Here are some of the top news stories in 2023 on Martha’s Vineyard, by the numbers: First: On March 28, the Oak Bluffs select board appointed Emily deBettencourt to the position of town harbormaster, making her the first woman harbormaster on Martha’s Vineyard. 2 – 1: On September 5, a land court judge ruled in […]
Federal Judge William Young has set a trial date in the Rockland Trust bank robbery for Dec. 4, 2023. Judge Young made the decision during a brief video conference with attorneys in the case on Monday, May 8. Andre Clayton, Tevin Porter, and Miquel Anthonio Jones will be on trial on various charges relating to […]
One of four suspects in the armed and masked bank robbery on Martha’s Vineyard last year has entered a plea agreement. Forty-year-old Omar Johnson is now pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, armed bank robbery, and aiding and abetting. With the plea agreement, prosecutors are recommending that Johnson face the low end […]
One of individuals, clad in a mask that resembled an elderly man, is accused of holding a gun to the head of a bank worker and taking roughly $39,100, authorities said.