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Rose denies hidden camera allegations in civil suit response
John Rose, the former Oak Bluffs fire chief who was at the center of sexual harassment scandal at the town’s department, is denying the allegations made by a teenage girl’s…
Two state troopers suspended in relation to barracks rape case
Updated Oct. 28. Massachusetts State Police suspended two troopers, Ryan Costello and Robert Branca, with pay, on Thursday, Oct. 22, for what officials said was their conduct in connection to an individual who was a guest at the State Police barracks on-Island and is now accused of rape in an incident that occurred there in…
State Police close door on overnight guests at barracks
Updated Oct. 21, 5:34 pm. The Massachusetts State Police barracks located at 51 Temahigan Ave. in Oak Bluffs is officially closing its doors to overnight guests at the temporary housing units where troopers stay during seasonal assignments on the Island and Nantucket.
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Gov. Healey addresses alleged rape at State Police barracks
Updated Oct. 21. Gov. Maura Healey and Mike Minogue made their case to voters Thursday in the final gubernatorial debate ahead of the Nov. 3 state election, and one of the topics dicussed was the alleged rape that occurred at the Massachusetts State Police Barracks in Oak Bluffs in August,…
Boston man charged in rape at State Police barracks
Updated Oct. 16. Edward Joseph Brown, 27, of Boston was arraigned on Tuesday in Edgartown District Court, and pleaded not guilty to a felony rape charge. The charge stems from an Oak Bluffs Police investigation into a reported sexual assault by a suspect who allegedly stayed at the Massachusetts State…
Family sues former fire chief in hidden camera case
The family of a teenage girl is suing former Oak Bluffs Fire Chief John Robert F. Rose for invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress after facing charges for filming her in her bedroom through a secret camera. The family seeks at least $1 million in compensatory damages. The…
Cotton pleads not guilty to murder charge in toddler’s death
Aimee Cotton was arraigned Thursday afternoon in Dukes County Superior Court in Edgartown on a second-degree murder charge for the death of 2-year-old Frank “Frankie” Edward Rodenbaugh. At the courthouse, where Cotton, 41, pleaded not guilty to the second-degree murder charge, family and friends of the Rodenbaughs filled the benches…
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