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Driver charged after collision with police cruiser
Tisbury Police officer suffers minor injuries.
Updated Feb. 19
The 28-year-old male operator of an Isuzu dump truck was cited for operating without a license, a marked lanes violation, and driving an uninspected vehicle after a collision with a Tisbury Police cruiser Thursday afternoon on the Lagoon Pond Bridge. Massachusetts State Police are investigating the collision. According to Trooper James P. DeAngelis, a State Police spokesman, the operator of the dump truck was issued a summons. The police officer in the damaged cruiser was transported to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital with minor injuries. On Friday, Tisbury Police Chief Mark Saloio identified the officer as Patrick Souza, and the dump truck driver as Reniclis Albino of Oak Bluffs.
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Convicted swindler tries again in Tisbury
Jeffrey Windle charged with passing a bogus $2 million check.
Updated Feb. 23
Tisbury Police have charged a convicted embezzler with larceny over $1,200 and larceny by check for $1,200, both felonies, for placing a deposit on a $15 million Edgartown property with a $2 million check that was drawn on an account with insufficient funds. Jeffrey S. Windle allegedly signed a purchase and sale agreement at Geoghan Coogan’s law office in Tisbury on Jan. 18, and provided a personal check for $2 million to that law office on Jan. 22 that was dated Jan. 23, according to a police report. Windle allegedly attempted to delay the deposit of the personal check by promising a cashier’s check, a report states, but that never came. He later allegedly provided excuses that his father had died to both the law office and the sellers. At some point in dealing with Coogan, he allegedly also employed the name Jeffrey
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Three vehicle crash in West Tisbury
Updated 3pm
Three vehicles were involved in a crash at the intersection of State Road, Panhandle Road, and Scotsman’s Bridge Lane in West Tisbury at around 11:30 am Monday.
There were two cars and a white pickup truck involved. Airbags appeared deployed in two of the three vehicles.
State Road is down to one lane, Scotsman’s Bridge was closed on the State Road end, and Panhandle remained open.
What appears to have happened, according to West Tisbury Police Sgt. Garrison Vieira, is a black Subaru failed to yield to a red Subaru and a collision ensued. The force of the crash carried the vehicles into a white pickup truck that was at a full stop at the intersection, Vieira said. The driver of the black Subaru was given a written warning for failure to yield, Vieira said.
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West Tisbury Police seek publicâs help
West Tisbury Police are seeking information on a suspicious motorist. â web capture
West Tisbury Police have received reports of a suspicious motorist attempting to pick up minor female pedestrians. The first report indicates that on Jan. 24 in the vicinity of Island Farms Road and Oak Knoll Road, at about 3 pm, a woman drove up to two juveniles and asked if they wanted a ride.
âThe woman is described as follows: a middle-aged white female (late 20s to late 30s) with dark curly hair, operating a white, boxy style SUV, possibly a Jeep,â a release states.Â
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Hollywood stuntwoman Kim Washington Longino, whose name has appeared as Kym in some records, is scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 22 on a charge of driving with a suspended license. Longino was arrested in July on charges of drunken driving and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. She allegedly declined the Breathalyzer, and her license was suspended. She pleaded not guilty to both charges in Edgartown District Court.
On the night of Aug. 25, Tisbury Police Officer Nick Sidoti, whoâd been involved with Longinoâs previous charges, allegedly observed Longino at the wheel of a Jeep when he was on his way into work on a motorcycle.