This past Saturday Vincent Bencivenga of Lawrence, Massachusetts, Josette Osorio of Haverhill and Mark Hatch of Methuen made a fake video of a stabbing during the Feast of the Three Saints festival in Lawrence. The trio used video cameras and a cell phone camera to record the event. Not realizing…
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Brockton Massachusetts Man Charged in Dorchester With Armed Assault With Intent to Murder
Boston police were in the South End investigating a case the other day. While doing so they saw someone get out of his car and start shooting. This occurred on Shawmut Avenue just around 9:30 two days ago. Officers chased the man and saw him get rid of his gun.…
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Reverses Murder Conviction Holding That Certain Evidence, Mostly Statements of the Defendant and Co-Defendant Was Improperly Admitted
Earlier today the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed a first degree murder conviction in the case of Commonwealth v. Santos. Santos had been convicted on a felony murder theory. The Court found the following facts: On July 26, 2005 shortly after 5:30 in the evening the victim was robbed and…
Haverhill Massachusetts Man Charged With Carrying a Firearm, Assault and Battery Arrested, Charged With Crimes in Lawrence and Haverhill
Haverhill, Massachusetts Jose Reyes was sought pursuant to a warrant for Carrying a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm, Possession of Ammunition and Armed Assault with the Intent to Murder. All of these charges against the twenty one year old are pending in the Lawrence, Massachusetts District Court. There is also…
Methuen Massachusetts Police Officer Charged With Assault and Battery, Felony Malicious Destruction to Property After Salisbury Barroom Fight
This past weekend a fight erupted at the Surfside 5, a bar in Salisbury, Massachusetts. According to a report in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune a Methuen, Massachusetts police officer, Shawn Tardif and his wife were at the bar with friends. Also at the bar was a group of women celebrating…
Lynn Massachusetts Man Pulls Knife on Mother’s Boyfriend, Faces Charges of Assault and Battery
Just a few days ago police officers in Lynn, Massachusetts went to a home on a report of a dispute involving Domestic Violence. They arrived to find the victim bleeding from his head. Officers arrested Wallace Jones, a twenty one year old from Franklin Street in Lynn. Jones’ mother told…
Brockton Massachusetts Man Faces Charges of Kidnapping, Possession With Intent to Distribute Drugs, Violent Crimes After Cops Get Early Morning Call
Just before 4:30 a.m. Monday, Brockton, Massachusetts police received a phone call from a man stating that he had been held captive at gunpoint. The “victim” stated that he went to the home of Emanuel Dossantos. Once he attempted to leave the home Dossantos held him at gunpoint. He was…
Two Haverhill Massachusetts Men Charged With Attempted Robbery, Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon, Firearm Possession in Lawrence
Lawrence, Massachusetts police broadcast information that two individuals involved in a firearm incident were in a grey Jeep somewhere in the area. Haverhill police hearing the description saw the vehicle at a gas station and arrested Franklin Gary and Cam Vitalone, both from Haverhill. It is reported that two defendants…
Lawrence Massachusetts Woman to Face Charges of Intimidation of a Witness After Encounter With Victim in Lawrence District Court
Eufemia Abrego was at the Lawrence District Court yesterday showing support or her brother who is facing a Domestic Violence charge involving his wife. The forty five year old Lawrence native approached the victim, her sister-in-law who was sitting on a bench outside of the courtroom. It is alleged that…
Two Haverhill Massachusetts Men Face Kidnapping, Assault With Intent to Murder Charges After Arrest in Billerica
The Lowell Sun reports that around 4:30 yesterday afternoon Billerica, Massachusetts police were called for a shooting near a new convenience store on Boston Road after a man entered the store, bleeding and complaining that he has just been shot at. The victim stated that the defendants, Jose Jusino and…