A Barnstable superior court judge has sided with the Dukes County sheriff in a spat with Cape and Islands district attorney Rob Galibois over the release of employee records.
A Cape Cod judge is considering the Dukes County sheriff’s request this week to toss out a lawsuit filed against him by the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office.
On Monday, the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, demanding that the sheriff’s office hand over 20 years of employee records that the district attorney could deem necessary to go to trial in several cases.
Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois asked for the help from the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the migrant flights that landed on the Vineyard in September.
The new Cape and Islands district attorney is in the process of setting up a new office in downtown Edgartown, fulfilling a campaign promise to create more of a presence on Martha’s Vineyard.
Two candidates are facing off in the race for Cape and Islands District Attorney, the first time in two decades the election has not featured the incumbent.
A three-way race between attorneys Melissa Alden, John Carey and Daniel Higgins is on in the Republican primary for Cape and Islands district attorney. One Democrat, Robert Galibois, is running unopposed.
