According to The Lawrence Eagle Tribune Ed Manzi, 47, of 125 Windkist Farm Road North Andover Massachusetts was arrested and charged with attempted murder, assault and battery, possession of a firearm, malicious destruction of property, intimidation of a witness and related offenses as a result of an incident with his…
Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog
MIT Police Officer Charged With Trafficking Oxycontins
MIT Police Officer Joseph D’Amelio was arrested Saturday night on charges of trafficking oxycontins. Yesterday he was arraigned in the East Boston District Court and held on five hundred thousand dollars cash bail. His cousin and co-defendant Anthony Cristallo was arrested and charged with these drug crimes as well. According…
Massachusetts Appeals Court Reverses Sex Crimes Conviction
Last Friday the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed a conviction for indecent assault and battery on a child over the age of fourteen and assault with the intent to commit rape of a child. The reason: prosecutorial misconduct based on an improper closing argument. At the time of the crime the…
North Andover Man Charged With Attempted Murder In a Crime of Domestic Violence
According to the Lawrence Eagle Tribune, a North Andover man was arrested and charged with attempted murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a household member and illegal possession of a handgun. According to the paper, the defendant allegedly beat up his live in girlfriend…
Three Cape Cod Residents Charged With Heroin Crimes
On Thursday police in Cape Cod, Massachusetts executed a search warrant at an apartment in Brewster. This came on the heals of a lengthy investigation involving police from Brewster, Orleans and a Cape Cod Drug Task Force. The result was the arrest of the residents of the apartment and a…
Norfolk County Jury Convicts Ryan Bois Of First Degree Murder And Related Charges
There was not a dry eye in the audience when a Norfolk County Jury convicted Ryan Bois for the death of a six year old Weymouth girl. According to the Boston Globe, in a courtroom filled with emotion, Judge Janet Sanders told a packed courtroom that this was the “worst…
Lawrence, Massachusetts Heroin Dealer Charged With Conspiracy, Witness Intimidation
Deivy Rosario is a 27 year old Lawrence, Massachusetts man living on East Haverhill Street. He has been indicted in New Hampshire and charged with conspiracy to sell heroin and intimidation of a witness. According to reports, Rosario contacted a police officer who was instrumental in an earlier arrest of…
Framingham Pharmacy Worker Charged With Trafficking OxyContin
A pharmacist at a Framingham drug store noticed that two bottles of oxycontins, each containing one hundred pills was missing from the store. He called the Framingham Police. It turns out that Igor Minevich, a 23 year old pharmacy technician who had been working at the store for less than…
3 Charged As Prostitution In Massachusetts Is Being Advanced Through The Internet
Last Friday Danvers Police Detective Stephen Baldassare rented 3 rooms at a motel on Route 1 North. He then set up dates with women who were advertising “erotic services” on the internet. The first woman arrived and agreed to provide sexual services for two hundred dollars. She was arrested by…
Massachusetts Man Charged With Carjacking, Kidnapping Held Without Bail
Last week an 30 year old Fitchburg, Massachusetts man was arrested on allegations that he kidnapped, beat, threatened and sexually assaulted three women in a carjacking incident. He is now being held without bail at the Bridgewater State Hospital and being evaluated for mental health issues. Shortly after 10:00 p.m.…