The 20-year-old suspect in an alleged rape Monday on the Steamship Authority ferry from Martha’s Vineyard to Woods Hole is set to return to court June 29 for a probable cause hearing.
WORCESTER Prosecutors in several jurisdictions across the state, including on Cape Cod, are halting the use of breath test evidence following fresh concerns raised about the machines and their stewardship.
The concerns, which appear to surround disclosure that some police officers conducted tests with expired Breathalyzer certifications, come just months after notices began going out to 27,000 people statewide regarding eight years’ worth of tests invalidated for a separate calibration issue.
“The issue involves an allegation of the certification of some of the Breathalyzer operators,” said Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe on Wednesday. “That is the issue that I’ve been dealing with in terms of how that impacts the appropriateness of introducing Breathalyzer evidence.”
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Ten days after a woman was found dead in Falmouth Harbor, the incident remains under investigation by Falmouth and state police detectives assigned to the Cape & Islands District Attorneyâs office.
However, there is nothing at this time to suggest foul play, said Tara Miltimore, spokeswoman for the DAâs office.
âWe will await the results of an autopsy performed by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner,â she said.
The woman, 34-year old Sharee W. Daluze of Harwich, was found in Falmouth Harbor late Tuesday morning, May 18. A fisherman reported finding a body near the intersection of Deacons and Vernon avenues in Falmouth Heights, Falmouth Police Chief Edward A. Dunne said.
Pre-trial hearing in Onset man’s motor vehicle homicide case postponed to June 21
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WAREHAM – A 19-year-old Onset man’s pre-trial hearing in Plymouth County Superior Court on a charge of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation in the fatal crash that killed 65-year-old Kenneth J. Baptiste of Wareham on June 12, 2020 has been postponed until June 21. The hearing was to have been held May 17.
Nineteen-year-old Cameron Silva of Onset is also charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing death, and leaving the scene of an accident causing personal injury.
His bail remains at $1,000.
According to the DA’s office, Wareham Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash on Cranberry Highway at approximately 11:09 p.m. on June 12.