Crime & Safety
Yacht Looters, Pot Dealers and the Boston Strangler
A weekly round-up of police, fire and court news from Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod and the South Shore.
Editor's note: The following information was provided by local authorities in Patch towns. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, they do not indicate convictions.
On Martha’s Vineyard, looters targeted a sailing yacht, abandoned at sea a month ago, which landed ashore in Edgartown.
Also on the Vineyard, four youths were arrested June 29 after Oak Bluffs police stopped their car and found close to a pound of marijuana and more than $5,000 in cash as well as a safe and a scale.
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Two more young men face drug charges after Oak Bluffs police found them allegedly making a marijuana deal in an alleyway.
In Edgartown District Court, a warrant was issued for a 24-year-old Harwich Port woman accused of smashing four cars in a hit-and-run on South Road in Chilmark.
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Officials this week cited a technological breakthrough allowing them to identify Albert DeSalvo as the killer of Mary Sullivan, the last murder in a string of 1960s killings by the "Boston Strangler." Sullivan was the aunt of Hyannis native and American crime author and journalist Casey Sherman, who helped lead a high-profile re-investigation of his aunt's murder, which he later wrote about in his book, "A Rose for Mary: The Hunt for the Real Boston Strangler".
Falmouth police this week identified a suspect allegedly involved in the stabbing of a local man on Homestead Lane on Wednesday. The suspect was identified as Gregory Harris, 17, of Falmouth, who police considered a danger to the public.
In Plymouth, police responded to a home on Paddington Way, where they discovered several explosives. The home belonged to a Boston police officer, who has since been suspended.
A 19-year-old was arrested and charged with texting while driving after he swerved into another vehicle while driving in Manomet early Tuesday.
A Weymouth woman was able to see her daughter for the first time since she went missing on June 25.
In Hingham, a 33-year-old man was arrested for operating under the influence of alcohol (third offense), driving with a suspended license for OUI, among other charges.
Having experienced significantly more residential and vehicle break-ins so far this year than last, Milton Police Chief Richard Wells said the issue has been made worse by residents not locking their doors.
Braintree police arrested a 29-year-old Brockton man allegedly possessing prescription pain killers with the intent to distribute them.Arrest information does not indicate convictions. For more police news on and off Martha's Vineyard, please see our Police & Fire news section.
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