At 2:00 this morning in Somerville, 32 year old Marcel Laurol of Malden man was shot by a 25 year old man from Brockton. Laurol then hijacked a taxicab and drove it into his attacker. Both of these guys are going to need good defense lawyers. According to the BostonChannel…
The Harvard Crimson reported today that third year Harvard Law student Charles Simpkins was arrested and charged with disorderly conducting and resisting arrest. According to the article, on January 24, 2009 Simpkins left a bar drunk and entered a parked Boston Police cruiser. He told the officers to give him…
Assistant United States Attorney Suzanne Sullivan’s reputation took a severe blow last week when Jonathan Saltzman from the Boston Globe reported that Chief District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf threatened sanctions for Sullivan’s failure to provide exculpatory evidence to defense counsel. According to the article, the veteran prosecutor failed to disclose that…
On New Years’ Eve a Framingham woman contacted the police to report that her former boyfriend, Josue Gonzalez telephonically threatened her and her and her three children. Specifically, he told her that if she did not give him money he would burn her house down. A restraining order was in existence at that time. …
Lawrence, Massachusetts police responded to an apartment on South Broadway Thursday night in response to a domestic assault and battery 911 call. During the call police were able to hear the couple arguing. When they arrived they found the defendant and his girlfriend both of whom denied making the call…
A 38 year old Newton man has been charged with soliciting payments from a developer in exchange for relaxing permit and inspection requirements. The defendant, Paul Camilli faces charges of bribery in the Concord District Court. A Middlesex County District Attorney press release said that Camilli was arraigned today on one…
Today, in a published opinion the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed a conviction for threatening to commit a crime in violation of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 275 Section 2 citing insufficient evidence. See Commonwealth v. James, slip opinion December 18, 2008. The Appeals Court reported the following facts: 1. That in…
The Newburyport Daily News reported yesterday that the following cases were disposed of on November 28, 2008: Case # 1: A 55 year old Newbury man was convicted of driving with an unregistered motor vehicle and driving an uninsured vehicle. Both matters were continued without a finding and the defendant…
The following story was reported by the Lawrence Eagle Tribune on November 11, 2008: ‘A city man faces criminal charges in Lynn after he allegedly impersonated a police officer claiming to be conducting a fundraiser for a police-sponsored sports program. Lynn police said Christen Agnew called a pizza shop in…
The Malden Observer, through Wicked Local Malden reported that on Monday, October 20, 2008 seven people were arrested and charged with having committed crimes. Omitting the names of the defendants, the following was reported: Case # 1. A thirty year old Dorchester woman was arrested at 12:26 p.m. on Summer…