In today’s Metrowest Daily News online edition I read a story about a Medfield man. The man apparently had three passengers in his car in the early morning hours of March 10th. While driving on South Street in Holliston police allege that the man lost control of his motor vehicle and…
Norman Miller of the MertroWest Daily News reports the story of an Ashland man. According to the article members of the Massachusetts Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (which usually consists of the State Police working in conjunction with local law enforcement and the Attorney General’s Office) were able to…
The Springfield Republican reports on the case of a man who is now charged with cultivation of marijuana and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. According to the article on March 8th police and firefighters responded to 44 Gail Street in Springfield for a report of a house fire.…
This week the media has done extensive reporting on the trial of 2 men who are accused of murdering 4 people in Mattapan during a drug deal gone wrong. Allegedly at one point during the trial a manwho was observing the trial got up and called one of the witnesses…
The Boston Herald reports on an interesting case that came out of Boston last week. Three young women who self identify as lesbians were arrested and charged with a hate crime for allegedly assaulting a gay man at the Forest Hills T station in Jamaica Plain. The whole incident supposedly…
Few situations are as frustrating for criminal defense attorneys as when the police lose or destroy evidence that may be helpful to a client. Yesterday the Springfield Republican reported on a case where a young man is alleged to have attempted to take a police officer’s weapon from him. The…
Regular readers of this blog will recall a post from December of 2011 where I outlined some of the ongoing confusion over Massachusetts marijuana laws. Last week the Supreme Judicial Court ended some of that confusion with the decisions issued in Commonwealth v. Shawn Keefner and Commonwealth v. Brian Dee.…
As a Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer people often come to me with questions about hypothetical situations, wondering what their rights are if they are ever put in a position of danger. In Massachusetts our law does allow for a person to defend themselves if they are put in fear of…
In Massachusetts the penalties for DUI offenses (or OUI offenses as they are more commonly referred to in Massachusetts) have become increasingly severe over the years. That is especially true in cases illhere the defendant is alleged to be a repeat offender. Unfortunately for one man, he is finding out…
Recently the Springfield Republican ran an article about the arrest of a woman for her alleged role in a theft of a car that occurred over craigslist. The article tells the story of a Springfield man who attempted to sell his Nissan Maxima on criagslist.org. The seller went to meet…