Indictments Issued in Drugs, Theft Cases

A Dukes county grand jury returned indictments last week against a former state probation officer who faces cocaine trafficking charges and two Oak Bluffs men who have been charged in connection with robbing an elderly Island man of his life savings.

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Local Drug Bust Uncovers Heroin, Marijuana, Pills

Two Vineyard Haven men were arrested in Oak Bluffs on Friday afternoon after they were found with a quantity of drugs, including heroin, marijuana, hashish and prescription drugs, police said.

Oak Bluffs police arrested Jeffrey Sylvia, 23, and Jeffrey Rancourt, also 23, both of Vineyard Haven, at about 2 p.m. Friday in the Our Market parking lot, where they were in Mr. Rancourt’s pickup truck. “The two men had arrived to make a drug deal,” a press release from the Oak Bluffs police said.

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Spring Sitting of Superior Court Closes
Sara Brown

The spring sitting of Dukes County superior court wrapped up this week, with a jury convicting a Jamaica Plain man of drug trafficking. Several trials scheduled for the October superior court session.

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