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PROVINCETOWN — The Holyoke native known here as Lobster Man for the red, Neoprene lobster costume that he dons to dazzle summer visitors, has sold his shell and vowed to lay low until a court case involving local police is settled.

FALMOUTH — A Mattapoisett man led police on a short chase through town Tuesday after he allegedly crashed into two cars on Main Street then fled the scene, police said.

ORLEANS — The criminal case against a Dennis man accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old Dennis girl from her bedroom and raping her in May has been continued in Orleans District Court to July 28.

WEST YARMOUTH — Two suspects were arrested Tuesday night when Yarmouth and Barnstable police raided a motel room as part of a drug investigation.

BREWSTER — A 79-year-old local man was found dead of an apparent drowning in the family pool Tuesday night, police said.

WEST YARMOUTH — A Yarmouthport man is facing his fifth drunken driving charge after his arrest early yesterday morning, police said.

HYANNIS - A left hand turn and a brief police pursuit turned into a drug bust early yesterday morning when Barnstable police arrested three people and seized cash, scales and an estimated $50,000 worth of cocaine.

MASHPEE — A 14-year-old boy suffered second-degree burns to his chest and at least one hand after a campfire incident last night, Mashpee Fire Department officials said.

CENTERVILLE — Businesses at One Century Plaza were evacuated yesterday morning after a car struck a gas meter attached to the building, a fire department official said.

SOUTH YARMOUTH — A 49-year-old local man was scheduled to be arraigned in Barnstable District Court yesterday on charges that he attacked a female friend, police said.

Custodio Dematos, 64, and his wife, Fernanda, 59, are charged with three counts of willfully making and subscribing a false income tax return and willfully aiding or assisting in the preparation or presentation of a return that is fraudulent, a press...