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Oak Bluffs resident Jeffrey S. Windle is scheduled for arraignment in Edgartown District Court on June 25 on charges that stem from a fraudulent check. The arraignment date comes after a determination of probable cause by Edgartown Clerk-Magistrate Liza Williamson on March 25.Â
The charges against Windle have increased in number and severity since his apprehension by members of a U.S. Marshalâs Office task force in February. According to a Feb. 18 police report, Windle was originally charged by Tisbury Police with larceny over $1,200 and larceny by check after he allegedly tried to acquire real estate with an invalid $2 million check. Windle previously served time for embezzling millions of dollars. Records indicate Windle is presently charged larceny by false pretenses relating to contracts, banking transactions or credit, larceny over $1,200 by false pretense, attempt to commit a crime, uttering a false check, and being a common an
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Island police implicit bias training set for May
Training will be led by Chicago-based Hillard Heintze.
An implicit and unconscious bias training course for Island police is set to take place in May.
Members of the Island’s six police departments will engage in an implicit and unconscious bias training May 4, 5, and 6.
The training will be conducted on-Island by Hillard Heintze, a security risk management team based in Chicago. Originally scheduled for November, Island police chiefs moved the training to the spring amid COVID-19 concerns.
The Martha’s Vineyard Diversity Coalition received a $25,000 grant to fully fund the training sessions, which were prompted by the recent spate of tragic African American killings during police procedures across the country.
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IHTâs Vineyard Haven property vandalized
Water system targeted at Kuehnâs Way; Environmental Police are investigating.
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Island Housing Trust is asking for the public s help in finding the person or persons who vandalized the wells at the Kuehn s Way site in Vineyard Haven. -Brian Dowd
A well at the site has a locked cap. -Brian Dowd
IHT says that no contamination appears to have reached the Island s aquifer. -Brian Dowd
The Massachusetts Environmental Police are investigating an incident of vandalism at an affordable housing complex under construction by Island Housing Trust (IHT).
The suspect allegedly tampered with the water system at the site by removing a cap on a well and pouring an undetermined amount of motor oil into it, Philippe Jordi, executive director of IHT, told The Times. No contamination appears to have reached the aquifer, and IHT is working with a company to remove the hazardous waste.
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Stuntwomanâs lawyer moves to suppress evidence
Kim Washington Longino appeared remotely in Edgartown District Court Monday for a motion hearing on her Tisbury OUI case.
Film and television stuntwoman Kim Washington Longino, a.k.a. Kym Washington Longino, came before Edgartown District Court Judge Benjamin Barnes via Zoom Monday for a motion hearing seeking to suppress evidence in her ongoing drinking and driving case.Â
Longino was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a Tisbury Police stop on July 24. She was subsequently charged with operating on a suspended license after allegedly being observed at the wheel of a vehicle by a Tisbury Police officer on August 25. Edgartown attorney Martin (âSkipâ) Tomassian told Judge Barnes it was his intention to seek suppression of âeverything that could be possibly considered evidenceâ after police stopped Longino on July 24. He requested a postponem