Police/Court
Aquinnah police officer David Murphy received a Meritorious Public Service Award from the U.S. Coast Guard Friday for rescuing a man in Menemsha Pond...
A Vineyard Haven man was arrested and charged this week for distributing fentanyl on the Island.
West Tisbury selectmen expeditiously selected Lieut. Matt Mincone to succeed Dan Rossi as West Tisbury police chief at Wednesday night’s meeting,...
Oak Bluffs police have arrested two men following a weeklong investigation into the theft of a large amount of cash from an East Chop home.
A Brazilian native who arrived on Martha’s Vineyard in 2000 on a tourist visa but never left is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case that will...
It’s all but certain Lieut. Matt Mincone will serve as the next West Tisbury chief of police starting in April. The selectmen hosted a forum for him...
A superior court clerk magistrate has upheld an order by the Oak Bluffs selectmen to humanely euthanize two pit bulls that attacked another dog.
A Chilmark man was arraigned last week on charges related to improper deer hunting, including hunting at night and hunting from a vehicle.
A federal judge this week ordered a south Florida woman to repay more than $3.5 million to an elderly Martha’s Vineyard woman who was bilked for...
Jake Baird died Friday morning from injuries sustained in a single-car accident. Two other students who were passengers were injured in the crash.
With a search now under way for a new police chief in Edgartown, tension inside the department has bubbled to the surface in a town that has long...
Edgartown is beginning its formal search for a new police chief, following the abrupt retirement of the former chief for medical reasons.