Police/Court
Edgartown selectmen Monday congratulated the town police department for receiving state certification.
A hearing is under way in Boston in a disciplinary case against a Vineyard prosecutor over her alleged professional misconduct in criminal cases. Cape and Islands assistant district attorney Laura Marshard is appearing before the state Board of Bar Overseers.
Members of the Martha’s Vineyard Drug Task Force arrested Adam L. Robinson, 35, and his father, David B. Robinson, 59, in Vineyard Haven Wednesday on drug charges related to heroin distribution, police said.
An Edgartown man was sentenced to probation last week after pleading guilty to assault and battery charges in Dukes County superior court.
Police said speed was a factor in an accident that seriously injured two Vineyard men Sunday. A crash in Chilmark Saturday injured the driver, who faces charges.
The commonwealth of Massachusetts joined Aquinnah and a community group this week in challenging a federal appellate panel’s ruling that gave the green light to a tribal gambling facility.
