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Man charged with attempted murder after alleged Tisbury knife attack
A man was charged with attempted murder after a domestic violence incident in Tisbury on Sunday night. Tisbury Police, assisted by Massachusetts State Police, arrested Brandao Geraldo Alves Caldeira, 38,…
Habeas petition filed for attempted murder case
The man charged with attempted murder for an alleged knife attack in Tisbury last weekend will be prevented from being transported out of the state by federal immigration agents while his case continues in court. At a detention hearing in Edgartown District Court on Friday, Judge Benjamin Barnes ordered Brandao Geraldo Alves Caldeira, 38, to…
Second man sentenced for Oak Bluffs fight
At the Edgartown Courthouse on Monday, a man who was involved in a fight outside the Ritz Cafe in Oak Bluffs that resulted in the victim being permanently blinded in one eye, will serve six months at the Dukes County House of Corrections. Devante Santiago, 31, pleaded guilty in Dukes County Superior Court on Monday…
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Edgartown man pleads guilty; bomb threat charges dropped
David M. Capato, 58, an Edgartown man charged in 2025 for making a bomb threat at the Vineyard Haven Steamship Authority terminal, pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 21, in Dukes County Superior Court, and was sentenced to five years of probation on multiple counts. At the change-of-plea hearing before Superior Court…
Vineyard Haven man arrested by ICE for homicide in Brazil
Federal immigration officers arrested a Vineyard Haven man facing homicide charges last month as part of a regional operation that targeted five foreign nationals wanted for murder charges in their home countries. The detained man is now held in Plymouth. Altieris Chaves Paiva, 38, a Brazilian national, was detained by…
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