Current Court Report - August 5, 2025
David Creed •
This Current Court Report includes arraignments and dispositions from the Monday and Tuesday Nantucket District Court sessions. There will be court sessions throughout the week while the District Court navigates through their August jury week.
Celedonio Benjamin Alvarez Ramirez, 37, of Nantucket was arraigned on May 15th charges of leaving the scene of personal injury, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, failing to stop/yield, and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. He had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf and was ordered to return to court Sept. 8th for a pretrial hearing.
Cleon O. Andrews, 42, of Nantucket was found not-guilty by a Nantucket jury on a June 1st charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Andrews was also found not responsible on charges of speeding and possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
Santos D. Ceballos, 63, of Nantucket will have a June 5th, 2024 charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle continued without a finding for six months on the condition he complete the probation without any violations. Charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license stemming from the same incident were dismissed.
After completing one year of probation following a guilty verdict in a jury trial last year, Rachel Estepa, 37, of Nantucket had the probation terminated and the case is now closed.
*All defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty under a court of law*