Police/Court
Marcelo F. Barbosa, 27, was arraigned Feb. 10 in Edgartown district court on charges of attempted murder, intimidating a witness, and domestic assault and battery.
Richard D. Roy was arraigned on one count of assault and battery Feb. 7 in connection with a December incident that sent police on a manhunt in Chilmark.
Michael Cotrone, a former army captain, was sworn in as a full-time Oak Bluffs police officer on Wednesday. Mr. Cotrone graduated from the Plymouth Police Academy last Friday where he was president of his class.
Patrick A. Joyce, 27, was placed on long-term probation and assigned a long-term plan to repay more than $35,000 to the Jerry Bennett swing band that employed him. The case dates to last year and was disposed of in district court last week.
A Falmouth clerk magistrate found probable cause to bring two criminal complaints against Russell R. Ventura, who was off duty when his vehicle hit a tree on Edgartown-West Tisbury Road on the night of Jan. 16. He is on leave without pay from the department.
A Vineyard Haven man was arrested on drug charges in Oak Bluffs Wednesday after police found him coming off a commuter ferry carrying 10 grams of heroin.