The town of Tisbury has agreed to pay a former Tisbury Police candidate $75,000 to settle a lawsuit against the town and a member of its police department. In January 2022, Danielle Clermont filed a complaint with Dukes County Superior Court in which she claimed that the town of Tisbury had conspired with Tisbury Police […]
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 […]
Tisbury’s insurer will pay former Tisbury Police Sgt. Kindia Roman $240,000 to settle a federal discrimination, conspiracy, and harassment lawsuit filed in 2020. The settlement releases not just the town but also Tisbury Police Sgt. Max Sherman and former Tisbury Police Chief Mark Saloio from all claims. The settlement calls for no admission of liability, […]
Former Tisbury Police Sgt. Kinda Roman has settled with the Town of Tisbury, with former Tisbury Police Chief Mark Saloio, and with Tisbury Police Sgt. Max Sherman for a sum that’s yet to be disclosed. The case was dismissed on June 17 by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani in light of the settlement, court […]
A 2020 charge brought by former Tisbury Police Sgt. Jeff Day against Eugene Jemison, a local Black Lives Matter activist, was dismissed in Edgartown District Court Thursday morning. The charge stemmed from an incident outside the U.S. Post Office in Vineyard Haven where Sgt. Day allegedly told Jemison to move a vehicle despite knowledge Jemison […]