Thursday, May 16, 2013
Charged with multiple counts and separate cases of fraud, larceny, forgery and misrepresentation, 64-year-old John C. McBride of Edgartown has been placed on probation until 2015 and must undergo counseling, court records indicate.
He drove a BMW, kept a home on South Water Street in Edgartown and appeared to be a prosperous attorney. But John C. McBride, now 64, has been ineligible to practice law since 2005, when he was disbarred. That didn't prevent him from representing a Martha's Vineyard man in a 2011 insurance claim involving a bicycling injury, in which McBride advised the man to accept a $5,000 settlement. According to documents filed in Edgartown District Court, the bicyclist became suspicious when weeks went by during which McBride continued to assure him the check was in the mail, and contacted the insurance company directly to learn that McBride had received and deposited the check into his own account. This case of forgery is one of several in which …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
A former road manager for the band Jerry Bennett and the Sultans of Swing is accused of spending more than $50,000 of his Martha's Vineyard-based employer's money on fast food, groceries, gas and a prostitute.
For a response to this article from one of the plaintiffs, please see Letter: Patch Report Was "Disrespectful and Irresponsible". A 27-year-old Edgartown man faces 49 counts in Edgartown District Court after Oak Bluffs police say he admitted skimming more than $50,000 from his former employer, who leads a popular music group. Patrick A. Joyce is accused of using company money for everything from fast food to a prostitute, hotel room and "incidentals," according to court documents. The court record includes a detailed narrative from Officer James Morse, who writes, "On Monday Feb 4 2013 Mr. Jerry Bennett, owner of Jerry Bennett Entertainment LLC and Katrina Delgadillo, a manager of Jerry Bennett Entertainment, LLC, came to the Oak Bluffs …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Telling police he needed money for food and clothing after his parents died, a member of the MVRHS varsity basketball team admitted taking cash left in an unlocked home. Deshawn James, 18, was placed on probation until 2015.
An 18-year-old Oak Bluffs man charged with unarmed burglary, entering a building in the night time and larceny will not go to jail after admitting to sufficient facts in the case, according to court documents. Instead, Deshawn James, who plays on the varsity basketball team at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, will be on probation for two years, perform 30 hours of community service and make restitution to his victims. In December, James admitted to police that he had taken cash on multiple occasions from an unlocked home on Grovedale Avenue in Oak Bluffs. According to the written report of Oak Bluffs Police Sgt. Michael Marchand, police were called to the home Dec. 5 to investigate “three separate incidents when different stashes of…
Nathalie Woodruff
7:13 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013
I know I'm not the only one wondering, but what the $%^&*%# is going on with our justice system? Would someone please explain the legal rationale behind this decision to the rest of us? more ›