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| HYANNIS MAN SENTENCED TO OVER EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR GUN AND DRUG CHARGES, FEDS SAY Thursday April 03, 2025 |
| Above: HN video freeze frame of Timothy Lee Galvin being taken into custody in a Hyannis family neighborhood, with BPD booking photo and other inserts from June 2023.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ? [D.O.J. MEDIA STATEMENT] ? A Hyannis man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
Timothy Lee Galvin, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to 97 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In December 2024, Galvin pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Galvin was indicted in August 2023.
On or about June 2, 2023 in Barnstable, Galvin was arrested for possession of approximately six grams of fentanyl and three rounds of 9mm ammunition in his pocket. In addition, a privately made.45 caliber pistol, 11 rounds of .45 caliber ammunition and 47 rounds of 9mm ammunition were found in a backpack.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; James M. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division; and Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Tolkoff of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce gun violence and other violent crime, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, please visit Justice.gov/PSN.
INITIAL HN VIDEO: The following is the initial June 2, 2023, HN video footage and BPD radio transmissions from the evening of Galvin's dramatic arrest. The video highlights an extremely chaotic evening in Hyannis, to say the least? The initial video is entitled:
*** WATCH *** FOOT PURSUIT, 2 FIREARMS RECOVERED, ONE IN CUSTODY AFTER REPORT OF TWO SUSPICIOUS MASKED MEN
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| *** WATCH *** NEMO FINDS A GUN! Thursday April 03, 2025 |
| HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS ? [HN VIDEO NOTES] ? As you will see and hear in the following HN Video, at around 10:30 p.m. last evening, police responded to an address on Winter Street after a resident heard a ?sound outside her building? and located ?an object? which she believed was fired from a gun. Barnstable PD patrol officers and a member of the Barnstable PD detective division began working the scene to the rear of 161 Winter Street. Two members of the Barnstable County Sheriff's Crime Scene Unit responded to take photographs and collect evidence related to ballistics and firearms. According to sources, investigators were able to find evidence of a gun being fired but were initially unable to locate the firearm. Because the case reportedly involved the firing of a gun, with no way of telling how much time had elapsed prior to a person touching the gun, a Barnstable Police K9 patrol officer determined it was best to call in a K9 unit with special training in the detection firearms and gunpowder. K9 Nemo and his handler, Barnstable County Sheriff Deputy Nick Fitzpatrick, arrived about 45 minutes later, having just traveled to the scene from an area off-Cape. It was worth the wait. Nemo and Deputy Fitzpatrick were able to quickly locate a handgun within a matter of minutes.
The incident was still being actively investigated at the time of this report. As you will see in the following HN Video, officers were speaking with a man on scene who was later transported to Barnstable PD Headquarters for further questioning regarding the incident. The man was not under arrest. Members of the Sheriff's Crime Scene Unit were in the process of collecting evidence to be processed. This is developing story and HN will provide official details as soon as they become available. [DEVELOPING]
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* The initial details contained in the above report are based on police radio transmissions and sources on scene. All potential defendants are presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. |
| Rider taken to hospital after dirt bike accident in West Barnstable conservation area Wednesday April 02, 2025 |
| WEST BARNSTABLE ? West Barnstable and Sandwich rescuers were called to a reported dirt bike accident in the conservation area shortly after 5:30 PM. Rescuers had to reach the victim and use a stokes basket to get him to the ambulance. The injuries were believed to be serious but not life-threatening. Further details were not [?]
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| Ecological Grants Support Wetland Testoration Tuesday April 01, 2025 |
| BARNSTABLE ? State officials recently announced $2.1 million in ecological grants restoring wetlands and rivers through the Department of Fish and Game, including almost $250,000 for regional projects. The seven following grants were awarded to the Cape and Islands: The Buzzards Bay Coalition received $150,000 for the Mattapoisett Bog Restoration, which will be used to [?]
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| *** WATCH *** PURSE SWIPER LAST SEEN RUNNING TOWARD HYANNIS ?TREE STREETS?? Tuesday April 01, 2025 |
| Above: A member of the sheriff's crime scene unit attempted to deploy a drone equipped with thermal imaging, but heavy fog quickly made it a no go?
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS ? [HN VIDEO NOTES] ? The ?tree streets? is a term Barnstable Police Officers use to describe a large Hyannis neighborhood with streets named mostly after common trees, like Maple, Walnut, Oak, Chestnut, Mulberry, Spruce, Elm, etc? For the most part, the tree streets are located just north of Stevens Street, and in between Bearses Way and Winter Street. The part of Winter Street bordering the trees streets, heading north to where it intersects with Barnstable Road has a number of dental offices (approximately 7, maybe more). It's not unusual for office cleaning services to be working in that area after dark. And it's also not unusual to see office cleaners in that part of town working a particular building all by themselves. Office cleaning is good honest work? but if these individual cleaners are not constantly aware of their surroundings in that part of town, they can become the target of other, less than honest individuals also out ?working? in the area. It's important to be aware of your surroundings at all times? and to keep an eye on anyone lurking about? because whether or not you're watching them, I can guarantee that these dishonest low-lifes are most certainly watching you! Please always stay alert and aware of your surroundings! And that advice goes for the tree streets or any other street in Hyannis? or any other street on Cape Cod? or beyond, for that matter.
The following HN ?video? contains police radio transmissions which do a pretty good job at describing last evening's theft. A woman was inside, cleaning a dental office in the area of Winter Street and Barnstable Road. And from the sound of it, the cleaner's daughter may have been outside, either in or near to a park car when a masked man approached and swiped her mother's purse. Listen carefully as the police were able to get a decent description of the thief from the daughter. Also, be advised the suspect is still at large and is believed to have possibly been involved in a string of recent thefts. The suspect is believed to be a ?Hispanic male,? who was wearing a gray ?COVID? type mask, a gray hoodie, and gray sweatpants. He was said to be cursing in Spanish as he fled with the purse? and is loosely estimated to be around 5'8? tall, according to one investigator.
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| Feature story: The changing times of fire department dispatching on Cape Cod Monday March 31, 2025 |
| By Tim Caldwell/CWN CAPE COD ? The landscape has changed markedly when it comes to dispatching for fire departments on Cape Cod. The Barnstable County Sheriff's Department Emergency Communications Center has been expanding its services for local fire departments. In March, Chatham moved their dispatch to the Sheriff's department, Eastham switched on March 17th and [?]
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