Police/Court
A superior court judge has ruled in favor of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission in a dispute over the commission’s decision last month not to renew the lease for the Airport Mobil station.
A total of 58 criminal cases on Martha’s Vineyard will be dropped as a result of the statewide drug lab scandal that unfolded four years ago involving Annie Dookhan, the former state chemist who mishandled evidence in thousands of drug cases.
Following a three-day trial, Carlos Stevenson was found not guilty on all counts Friday by a superior court jury of nine women and three men.
A criminal trial began this week in Dukes County superior court for a Vineyard Haven man facing rape charges. A jury of 12 women and three men is hearing the case.
Chilmark police Det. Sean Slavin was promoted to sergeant by the town selectmen this week.
The spring sitting of the Dukes County superior court begins next week, with a criminal trial for a Vineyard Haven man charged with rape on the docket.