Police/Court
A Brazilian native who arrived on Martha’s Vineyard in 2000 on a tourist visa but never left is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case that will...
It’s all but certain Lieut. Matt Mincone will serve as the next West Tisbury chief of police starting in April. The selectmen hosted a forum for him...
A superior court clerk magistrate has upheld an order by the Oak Bluffs selectmen to humanely euthanize two pit bulls that attacked another dog.
A Chilmark man was arraigned last week on charges related to improper deer hunting, including hunting at night and hunting from a vehicle.
A federal judge this week ordered a south Florida woman to repay more than $3.5 million to an elderly Martha’s Vineyard woman who was bilked for...
Jake Baird died Friday morning from injuries sustained in a single-car accident. Two other students who were passengers were injured in the crash.
With a search now under way for a new police chief in Edgartown, tension inside the department has bubbled to the surface in a town that has long...
Edgartown is beginning its formal search for a new police chief, following the abrupt retirement of the former chief for medical reasons.
Mark Santon, a Tisbury police officer with more than 25 years of experience on the force, was fired Friday following a disciplinary hearing.
The district attorney’s office declined to prosecute an Edgartown man for manslaughter in a case that involved a fatal drug overdose last April.
The West Tisbury selectmen voted Wednesday to consider Lieut. Matt Mincone as a candidate for the town’s next police chief.
The Tisbury selectmen unanimously agreed to hire two new full time police officers in the coming months.
