Shane Tank of Vineyard Haven, who is accused of throwing a puppy so hard against a bureau that it broke the tiny dog’s bones, was arraigned Edgartown District Court on Friday where he pleaded not guilty to a charge of animal cruelty charge. Tank, whose name had previously been withheld by police at the request […]
Fellow officers were at hand across the Vineyard on the night of July 23 and the early morning of July 24, 2011, when two Tisbury Police officers searched for domestic battery and sexual assault suspect David Thrift, recently released Dukes County Communications Center audio records reveal. Executive session minutes show that following numerous and consequential […]
Retired Worcester Police Lt. Richard Bates, Eastham Deputy Chief Daniel Deschamps, and retired Arlington Capt. Paul Coughlin sift through documents in the Tisbury Police Station as part of the the TPD certification assessment.The Tisbury Police Department appears on the brink of achieving certification, a watershed achievement for a department dogged by problems for decades. Police […]