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A probable cause hearing for a man accused of the rape and kidnapping of a 16-year-old in Tisbury was delayed Monday. Chad Atkinson, who appeared in Edgartown District Court remotely while out on $20,000 bail, pleaded not guilty to the charges in September. Tisbury Police allege Chad Atkinson, 33, kidnapped the teenager near Main Street […]

Oak Bluffs Police arrested a man on fentanyl and gabapentin charges on Dec. 30.  Jake Merrill was arraigned Tuesday on possession with the intent to distribute a Class A substance (fentanyl) and possession of a Class E substance (gabapentin). Merrill pleaded not guilty. Edgartown District Court Judge Benjamin Barnes set Merrill’s bail at $1,200. Ahead […]

A man charged with the rape and kidnapping of a 16-year-old in Vineyard Haven was granted permission to travel to Florida for work. Tisbury Police charged Chad Atkinson in September based on events alleged to have occurred in downtown Vineyard Haven and on Lambert’s Cove Road. Atkinson previously pleaded not guilty to the charges and […]

In Edgartown District Court Friday, an Oak Bluffs EMT and fire officer pleaded not guilty at an arraignment on a charge of assault and battery on a household or family member. Tad Medeiros, who  appeared virtually before Judge Benjamin Barnes, had his $1,000 initial bail reduced to $200 after the commonwealth requested $500 in bail […]

Anyone who finds themselves before a judge in Edgartown District Court on a criminal matter and doesn’t have enough money to hire an attorney won’t be out of luck.  A pool of public defenders who work under the auspices of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) are available to help. The attorneys who provide […]

On Friday, Edgartown District Court Judge Paul Pino found Capt. Jordan Baptiste not guilty of a drinking and driving charge brought by Tisbury Police in 2019. Capt. Baptiste was selected to become the port captain of the Steamship Authority in April, 2019 but resigned from the position following his arrest on the drinking and driving […]

Mark Moran, a 33-year-old New Jersey man who faced charges from an alleged stabbing incident in Oak Bluffs on Oct. 9, died unexpectedly prior to arraignment.  Moran’s obituary states that he was a veteran and firefighter who died at home on Wednesday and left behind a wife and two daughters. The cause of death was […]

Tisbury Police Sgt. Jeff Day arrested a man he thought was wanted on multiple warrants but wound up putting handcuffs on the wrong person. Sgt. Day believed a man who he saw in Tisbury on May 21 was a man named William August Engler. Day arrested the man and sent him off in a Tisbury […]

The Marthas Vineyard Times O.B. police officer assaulted in barroom melee Man allegedly punched officer in face, destroyed radio. An Oak Bluffs cop was allegedly assaulted in the Cardboard Box early Sunday morning. Trevor Maciel was charged for his role in a brawl at the Cardboard Box in Oak Bluffs early Sunday morning. During his arraignment before Edgartown District Court Judge Edward Lynch Monday morning, Maciel pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting a police officer, resist...