A plea agreement stemming from allegations William Scott Sanfilippo revved and brandished a chainsaw, and threatened officers with it, failed in Edgartown District Court on Friday. Sanfilippo faces charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct from the Oak Bluffs Police Department. Following a summary of facts read into the record by Assistant […]
The Oak Bluffs select board voted to appoint acting Lt. Nicholas Curelli to lieutenant, in addition to approving the promotions of Officers Christopher Wiggin and Jeffrey LaBell to sergeant Tuesday. In his first appointments as chief of police, Jonathan Searle brought the promotions before the select board. Lt. Currelli, who holds a master’s degree in […]
Three years ago we wrote about the case of Vera Pratt, an elderly Chilmark woman who was bilked out of more than $3.5 million by a Florida woman purporting to be a psychic who could rid her of demons. Sally Ann Johnson eventually pleaded guilty, and was sentenced 26 months in federal prison and ordered […]