For the second time in two years a Massachusetts Drug Task Force has made an arrest of a Bridgewater State College student for a Massachusetts Drug Crime. For about one month law enforcement have been watching 37 Hale Street in Bridgewater. The address is home to a sophomore from Milbury,…
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Motor Vehicle Stop in Quincy Massachusetts Leads to Drug Distribution Charges for Dorchester Man
Just after noon on Monday, Maximo Velasquez, a twenty-seven year old man from Dorchester, Massachusetts was stopped after he supposedly drove through a stop sign in Quincy. At the time Velasquez was driving a Mercedes that had been rented to someone else. The police asked Velasquez to produce his driver’s…
Another Example of How Social Media Can Help Law Enforcement Solve Crime in Massachusetts
Today’s Lawrence Eagle Tribune report by Douglas Moser shows just how powerful a tool Social Media can be to law enforcement and to me as a Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer. Moser wrote about a fight that broke out two nights ago at a basketball game between Methuen and Haverhill. Apparently…
Police In Taunton Massachusetts Charge Four With Sex Crimes, Sexual Conduct For a Fee, Prostitution
Two days ago police in Taunton, Massachusetts were involved in an anti-prostitution operation. Acting in an undercover capacity one of the involved officers made eye contact with a woman. He then pulled into a parking lot to meet up with the woman. She walked up to his car and “asked…
Taunton Massachusetts Police Arrest Ten in Connection With Heroin Trafficking Investigation
Just a few days ago Search Warrants were executed at two apartments located at 50 Harrison Avenue in Taunton, Massachusetts. In all, eight men and two women were charged with Massachusetts Drug Conspiracy, Trafficking in Heroin Over 100 Grams and a Massachusetts School Zone Violation. Five of the defendants were…
Massachusetts Legislature to Consider Asset Forfeiture Action for People Convicted of Massachusetts Child Pornography Laws
A bill was recently filed with the Massachusetts Legislature calling for asset forfeiture provisions in certain Massachusetts Sex Crimes. The law would permit the police and the district attorney’s office prosecuting these crimes to seize property; i.e. cash and real estate from people who are convicted of Massachusetts Child Pornography…
Four Teenagers Facing Charges In Haverhill District Court For Malicious Destruction Of Property And Disorderly Conduct
Four Groveland teenagers have been arraigned in Haverhill District Court on charges of malicious destruction of property and disorderly conduct after allegedly confessing to smashing 19 mailboxes and two car windows with a baseball bat. The teens — Benjamin Tocci, 19; Brandon Yemmi, 17; Tyler Kelly, 17; and Cody Hillner,…
Sufficiency of Proof of Serious Bodily Injury in Connection With Crime of Assault and Battery Causing SBI Not Found by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Last week in Commonwealth v. Scott, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court discussed the concept of Serious Bodily Injury in connection with the crime of Assault and Battery Causing Serious Bodily Injury. See Commonwealth v. Scott. The facts of the case are as follows: In 2006 the defendant and the victim…
Talking on the Phone While Awaiting Trial is Often the Kiss of Death for People in Massachusetts Charged With a Crime
Not a day goes by where I don’t see of or hear of a criminal defendant in Massachusetts putting the final nails in his or her coffin by talking on the phone. No matter how smart or how stupid the accused, talking on the phone is going to cause you…
Brockton Man Arrested in Drug Sweep Indicted for Distribution of Cocaine, Subsequent Offense
Last week a grand jury sitting in Plymouth County charged Mister T. Hood with three counts of Distribution of Cocaine, Subsequent Offense. It is alleged that Hood committed these crimes in mid-December. He was arrested in connection with a massive drug investigation that led to the arrests of over twenty…