According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a Framingham couple was charged with distribution of cocaine this past week. The couple was traveling on Concord Street when an officer noticed that the vehicle in which they were traveling had a defective headlight. The officer pulled the car over…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a Framingham couple was arrested last week for allegedly selling cocaine and heroin out of their apartment. The man and woman were arrested at their home, located at 140 Franklin Street. According to the article, the police began investigating the pair…
This past April, domestic violence legislation was proposed at the statehouse. Both the House and the Senate proposed somewhat different versions of the law, and this past week, a conference committee reconciled the two versions of the bill (SB1892 and H4037). Both the House and the Senate then passed the reconciled…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a Framingham man was arrested last week and charged with sexual conduct for a fee and disorderly conduct. The article states that Framingham police officers saw the man chasing a woman down the street and yelling at her. The police then…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a Worcester police officer has been charged with: (1) home invasion; (2) assault and battery; (3) breaking and entering; (4) trespassing; and (5) threats. The defendant, a 16 year veteran of the Worcester Police Department, reportedly forced his way into his…
This past week, in Commonwealth v. Overmyer and Commonwealth v. Craan, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the smell of unburnt marijuana alone is not enough to establish probable cause to search a car. The facts of the cases are as follows: Overmyer was in a car accident in Pittsfield and…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a Framingham man allegedly assaulted his father at their home on June 24th. The article states that at the time of the alleged incident, the man was out on bail on another case – a stabbing from last March. As part…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a man allegedly damaged property at his home this past week. The article states that the defendant lives with his mother in Sudbury, and that his mother told him that he needed to go to an alcohol abuse treatment program. The…
On March 5, 1982, a five-alarm fire killed a family of four and four others in Lowell, Massachusetts. Within 48 hours, the Lowell Police Department had arrested three people – the defendant and two other men who were brothers. The defendant was just 24 years old at the time and…
This past week, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision holding that “the police generally may not, without a warrant, search digital information on a cell phone seized from an individual who has been arrested.” The decision addressed two unrelated cases – Riley v. California and United States v.…