Police/Court
A woman arrested in Edgartown two weeks ago on theft and prostitution charges originally identified herself as her younger sister, police said.
A Worcester man was arraigned Tuesday in Edgartown district court on cocaine trafficking charges.
A Vineyard Haven man will go to state prison for 10 to 13 years after he pleaded guilty Wednesday in Dukes County superior court to several charges, including rape of a child by force.
David L. Thrift Jr., 31, will serve his time at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction, a maximum security prison in Walpole.
According to the superior court, Mr. Thrift also pleaded guilty to rape of a child under 16 with a minimum of 10 years age difference and was ordered to serve 10 to 13 years, concurrent with first count.
The criminal case against a prominent Island businessman facing indecent assault charges will go to trial after a disagreement over terms of a plea bargain Friday morning.
Steven A. Schwab, 65, a former Chilmark resident, originally pleaded guilty in Edgartown district court Friday to charges in Chilmark and Tisbury of two counts of open and gross lewdness, assault and battery, and indecent assault and battery on someone younger than 14.
A Dukes County grand jury indicted two people on Monday, one on drug trafficking charges and another for statutory rape.
Mitefea Kelly, 18, was indicted on one count of trafficking cocaine in the amount of 200 grams or more.
Ms. Kelly, a New York resident, was arrested in August for allegedly coming to the Island with more than 270 grams of cocaine, part of what members of the Martha’s Vineyard Drug Task Force said was an operation to bring large amounts of cocaine to the Vineyard. Bail was set in her case at $200,000
Edgartown police arrested a man and woman this week on several charges, including prostitution and theft.