Police/Court

Reporting Rape to Authorities Becomes Struggle for Survivors

Television police dramas depict officers arriving at the scene of the rape - often a dark public park - where they meet a shaken young woman who...

8:00 pm, August 30, 2001
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Woman Dies in Drunk Driving Accident; Police Charge Former Tisbury Selectman

Chris Burrell

Oak Bluffs police say former Tisbury selectman A. Kirk Briggs was driving drunk just before midnight Tuesday when his 1989 Chevy pickup truck hit a...

8:00 pm, August 30, 2001
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Two Crashes Hospitalize Riders

Chris Burrell

Operators of rented mopeds suffered two serious accidents this week on the same stretch of Seaview avenue near Lola's Restaurant in Oak Bluffs. In...

8:00 pm, August 16, 2001
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Moped Driver Airlifted

Chris Burrell

Just five days after a moped accident in Oak Bluffs killed a Virginia woman, another accident yesterday in Edgartown has left a 60-year-old moped...

8:00 pm, July 16, 2001
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Fake Inspection Stickers Investigated by the Police in Car Crash Death Case

Chris Burrell

Revealing new details in the investigation into the March car crash that killed 18-year-old Eric MacLean, a police affidavit filed last week in...

8:00 pm, June 11, 2001
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After-Prom Party Turns Ugly in Violent Collision Between Students, Police

Chris Burrell

An after-prom party near Black Point beach in Chilmark turned violent in the early morning hours last Sunday when police who were called in to break...

8:00 pm, May 3, 2001
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Oak Bluffs Reconsiders Smoking Ban

Chris Burrell

Put away the nicotine patch. Smokers who thought they were about to be pushed out of every bar on the Island may soon find friendly tobacco turf in...