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Two Brockton Men Charged With Extortion, Witness Intimidation

Derek Blumenthal and Christopher Chamberlain both of Brockton are being held at the Bristol County Jail.  They are charged with extortion by threat of injury and witness intimidation.  It is alleged that they made threats to a Brockton dentist’s family and tried to extort money from them.  According to reports…

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Middlesex Grand Jury Indicts 2 For Robberies In Cambridge, Somerville

According to the Somerville Journal, Last week Vincent Primo and his girlfriend, Kim Szathmary, both of Medford were indicted by a Middlesex County Grand Jury for robbery and attempted robbery in Cambridge and Somerville.  In November and December of 2008 there were 7 incidents of attempted robbery and robbery in…

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Lynn Man Charged With Gun Possession After House Party Becomes Unruly

Steven Mai and William Blundell are getting arraigned in the Lynn District Court today stemming from their involvement in criminal activity in Lynn on Saturday night.  Apparently there was a party attended by fifty to sixty people, all of whom were identified as being Crip gang members or associates.  The…

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Lynn Man Charged With OUI After Driving Wrong Way On Route 95 And Hitting Cruiser

Juan Fernandez of Lynn, Massachusetts was arraigned in the Attleboro District Court after being charged with drunk driving (DUI), leaving the scene of an accident, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and operating to endanger.  All of this stems from a collision last Saturday morning involving Fernandez and a…

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Worcester Man With 81 Firearms Charged With Possession Of Machine Gun

Even though Paul Mateiko has a license to carry firearms he does not have the right to possess a machine gun.  Worcester Police actually found multiple machine guns when they searched Mateiko’s home Saturday night.  These weapons along with 79 other firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and explosive devices…

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Lawrence Man Arrested For Domestic Assault and Battery and Related Charges

According to The Lawrence Eagle Tribune, a twenty-eight year old Lawrence man is accused of repeatedly whipping his step daughter on her back with a belt. As a result of the beating, the young girl developed welts on her back that were observed by a teacher and the school nurse.…

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Malden Man Charged With Carjacking, Assorted Criminal Offenses

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…

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Barnstable Men Charged With Trafficking Oxycodone, Related Drug Offenses

On January 23, 2009 Barnstable and Yarmoutth police along with a Brockton K-9 officer executed a search warrant at 55 Nautical Way, the home of Kenneth and Denzel Chisholm.  In the course of doing so officers located and seized 2,000 oxycodone pills valued at $60,000 a couple of guns and…

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Massachusetts Man Convicted Of Being Felon In Possession Of Firearm

This past Wednesday, Ricardo Calvo of Worcester was sentenced to fifteen years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.  The defense was looking for a seventy seven month prison sentence based on his lawyer’s representation that Calvo had a history of substance abuse, physical abuse…

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Cambridge Man Charge With Indecent Assault And Battery Stemming From Incident On MBTA Bus

According to police Rayfield McCants, 28 of Cambridge, Massachusetts got onto an MBTA bus Tuesday night and intentionally rubbed himself against a woman passenger.  Afterwards, when the woman exited the bus McCants followed her and harassed her until a bus driver came to her aid.  McCants now stands charged with…

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