Oak Bluffs, MA – A 67-year-old Martha’s Vineyard man was arrested Sunday morning after allegedly making violent threats against staff at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
According to Oak Bluffs Police, Stephen Green called the hospital just before 8:00 a.m. on September 14 regarding a billing dispute. When told the billing department was closed, Green allegedly stated he would “be in with a shotgun” before abruptly ending the call.
Hospital staff immediately alerted security, who in turn notified Oak Bluffs Police. Officers launched an urgent investigation, determining the threat had caused fear and alarm among hospital employees.
Investigators later contacted Green by phone. During the call, authorities say he admitted to making the threatening remarks, telling officers he had “made a mistake.” Green agreed to meet police at a business on State Road in Tisbury, where he again made incriminating statements before being taken into custody without incident.
Green was charged under Massachusetts General Law c.269 s.14 with making terroristic threats involving the threatened use of a deadly weapon. He was arraigned Monday in Edgartown District Court, where bail was set at $300.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Oak Bluffs, MA – A 67-year-old Martha’s Vineyard man was arrested Sunday morning after allegedly making violent threats against staff at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
According to Oak Bluffs Police, Stephen Green called the hospital just before 8:00 a.m. on September 14 regarding a billing dispute. When told the billing department was closed, Green allegedly stated he would “be in with a shotgun” before abruptly ending the call.
Hospital staff immediately alerted security, who in turn notified Oak Bluffs Police. Officers launched an urgent investigation, determining the threat had caused fear and alarm among hospital employees.
Investigators later contacted Green by phone. During the call, authorities say he admitted to making the threatening remarks, telling officers he had “made a mistake.” Green agreed to meet police at a business on State Road in Tisbury, where he again made incriminating statements before being taken into custody without incident.
Green was charged under Massachusetts General Law c.269 s.14 with making terroristic threats involving the threatened use of a deadly weapon. He was arraigned Monday in Edgartown District Court, where bail was set at $300.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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