One man's stolen car was another man's alarm
DENNIS - Police are searching for a man
who crashed through a West Dennis cottage and pushed a sleeping man and his bed outside early this morning.
Around 2:44 a.m., a man allegedly speeding in a stolen Ford Taurus veered off Route 28 at a sharp curve, bumped across a field, ran through a wooden stockade fence at Dennisport Village Cabins and then crashed into the rear of a cottage where a man was sleeping, according to Dennis Police Capt. William Monahan.
The impact drove the bed 20 feet outside the small cottage, and the sleeping man traveled another 50 feet. The suddenly awakened man first thought that somebody was breaking into his house. He heard someone running away. He didn't know what had happened and why he was outside.
The noise was probably the driver, running away after the car emerged from the front of the cottage and hit a parked pickup truck, Monahan said. The car was allegedly stolen in Yarmouth Sunday. The awakened man got a few scrapes and bruises from his nightmarish trip, but declined hospital care.
Later today Yarmouth police said they were looking for Thomas M. Salamone, 40, of South Yarmouth, identified from a surveillance camera at Christy's on Route 28 in West Yarmouth shortly before 2:40 a.m. That was where Yarmouth Officer Scott Lundegren checked the license of the Ford and discovered it was stolen Sunday in West Yarmouth.
As the car and driver headed east on Route 28, Lundegren hit his cruiser's lights and siren to signal the driver to stop. The Taurus sped off, with Lundegren in pursuit. The car was clocked at 75 mph. Near the Dennis town line, its lights went off and its speed increased to 100 mph. The pursuit ended and Dennis police were notified. Before police arrived, the Taurus had crashed and the suspect had left in another stolen car.
Salamone is a white man, 6'2 tall, 302 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes, who was last known to be driving a 1999 four-door stolen green Saturn, with a Massachusetts license plate 1667NL.
His extensive criminal records lists 48 arraignments, Yarmouth police said. Salamone now is wanted for stealing cars, failing to stop for a police officer and many motor vehicle violations.
Anyone with information should contact their local police or the Yarmouth Police Department, 508-775-0445.
DENNIS - Police are searching for a man
who crashed through a West Dennis cottage and pushed a sleeping man and his bed outside early this morning.
Around 2:44 a.m., a man allegedly speeding in a stolen Ford Taurus veered off Route 28 at a sharp curve, bumped across a field, ran through a wooden stockade fence at Dennisport Village Cabins and then crashed into the rear of a cottage where a man was sleeping, according to Dennis Police Capt. William Monahan.
The impact drove the bed 20 feet outside the small cottage, and the sleeping man traveled another 50 feet. The suddenly awakened man first thought that somebody was breaking into his house. He heard someone running away. He didn't know what had happened and why he was outside.
The noise was probably the driver, running away after the car emerged from the front of the cottage and hit a parked pickup truck, Monahan said. The car was allegedly stolen in Yarmouth Sunday. The awakened man got a few scrapes and bruises from his nightmarish trip, but declined hospital care.
Later today Yarmouth police said they were looking for Thomas M. Salamone, 40, of South Yarmouth, identified from a surveillance camera at Christy's on Route 28 in West Yarmouth shortly before 2:40 a.m. That was where Yarmouth Officer Scott Lundegren checked the license of the Ford and discovered it was stolen Sunday in West Yarmouth.
As the car and driver headed east on Route 28, Lundegren hit his cruiser's lights and siren to signal the driver to stop. The Taurus sped off, with Lundegren in pursuit. The car was clocked at 75 mph. Near the Dennis town line, its lights went off and its speed increased to 100 mph. The pursuit ended and Dennis police were notified. Before police arrived, the Taurus had crashed and the suspect had left in another stolen car.
Salamone is a white man, 6'2 tall, 302 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes, who was last known to be driving a 1999 four-door stolen green Saturn, with a Massachusetts license plate 1667NL.
His extensive criminal records lists 48 arraignments, Yarmouth police said. Salamone now is wanted for stealing cars, failing to stop for a police officer and many motor vehicle violations.
Anyone with information should contact their local police or the Yarmouth Police Department, 508-775-0445.
