Updated 6:20 pm An Oak Bluffs Police Department investigation into a lost then found patrol rifle enmeshed many but blamed only one person, Michael Marchand, the department’s senior-most sergeant. Marchand has resigned, according to a press release from select board chair Brian Packish sent Wednesday evening. A “mutual separation and release agreement,” received by The […]
An Oak Bluffs police sergeant says he was forced to resign after alerting the chief and town leaders that a police assault rifle was missing, a letter from his attorney alleges. That rifle, a Bushmaster M-4, was later reported found. Oak Bluffs Police Sgt. Michael Marchand has notified the town he intends to sue for […]