The two Democrats running for Dukes County sheriff, incumbent Robert Ogden and challenger Erik Blake, faced off during the candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard. The event, the first in-person candidate forum on the Island in two years, took place in the packed Oak Bluffs library meeting room Tuesday […]
A 2020 charge brought by former Tisbury Police Sgt. Jeff Day against Eugene Jemison, a local Black Lives Matter activist, was dismissed in Edgartown District Court Thursday morning. The charge stemmed from an incident outside the U.S. Post Office in Vineyard Haven where Sgt. Day allegedly told Jemison to move a vehicle despite knowledge Jemison […]
Sgt. Jeff Day has resigned from the Tisbury Police Department. Tisbury town administrator Jay Grande informed The Times of Day’s resignation on Tuesday and said the sergeant’s last day was May 6. “His resignation letter was accepted by myself, the town administrator, and the select board,” Tisbury Police Chief Chris Habekost said. Asked if Day […]
Tisbury Police Sgt. Jeff Day is on paid administrative leave from the department. Tisbury town administrator Jay Grande, who is also the town’s personnel director, has declined to say why Day is on leave. In an interview with The Times on April 13, Grande said Day has been on “non-disciplinary” paid administrative leave since Feb. […]
Defense attorney Ryan Searle told the court and the prosecution on Thursday in Edgartown District Court that she would file motions to suppress evidence on behalf of two clients charged with offenses by Tisbury Police. Searle represents Josuel Desouza and Eugene Jemison in two separate cases. Desouza and Jemison were charged with operating a motor […]