OAK BLUFFS – District Attorney Robert J. Galibois announced today that Chad Atkinson, 31, of Oak Bluffs, was indicted by a Dukes County Grand Jury on June 12, 2023 on one count each of rape and kidnapping. The indictments pertain to an incident which occurred on September 18, 2022 on Cranberry Acres Way, Tisbury.
Atkinson is scheduled to be arraigned on August 1, 2023 at 9:00 am at the Dukes County Courthouse. The case was investigated by the Tisbury Police Department.
There will be no further information released at this time. DA Galibois reiterates that all defendants are presumed innocent.
