Police/Court
A Blackstone man charged with rape and indecent assault and battery was placed on three years of probation Monday.
Oak Bluffs firefighters quickly put out a fire in a house off New York avenue Friday afternoon. There was nobody at the home at the time of the fire.
A South Florida woman claiming to be a psychic pleaded guilty to tax evasion in federal court in Boston this week in a case involving an elderly Martha’s Vineyard woman who was reportedly bilked out of millions.
A California man was found not guilty by a Dukes County superior court jury Friday on charges of rape, indecent assault and battery and intimidation of a witness.
Prodded by a superior court judge, the Dukes County commission this week approved funds to restore wheelchair access to the courthouse.
Closing arguments were scheduled for Friday morning in Dukes County superior court in the case of a California man charged with rape.