Last week we shared our efforts in attempting to get public records from Dukes County Sheriff Robert Ogden’s office. At issue are visitor logs from 2011, when David Thrift was being held at the Dukes County Jail. First, a bit of history about Thrift. He’s the man convicted of raping a babysitter at knifepoint a […]
Following a records request by The Times, the Dukes County Sheriff Robert Ogden’s office has claimed certain visitor logs for the Dukes County jail cannot be found. The logs cover a span of time when the Massachusetts State Police launched an investigation into allegations that an inmate was behind a murder for hire plot. The […]
Following requests by the Martha’s Vineyard Times, the Tisbury select board released about 50 sets of executive session minutes, spanning 2009 to 2015. Releases were done in three stages between October and December, and required votes both to approve the minutes and to release them. The Times has waited several months to see if the […]