Tevin Porter, 27, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of armed bank robbery, conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery and aiding and abetting.
Arrests for drunk driving and minor traffic accidents occupied Island police over the July Fourth weekend.
The Martha's Vineyard Branch of the NAACP holds a second panel discussion on police reform in Massachusetts.
An Assonet man was arrested Monday afternoon in connection with an unarmed robbery at the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank on Palmer avenue in Falmouth.
Expressions of sympathy were coming in from all corners of the Island Monday for the family of Adam Friedman, the West Tisbury man who was found dead Saturday.
Diversity training for Martha’s Vineyard police is on deck for later this fall, as a joint project with Island police chiefs and the Martha’s Vineyard Diversity Coalition gets under way, aided by a $17,000 grant from Permanent Endowment of Martha’s Vineyard.