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 […]
Developing story No one was seriously injured after a school bus with students inside rear-ended a white Mini Cooper on State Road in Tisbury. West Tisbury School students were coming back from a field trip to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum when the accident happened on Tuesday morning. Tisbury and Oak Bluffs Fire and EMS were […]
West Tisbury Police Sgt. Bradley Cortez was recently announced as the 2022 West Tisbury Police Officer of the Year. Cortez was recognized for his positive attitude and leadership within the department. The sergeant also earned the honor before when the award was first introduced in 2018. Cortez served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper […]
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 […]
An operating under the influence (OUI) of alcohol case and related charges against a Tisbury man were dropped in Edgartown District Court Monday morning after prosecutors for the Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe’s office declined to prosecute the case any further. The charges stem from a 2019 motor vehicle stop by Tisbury Police. […]