Martha's Vineyard District Court Report
Published: January 28, 2010
January 8, 2010
Samuel G. Arruda, West Tisbury; DOB 1/10/85, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon: one year pretrial probation.
Matthew Hannigan, Edgartown; DOB 8/25/75, improper use of credit card over $250: guilty - six months in the house of corrections committed, must pay $90 VW.
Elizabeth M. Jacobs, West Tisbury; DOB 5/27/92, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued without finding for one year, must attend driver alcohol education program and pay program fee, $250 state fee, 45-day loss of license, must pay $50 VDD, $50 VW, and $65 PSF; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth; marked lanes violation: not responsible; failure to stop/yield: not responsible; possession of liquor by person under 21: continued without finding for one year.
Justin Davis LaRue, Tisbury; DOB 10/6/80, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $50 court cost; unregistered motor vehicle: not responsible; uninsured motor vehicle: dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth.
Ethan L. Thomas, Edgartown; DOB 10/6/70, OUI-liquor or .08% - 2ndoffense, operating motor vehicle in violation of license restriction, marked lanes violation, operating motor vehicle with suspended license for OUI: continued to pretrial conference.
Edward A. Voorhees, Vineyard Haven; DOB 12/11/64, OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth; OUI-drugs (not specified); dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth; negligent operation of motor vehicle: one year probation, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VW, $50 PSF and complete 24 hours of community service; speeding in violation of special regulation: not responsible; marked lanes violation: not responsible.
Christine Weston, Edgartown; DOB 3/20/61, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued without finding for one year, must attend driver alcohol education program and pay program fee, $250 state fee, 45-day loss of license, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VDD, $50 VW, and $65 PSF; marked lanes violation: not responsible.
January 12, 2010
Jeffrey D. Melanson, Oak Bluffs; DOB 4/17/68, OUI-liquor or .08% - 5th offense, negligent operation of motor vehicle, failure to stop/yield: continued to pretrial conference.
January 13, 2010
James Mickles, Edgartown; DOB 3/18/89, rape: Nolle Prosequi (state declined to prosecute); a second charge of rape: (Nolle Prosequi (state declined to prosecute); a third charge of rape: (Nolle Prosequi (state declined to prosecute); indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over: Nolle Prosequi (state declined to prosecute); threat to commit a crime: Nolle Prosequi (state declined to prosecute).
Raymond M. Tucker, West Tisbury; DOB 4/14/64, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation, municipal by-law or ordinance violation: continued to pretrial conference.
January 15, 2010
Augustus B. Bendavid, Vineyard Haven; DOB 3/24/73, negligent operation of motor vehicle, speeding in violation of special regulation, marked lanes violation, failure to wear a seat belt: continued to pretrial conference.
Stephen J. Brown, Edgartown; DOB 12/8/87, larceny of firearm, possession of large capacity firearm: continued to pretrial conference.
Michael Gatto, West Tisbury; DOB 12/2/61, threat to commit a crime: guilty - six months in the house of correction suspended with conditions, placed on probation for two years, must pay $50 VW and $65 PSF; a second charge of threat to commit a crime: guilty - six months in the house of correction suspended with conditions, placed on probation for two years, must pay $50 VW and $65 PSF.
Gretchen Haury, Chappaqua; DOB 12/19/52, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued without finding for one year, must attend driver alcohol education program and pay program fee, $250 state fee, 45-day loss of license, must pay $50 VDD, $50 VW, and $65 PSF; marked lanes violation: not responsible; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth.
William J. Lasker, Chilmark; DOB 7/23/82, operating motor vehicle with suspended license, unregistered motor vehicle: continued to pretrial conference.
Jason C. Look, West Tisbury; DOB 6/5/77, OUI-liquor or .08% - 2nd offense: guilty - one year in the house of correction, 80 days to serve, balance suspended, probation for two years; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: guilty - ten days in the house of correction concurrent with count one; possession of open container of alcohol in motor vehicle: not responsible; failure to wear seat belt: not responsible.
Robert J. Robinson, Haverhill; DOB 8/6/82, breaking and entering a vehicle/boat during the nighttime to commit a felony: continued without finding for two years; vandalizing property: continued without finding for two years; breaking and entering a vehicle/boat during the nighttime to commit a felony: continued without finding for two years; vandalizing property: dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth; larceny over $250: continued without finding for two years; breaking and entering a vehicle/boat during the nighttime to commit a felony: continued without finding for two years, must pay $295 restitution; vandalizing property: continued without finding for two years; breaking and entering a vehicle/ boat during the nighttime to commit a felony: continued without finding for two years; vandalizing property: dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth; unauthorized use of motor vehicle: guilty, two years probation; breaking and entering a vehicle/boat during the nighttime to commit a felony: continued without finding for two years; unarmed burglary: dismissed at the request of the Commonwealth; larceny over $250: continued without finding for two years; lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct: continued without finding for two years, must pay $50 VW, $65 PSF and complete 70 hours of community service.
Key to Abbreviations
HIF=head injury assessment fee - OUI-liquor or .08%=operating motor vehicle w/percentage, by weight, of alcohol in blood of .08 or greater or while under the influence of intoxicating liquor - PSF=monthly probation supervision fee - VDD=victims of drunk driving trust fund fee - VW=victim witness assessment fee
