It had been a month since I’d cantered through the hills and fields astride Tex a giant, almost black Percheron. Over many years, he and I have had a special friendship, and have developed our own language. That morning was misty and cool, with scents of spring, the forest almost luminescent with green moss […]
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 […]
When you go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8, you’ll be asked to cast ballots on a lot of races, from governor to congressman to county commissioners. It could be easy to overlook one of the most important races on that ballot, but we hope you won’t. For the first time in 20 years, […]
Rob Galibois, Democratic candidate for Cape and Islands District Attorney, was on Island Tuesday for a campaign kickoff outside the Edgartown courthouse, followed by a reception with supporters at the Wharf. Galibois was joined on the Island by his wife, Nikki, and his two sons, Maxwell and Cameron. Honorary campaign chairs Dan Wolf, the former […]
A Cape and Islands assistant district attorney previously found culpable of prosecutorial misconduct has re-emerged in a Cape Cod courtroom after several years of less locally visible appellate work. Assistant District Attorney Laura Marshard appeared before Judge Mark Gildea Monday morning for the arraignment of James Adams on a cocaine trafficking charge. In district court, […]