Police/Court
An Oak Bluffs man was indicted and arraigned on child pornography charges this week in the spring sitting of Dukes County superior court. A Plymouth woman was also indicted on charges of distributing drugs at the Edgartown jail.
After 15 years of directing vehicles coming off the ferry at the Vineyard Haven Steamship Authority terminal, officer Eloise Boales is retiring from her post in Tisbury.
A Bulgarian man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston this week in connection with a string of thefts from Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank ATMs that occurred eight years ago. Sentencing is set for May 26 for Georgi Kanev, 33.
A state and local police investigation remains ongoing after two wells at the site of a planned 20-unit rental development in Tisbury were found contaminated with motor oil last week.
Attorneys for the Wampanoag tribe have asked U.S. Court of Appeals to re-hear their appeal in the legal dispute with the town of Aquinnah over building permits for the planned bingo hall.
The Massachusetts Land Court has dismissed the latest in a string of lawsuits brought by Edgartown attorney Benjamin L. Hall over the Yellow House, which was taken by eminent domain four years ago.