Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Aubrey Anderson, 42, was accused of striking his teenage son with a closed fist and chasing him out of their Oak Bluffs home with a machete in an Oct. 16 rampage reported to authorities by his children.
A 42-year-old Oak Bluffs man charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, intimidating a witness and threatening to commit a crime against his son has been placed on probation until Oct. 30, according to court documents. Aubrey Anderson was accused of striking his teenage son with a closed fist and chasing him out of their home with a machete in an Oct. 16 rampage reported by his children to authorities at Martha's Vineyard High School, who called police. The children told officials their father does not have alcohol or drug dependencies, but has a problem with anger and that this episode was the worst they'd ever seen, court documents indicate. Anderson became angry for no apparent reason when his son came home from …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
The Vineyard Gazette is reporting that Ovando Eghill pleaded guilty today to manslaughter and assault with a dangerous weapon.
The trial in Dukes County Superior Court of an Aquinnah man accused of murder for fatally stabbing his wife's ex-husband has ended, according to a report from the Vineyard Gazette. Saying he had not acted in self-defense as he earlier had claimed, Ovando Eghill pleaded guilty this morning to manslaughter and assault with a dangerous weapon in the June 14, 2011 stabbing of Michael Trusty, the Gazette reports. Read the full report here. Eghill will serve two sentences totaling seven years in the Dukes County house of correction and is also subject to deportation to his native Jamaica, according to the Gazette. Trusty was formerly married to Eghill's wife and the children from both marriages were being cared for at a home in Tisbury where the…
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The Vineyard Gazette reports that jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of Ovando Eghill, accused of murdering his wife's ex-husband in Tisbury last year.
Jury selection has begin in the murder trial of Ovando Eghill, the Aquinnah man who fatally stabbed his wife's machete-wielding ex-husband Michael Trusty during a dispute in Tisbury last year, according to the Vineyard Gazette. Trusty was formerly married to Eghill's wife and the children from both marriages were being cared for at the home in Tisbury where the stabbing took place June 14. Trusty died of his injuries at a Boston hospital June 18. For more about the case, please see For more police and court news on and off the Vineyard, please see our Police & Fire section, available in the News tab above or by clicking here. Stay Patched in! Follow Martha's Vineyard Patch on Twitter | Like Martha's Vineyard Patch on Facebook | Sign up …
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
An Aquinnah man was arraigned in court Wednesday, following an altercation that involved a machete and a work knife.
An Aquinnah resident was arraigned in Edgartown District Court on Wednesday after allegedly stabbing a man in the heart outside a Vineyard Haven home. The victim, Michael Trusty, was air-lifted to Boston Tuesday night, where he reportedly underwent surgery and was listed in critical condition. Officers were called to the scene at 97 Spring Street 5:56 p.m., following a 911 call that “Someone is dying here.” When officers arrived on the scene, they found Trusty lying unresponsive on the ground, adjacent to a pick-up truck. He had blood on his shirts and pants. Defense attorney Charles Morano told the court that the defendant, Ovando Eghill, has “a valid self-defense argument” for the attack, and that an eyewitness saw Trusty holding a …
Suzanna J
8:46 am on Sunday, May 12, 2013
The Sagamore and Boune bridges should have been demolished 40 years ago. Cape Cod and islands have lost it's beautiful character. Much too much crime here. more ›