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A 28-year-old Buzzards Bay man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Falmouth District Court to charges related to stolen checks and credit cards.

Police and firefighters are investigating a fire that appeared to start when someone poured a thin line of gasoline along Center Street and set it ablaze.

A Wareham man allegedly carrying 10 grams of heroin and drug paraphernalia was arrested Monday night outside a Cumberland Farms, Yarmouth police said.

A 44-year-old woman is being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing after allegedly stabbing a male friend eight times in a motel room Wednesday morning.

When a woman's parrot flew off her shoulder outside a Cohasset Avenue bank Wednesday morning, a Bourne firefighter came to the rescue.

A 29-year-old Dedham woman admitted sufficient facts Wednesday in Falmouth District Court to a charge of possession of heroin.

A 24-year-old Harwich woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Falmouth District Court to a charge of operating under the influence of drugs, second offense.

A 28-year-old Wellfleet man was sentenced Wednesday in Orleans District Court to 2½ years in prison on charges related to a 2013 break-in at a Truro home where more than $44,000 in cash, coins and jewelry were taken.