Yarmouth Police

A Nativity scene that was found on fire Wednesday is under investigation in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, authorities said. The Yarmouth Fire Department responded to a 911 call regarding a fire at the United Methodist Church in South Yarmouth around 11 p.m. The caller said a Nativity scene was on fire, according to YFD. When firefighters arrived at the church, the fire…

A new playground in New Bedford, Massachusetts has been opened to honor the life of slain Yarmouth Police Sgt. Sean Gannon, who was killed in the line of duty last year. An official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday at Sgt. Sean M. Gannon Memorial Playground at Elwyn G. Campbell Elementary School. Gannon grew up across the street from the school.

A man was arrested on drug-possession charges after an early morning police chase in Cape Cod Sunday, police said. Officers found crack cocaine, what appears to be a crude pipe and hallucinogenic mushrooms in the Ford F-150 pickup truck that led officers into the parking lot of a West Yarmouth resort, according to a statement from the Yarmouth Police Department...

Three names were added to the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial during a ceremony at Ashburton Memorial Park in Boston on Friday. Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna, Yarmouth police Sgt. Sean Gannon and Worcester police Officer Leon Moody were added to the memorial that includes scores of names.

Police on Cape Cod say a 97-year-old woman who went missing Tuesday has been found safe.

A man who is charged with exposing himself to women on Cape Cod’s Route 28 has been arrested by police. Wayne Imperati, Jr., 41, was arrested by police in Yarmouth on Saturday around 8:40 a.m. He was charged with assault and battery, solicitation for prostitution and open and gross lewdness.

The names of three Massachusetts police officers who died in the line of duty are being dedicated on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington. The ceremony includes a candlelight vigil is scheduled for Monday night.

Two Yarmouth police officers were brought to the hospital after their cruiser was struck by another car Friday night. No one involved in the crash was hurt, according to police.

The Yarmouth Police Department is honoring the life of slain Sgt. Sean Gannon on the 1-year anniversary of his death. Yarmouth police posted a 4-minute video tribute to Gannon on its Facebook page Friday. The video shows numerous images of Gannon, his family, and images of him and his K-9, Nero, on and off the job as the song “Let...

Police are investigating after a 2-month-old baby died in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. Yarmouth police said they received a 911 call just before 7 a.m. reporting that a 2-month-old was not breathing, was unconscious, and that CPR had been started.

A Cape Cod resort employee has been arrested for secretly videotaping women in the resort shower. Twenty-five-year-old Yarmouth resident Anthony Mendes was arrested Saturday for electronic surveillance of partial nudity and misleading to obstruct justice by tampering with evidence. Yarmouth police began investigating the crime Friday when the camera was discovered.

Criminals let out of jail who go on to kill police officers became a topic at Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s inauguration on Thursday. It is an issue extensively reported by the NBC10 Boston Investigators and now Governor Baker has strong words about what police chiefs say are preventable deaths.

Police say a Massachusetts man shot and killed a pit bull in his home after it clamped down on his arm and refused to let go. Yarmouth police say the 25-year-old man and his girlfriend were lying in bed with the dog he was fostering on Sunday evening when he tried to move the animal and it attacked him.

Police are continuing their search for a 94-year-old Cape Cod man who went missing Friday.

Following the recent killings of two police officers in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled a new proposal aimed at keeping dangerous criminals behind bars. During a press conference Thursday, Baker formally introduced “An Act to Protect the Commonwealth from Dangerous Criminals.” It calls for comprehensive reforms to how the state determines whether a person should receive a dangerousness hearing before...

An online store has opened to honor the memory of the late Massachusetts police sergeant who was killed in the line of duty earlier this year. The Gannon – Nero YPD Strong store opened Thursday and honors Yarmouth police Sgt. Sean Gannon as well as his dog Nero, who was injured.

After the murder of Yarmouth police officer Sean Gannon in April, the NBC10 Boston Investigators took the lead immediately, examining the system that let yet another violent criminal out on the streets. In the murders of the last four police officers, we uncovered a Massachusetts system now in question with the governor’s office. We repeatedly found judges who had...

Yarmouth and Dudley police chiefs are publicly reacting to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s remarks referring to the criminal justice system as racist from, “front to back.”

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a bill that would impose a $2 fee on all car rentals in Massachusetts, helping raise $10 million for municipal police training programs. Baker said the new law will let the Municipal Police Training Committee conduct additional recruitment and trainings that will give local police the tools needed to ensure the safety of Massachusetts...

A Massachusetts man was recently arrested for berating a Barnstable police officer at a traffic stop and then allegedly making a social post calling out the officer, saying he would like to see him, “get it next,” referring to recently slain police officers.