The town of Tisbury has agreed to pay a former Tisbury Police candidate $75,000 to settle a lawsuit against the town and a member of its police department. In January 2022, Danielle Clermont filed a complaint with Dukes County Superior Court in which she claimed that the town of Tisbury had conspired with Tisbury Police […]
Alice Cynthia Meisner, 79, of Edgartown died on Sunday evening, Oct. 8, 2023, at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth, after a brief illness. She is survived by her sons Eerik Meisner and his wife Allison, and Ian Meisner and his wife Yasuyo and their daughter Katherine. A celebration of her life will be […]
A Vineyard police sergeant’s alleged misconduct ruined his value as a witness, and may have damaged the reputations of the two departments where he worked. Following a credibility attack by Edgartown defense attorney Ryan Searle, Tisbury Police Sgt. Jeff Day was found to be unusable as a prosecution witness last winter, records recently obtained by […]
Following a public records request by the Martha’s Vineyard Times, Chilmark Police Chief Jonathan Klaren has unearthed previously unavailable records focused on Jeff Day, a former Chilmark Police officer and Tisbury Police sergeant. In response to earlier records requests by The Times, town officials, including Klaren, claimed the records could not be found. The records […]
Tisbury’s insurer will pay former Tisbury Police Sgt. Kindia Roman $240,000 to settle a federal discrimination, conspiracy, and harassment lawsuit filed in 2020. The settlement releases not just the town but also Tisbury Police Sgt. Max Sherman and former Tisbury Police Chief Mark Saloio from all claims. The settlement calls for no admission of liability, […]