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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Machete-Wielding Oak Bluffs Dad Gets Probation

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 …

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 ›

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Oak Bluffs Teenager Won't Do Time for Stealing Cash

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…

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Michael West

2:40 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013

I totally agree, and I regret the MVRHS principal chose to lean so hard on this. It is unrealistic to think kids wont experiment, especially with decriminalized substances, and it is equally unrealistic to think kids can entirely ignore peer pressure. The suspension is in my view draconian and inappropriate despite the ard line taken in the code of conduct. Does the principal think this will …   more ›

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