I recently came across an interesting article about the almost 5 year fallout between one man and the Boston Police over the actions of the Boston Police Department Back in 2007. According to the article the trouble for the man started when he was on the Boston Common and saw…
By way of the Salem News I recently read about a man who was arrested on a fourth offense operating under the influence (DUI/OUI) charges as a result of a sobriety check point in Peabody, MA. Sobriety checkpoints are a controversial form of OUI/DUI investigation that the police have been…
As a Massachusetts OUI/DUI attorney I frequently read about cases in local papers regarding the crime of Operating Under The Influence. The Lowell Sun recently reported on the arrest of a local school official for operating under the influence of alcohol third offense. Any drunk driving charge in Massachusetts has…
I recently came across an artice online at Nashoba Publishing detailing a story of an alleged domestic incident that occurred in Ayer, Massachusetts. An Ayer man is now facing domestic assault and battery charges in Ayer District Court for the incident police say occurred over the weekend. According to the…
As a Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer some of the questions I am asked most frequently involve the legal status of marijuana is in our Commonwealth. The first thing I always remind people in these conversations is that although marijuana may be a legal grey area under our state laws, it…
The Springfield Republican recently published an article about the arrest of a man this past Friday by the Holyoke Police Department. The man is a bus driver who transports students in Holyoke. At the time of his DUI arrest last friday he was driving children to their homes as a…
This past week the news and internet have been abuzz with reports regarding a Massachusets college student charged with a crime as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred at Dean College in Franklin, MA. The Milford Daily News ran a report on the case, it also received coverage…
The Patriot Ledger recently reported on the arrest of a Weymouth man. After an anonymous tip was called in to the Weymouth mayor’s drug tip line and as a result police launched an investigation into the man. In the course of their investigation police set up surveillance. In the course…
A hotly debated topic in criminal law circles is the limits on police to exercise their authority when they are off duty or outside of the jurisdiction where they are employed as officers. While some citizens are comforted by the idea that a police officer may take action at any…
By way of the Springfield Republican I recently came across the cautionary tale of a man who recently posted some items for sale on craigslist. After some communication over the internet, the man went to meet the person he believed would purchase these items at a local Starbucks. Unbeknownst to…