Police/Court
Staggered shifts and scaling back on arrests are among the new protocols that have been adopted by Island police and emergency responders during the pandemic.
The death of a woman in Mashpee Thursday is being investigated as a homicide. The victim had apparently formerly lived in Edgartown.
The Massachusetts State Police is deploying additional troopers to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket during the coronavirus emergency.
An Edgartown man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Friday for a variety of domestic abuse charges in Newbury.
An Oak Bluffs man was arraigned on child pornography charges in Edgartown district court Friday , after state police found a cache of pornographic materials in his home.
The Tisbury police department has launched a training program for officers to learn Portuguese.