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The calls to police started coming in before 6 a.m. yesterday. Someone had broken into five or six cars in the Cranberry Lane area overnight.

FALMOUTH — A candle set fire to a nightstand at a house on Elm Road yesterday morning, but the resident extinguished the blaze before it got out of control, a fire official said.

An elderly Buzzards Bay man will face criminal charges after exposing himself in Massachusetts National Cemetery yesterday, state police said.

Eight vehicles in an East Falmouth driveway were damaged Thursday, their tires slashed and windows broken in an early morning vandalism spree, the police said.

Two people were taken to Cape Cod Hospital yesterday morning for treatment of injuries suffered in a car accident on Route 28 in front of the Cavalier Motor Lodge, police said.

Guests at the Brentwood Motor Inn in Yarmouth awakened to thick smoke surrounding the motel early yesterday morning.

The doctor indicted for involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of a patient who died during an abortion procedure will be arraigned Thursday, according to Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe.

Family members are overjoyed to learn the whereabouts of a 26-year-old man who had been missing for more than a week.

A worker fell from the second floor of building at a construction site on Driftwood Terrace in Harwich yesterday afternoon after having a seizure, fire officials said.

An unidentified woman riding a bicycle was transported to Cape Cod Hospital yesterday with minor injuries after a collision with a vehicle at the intersection of West Main Street and Route 28 in Centerville.

SANDWICH — Three teenagers were arrested early yesterday morning after police responded to an alarm at one of the town's elementary schools.

COTUIT — A 52-year-old Cotuit man was arrested yesterday afternoon after being stabbed as he tried to enter a home to allegedly steal alcohol, Barnstable police said.

SANDWICH — Three people were arrested yesterday afternoon for allegedly shoplifting more than $1,000 worth of meats and other items at the Super Stop & Shop on Route 6A, police officials said.

HYANNIS — Two local teens were hospitalized last night after one of them caused a five-car crash as they left a candlelight vigil for their dead friend, police and fire officials said.

HYANNIS — A 39-year-old New York man who was struck by a car Sunday night as he walked along Ploughed Neck Road in East Sandwich was discharged from Cape Cod Hospital yesterday, a hospital spokesman said.

EASTHAM — An Orleans man was upgraded from serious to good condition last night at a Boston hospital, where he was taken following a two-car crash in town Tuesday afternoon, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

SOUTH DENNIS — A 23-year-old Wellfleet man pleaded not guilty in Orleans District Court yesterday to charges he led police on a Route 6 car chase that was clocked at more than 140 mph, according to the state police.

BARNSTABLE — Lt. Richard Bolduc's ex-wife says the state trooper is a dedicated officer who preached gun safety to the couple's three children.

ORLEANS — The Cape Cod Stranding Network and Orleans officials disentangled a 600-pound gray seal at Nauset Beach Tuesday.

PROVINCETOWN — Boston disc jockey Barry Scott Turkowitz, who hosts a long-standing oldies show on WODS-FM, was found guilty yesterday afternoon of resisting arrest and disturbing the peace stemming from a scuffle with police at a birthday party...

SOUTH DENNIS — A bicyclist escaped serious injury Tuesday night after colliding with a car at the intersection of Baxter Street and Upper County Road, police and fire officials said.

BREWSTER — Instead of enjoying a day at the beach yesterday, a vacationing Connecticut family spent more than two hours, desperately seeking an 11-year-old family member who got lost walking the tidal flats just off Breakwater Beach.

HYANNIS — Barnstable police are searching for a man who robbed the Rockland Trust bank branch on Route 28 across from Barnstable Municipal Airport just after the bank opened yesterday morning.

Lightning strikes and power outages continued for the second night in a row last evening as windy thunderstorms battered the Cape.

ORLEANS — Instead of looking for striped bass, nine people on a charter fishing boat

HYANNIS — The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary will host a free vessel safety check tomorrow.

CENTERVILLE — Two cars struck each other head-on yesterday morning on Craigville Beach Road, a fire official said.

WEST YARMOUTH — Traffic was tied up for hours yesterday as a water main break closed a portion of Route 28.

WEST YARMOUTH — A local man was arrested following a pursuit by a Yarmouth police dog and officer early yesterday morning after allegedly stealing $440 of merchandise from the Dead Zone shop on Route 28, police said.

MARSTONS MILLS — Under an unrelenting sun, a massive collection of deadly weaponry was displayed yesterday afternoon at 3640 Falmouth Road in the woods overlooking Mill Pond.

WEST YARMOUTH - The Yarmouth Bike Safety Rodeo, originally scheduled for Thursday has been postponed due to the illness of one of the organizers.

TRURO — Town recreation director Mark Peters is returning to work today after a confidential session with the board of selectmen last night.

FALMOUTH — Main Street or the Mighty Mississippi?

YARMOUTH — A depressed individual who was not taking prescribed medication was taken to Cape Cod Hospital after a two-mile car chase last night, police said.

Andre Luiz de Castro Martins was in and out of court more than a dozen times in the past six years for charges including assault and battery with a car, malicious destruction of property, and threatening to kill his girlfriend.

FALMOUTH — Several vehicle break-ins were reported in town early yesterday morning, the police said.

EASTHAM — A 72-year-old Hyannis man was taken to Cape Cod Hospital Monday morning after falling asleep at the wheel and hitting another car from behind on Route 6, police said.

WEST YARMOUTH - The Yarmouth Bike Safety Rodeo, originally scheduled for today, has been postponed because of the illness of one of the organizers, according to an announcement from the Yarmouth police.

POCASSET — A fire destroyed a small home on Barlows Landing Road yesterday morning, a fire official said.

PROVINCETOWN — Court officials have issued a warrant for a 24-year-old Hyannis man who did not make a required court appearance last week on a charge of rape and indecent assault and battery of a person over age 14.

FALMOUTH — A pedestrian was struck by a passing car while crossing Teaticket Highway yesterday morning.

SOUTH DENNIS — Four teenagers were charged with disorderly conduct and possession of weapons following a ruckus at the Stop & Shop parking lot on Route 134 Wednesday night, police said.

HYANNIS — The body of a woman was found in the bathroom of a fast food restaurant on North Street Wednesday night, according to police and fire officials.

BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man formerly convicted of manslaughter and drug dealing was convicted on drug charges this week in Barnstable Superior Court.

HYANNIS — A 19-year-old man was struck by a car while riding his bicycle in the parking lot of a strip mall off Route 132 yesterday, a fire official said.

The body of the diver who died near the Andrea Doria shipwreck has been identified.

WEST YARMOUTH — The investigation into the shooting death early Sunday morning of Andre Luiz de Castro Martins continues.

BUZZARDS BAY — Six Massachusetts Maritime Academy cadets and an instructor spent about one hour stuck in a hot elevator before firefighters forced open the door last night, a fire official said.

WEST YARMOUTH — A report of a shoplifter yesterday led police to arrest a local man who has been arrested 172 times and spent 22 years of his life in jail.

HYANNIS — A Falmouth man was injured during a kitchen fire on Louis Street Wednesday night, a fire official said yesterday.