at a Falmouth, Massachusetts resort Monday evening, the district attorney said. Falmouth Police responded to CapeWind Waterfront Resort around 6:40 p.m. Monday for a well-being check after receiving a call from a friend of the resident, the office of Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe said. Upon arrival,...

A suspect was taken into custody Tuesday morning after a man was found dead in East Bridgewater, according to authorities.

A four-year-old child was seriously injured in a crash Thursday morning in Falmouth, Massachusetts involving a sedan and commercial truck. Falmouth police responded to the crash on Route 151 near the ramp to Route 28 at around 9 a.m. The child, a passenger in one of the vehicles, was flown to a Boston-are hospital. The crash remains under investigation. No…

Police are looking for a suspect in an armed robbery at a gas station in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Saturday. The man reportedly displayed a gun and fired a single shot into the attendant booth at Excel Gas and Repair at 94 East Falmouth Highway around 9 p.m. Friday, police said. He then fled on foot with approximately $200 in cash,…