Crime & Safety

Cape Cod Man With 63 Priors Arrested In Drunken Assault: Cops

Yarmouth police said Daniel Whelden was arrested after a disturbance on Ivanhoe Road.

YARMOUTH, MA — A Cape Cod man with 63 prior charges was arrested again this week in Yarmouth, according to police. Daniel Whelden, 56, of Yarmouth, was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault.

Police said they encountered Whelden Tuesday at about 7 p.m. after they were dispatched to Ivanhoe Road for a report of a disturbance.

"Officers observed an intoxicated Daniel Whelden commit assault and battery on another person and placed him under arrest," Yarmouth police said in a statement.

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Whelden was held on $500 bail and scheduled for an arraignment at Barnstable District Court.

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Photo: Daniel Whelden's mugshot following his arrest on an assault charge in Yarmouth May 15, 2018. (Credit: Yarmouth Police Department)

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