This past Friday an investigation by members of the Salem, Massachusetts police department as well as officers from Ipswich, Beverly and the Essex County Sheriff’s office effectuated an arrest. The suspect is a sixty three year old Salem man. Ronald Marshall was the target of a month long investigation during…
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Two From Georgetown, One From Ipswich Arrested, Charged With Drug Trafficking, Possession
Detectives from Ipswich, Massachusetts and Beverly, Massachusetts observed a car being driven by Brian Sotiropoulos. The police had prior dealings with Sotiropoulos and his girlfriend, Cassandar Thomas, both from Georgetown, Massachusetts. It has been reported that the two were arrested in Ipswich on another occasion for Possession With the Intent…
Brockton Man Charged With Trafficking Marijuana Posts $40,000 Bail
Thomas Colbert of Brockton, Massachusetts was arrested Monday and charged with Trafficking Marijuana. It was reported that Colbert went to a shipping facility where marijuana had just been delivered. He arrived in a rented truck. Apparently authorities had been tipped off by a trucking company in Abington that suspicious packages…
Supreme Judicial Court Reverses Murder Conviction After Judge Makes Unconstitutional Discovery Orders
In Commonwealth v. Sliech-Brodeur decided earlier this month the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed the first degree murder conviction of a woman who killed her husband. The Court recited the following facts: The victim and the defendant married in 1994. He was sixty. She was forty nine. They lived in…
Two Men Charged With Trafficking Cocaine In Framingham
Just recently police in Framingham, Massachusetts were involved in an investigation involving Rafael Lopez and a Connecticut man. They had information that Lopez was selling cocaine. Lopez had an apartment in Framingham from which police observed people enter and quickly leave. This they believed to be consistent with drug related…
Cocaine Trafficking Conviction Reversed
The defendant was indicted by a Massachusetts Grand Jury and charged with Trafficking Cocaine over 28 Grams. He was also charged with a School Zone Violation. A Motion to Suppress was filed and argued. It was initially allowed and then denied, an unusual set of circumstances to say the least.…
Framingham Man Faces Trafficking Heroin, School Zone Violation
Authorities allege that Jesse Pritchard of Framingham sold Heroin to a confidential informant on two occasions, the last being this past Friday. Pritchard was arrested and charged with Trafficking Heroin and a School Zone Violation. Armed with a search warrant police located nearly twenty bags of heroin. Pritchard was concealing…
Marshfield Massachusetts Man, 61 Charged With Possession And Distribution Of Child Pornography
Richard Hall, 61 of Marshfield, Massachusetts was arrested two days ago by Marshfield Police. It was reported that the police were notified by authorities in Illinois that Hall might be a part of a child pornography ring. This operation possibly consisted of chat room members who shared Child Porngraphy files…
Dominican Man Arrested, Charged With Trafficking Marijuana After Cops Seize Over 2,000 Pounds In Dorchester
Last Wednesday Boston Police were conducting a search when they observed a man subsequently identified as Edgar Gonzalez fleeing from a building. Police then grabbed Gonzalez. They noticed that the door to his apartment was opened. The police then learned that Gonzalez had a pending Immigration Order pending against him.…
Drug Trafficking, Distribution Charges Filed Against 4 Southeastern Massachusetts Men
In early May of this year police in Southeastern Massachusetts seized about one half million dollars in drugs, cars and money that they attribute to a Drug Distribution ring in that part of the state. According to the Brockton Enterprise police learned that Christopher Witt of Middleboro was Selling Marijuana…