BARNSTABLE A 70-year-old East Sandwich man accused of destroying up to $12,000 worth of lobsters at a seafood market last week pleaded not guilty Monday in Barnstable District Court.
Sandwich police charged Joseph A. Vaudo with one count of vandalizing property and one count of using another’s commercial dumpster at Superior Lobster & Seafood in Sandwich.
During his arraignment, Judge John M. Julian appointed an attorney for Vaudo and set his bail at $1,000. Julian also ordered that he stay away from staff and the business.
His pretrial hearing is scheduled for Aug. 25.
Vaudo told the Cape Cod Times on the phone Monday that he was not guilty, but he did not say anything else before hanging up.
BUZZARDS BAY A member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe said he is planning to press charges against a motel co-owner following a dispute last week over access to a herring run.
Steven DeGrace, of Onset, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, claims he was harassed and assaulted while trying to catch herring, as is allowed by aboriginal rights. However, motel co-owner Ronnie Armany says the confrontation was a misunderstanding.
DeGrace said he
was with friend Markiese Tomkinson at the Herring Run Motel on the Scenic Highway on the afternoon of May 7 when they were involved in an altercation with motel staff members.
BARNSTABLE Sitting in Barnstable District Court on Monday, Jordan Maddox watched his friend, Leslie J. Ostapchuk, plead not guilty to firearms and weapons charges.
Ostapchuk, 30, and Robert J. Perry, 29, both of Hyannis, were arraigned on charges of trafficking between 36-100 grams of fentanyl, trafficking 18-36 grams of cocaine, conspiracy to violate the controlled substance act, possession of a firearm without a license to carry, possession of ammunition and possession of a large capacity feeding device.
Ostapchuk was also charged with possessing a Class B drug, and Perry was charged with a firearm violation with two prior violent/drug crimes, according to a criminal complaint filed in Barnstable District Court. Perry pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment.
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George and Victoria Kelloyan finally have an audio recording of what went on in Barnstable District Court on the December day that a judge denied their request to commit their daughter for substance abuse treatment. Less than two weeks later, the young woman died of an overdose.
The audio recording doesn’t tell them the reason why District Court Judge Paul Pino decided not to hear their request for a hearing to commit 19-year-old Tatiana Kelloyan for treatment under a state law known as Section 35.
But it raises haunting questions of what might have been had the Kelloyans been given an opportunity to make their plea in person.
George and Victoria Kelloyan finally have an audio recording of what went on in Barnstable District Court on the December day that a judge denied their request to commit their daughter for substance abuse treatment. Less than two weeks later, the young woman died of an overdose.
The audio recording doesn’t tell them the reason why District Court Judge Paul Pino decided not to hear their request for a hearing to commit 19-year-old Tatiana Kelloyan for treatment under a state law known as Section 35.
But it raises haunting questions of what might have been had the Kelloyans been given an opportunity to make their plea in person.