Two nights ago Guarionex Pratts of North Andover, Massachusetts was arrested at his apartment by North Andover Police and DEA agents. Apparently a call to the DEA Tipline alerted authorities to the existence of Drug Dealing Activities at the apartment. The tip stemmed from neighbors concerns about an odor suggestive…
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Criminal Complaint Issues Against Methuen Massachusetts Hotel Owners For “Permitting Immoral Conduct”
In a somewhat rare move local authorities have charged Dilip, Navin and Ashok Patel, owners of a local Days Inn with a criminal complaint that they permitted immoral conduct at their Methuen, Massachusetts hotel. According to a report in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune the hotel has been catering to drug…
Massachusetts Woman Arrested, Charged With Stealing Pocketbooks From Elderly While They Shopped
This past Sunday Tammy Ward was arrested when a security guard at a Salem department store saw her take a pocketbook out of a shopping cart. The victim is a sixty six year old woman from Peabody. Ward, was a familiar face to the security officer. He had seen her…
Haverhill Massachusetts Woman Sentenced To Five Months For Assault And Battery By Means Of A Dangerous Weapon — Hot Coffee
A thirty-eight year old Haverhill Massachusetts woman, Dorothy Driscoll, will enjoy the summer at MCI Framingham following her conviction for assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and shoplifting as the result of an incident at the Family Dollar Store located in New Hampshire. According to The Lawrence…
Prostitute Arrested In Saugus For Sexual Conduct For A Fee After Cops Respond To Backpage Advertisement
Jeanette Bearden of Carson, California was arraigned in the Lynn District Court yesterday after undercover police officers arrested her for Prostitution. Bearden, 44 had placed in advertisement on www.backpage.com in which she offered unspecified services. Responding to the ad were local police officers. One of the officers called the number…
Stoughton Woman Arrested In Dedham After Cops Watch Her Deal Drugs From Workplace
The Brockton Enterprise reported that Theresa Foley of Stoughton, Massachusetts was arrested at her workplace following an investigation in which police allegedly witnessed her sell drugs on six separate days. The investigation began earlier this month when a Dedham Police Detective gained information that Foley was dealing drugs. Police investigating…
Dorchester Man Arrested, Charged With Kidnapping Girl 15, Forcing Her To Work As A Prostitute
According to a report on boston.com Norman Barnes of Dorchester, Massachusetts Kidnapped a fifteen year old girl on May 7th, kept her against her will and forced her to work as a prostitute. On Thursday the girl was able to escape from her hotel room. She went to the hotel…
Police Seizure Of Oxycodone Leads To Arrest Of Norton Massachusetts Man, Drug Trafficking Charges
According to the Brockton Enterprise, Jesse Sheridan of Norton, Massachusetts has been arrested and charged with Drug Trafficking, Possession With Intent to Distribute Marijuana and Possession With Intent to Distribute Oxycodone. The article states that Sheridan was arrested after a “months-long investigation”, the specifics of which were not disclosed. The…
Framingham Inmate Pleads Guilty To Making A False Rape Report
Andrea Davio-Michaud is forty years old. She is an inmate at M.C.I. Framingham. She has been convicted of Identity Fraud and Credit Card Fraud and is serving a sentence for those crimes. In October of last year Davio-Michaud reported that she had been raped at a halfway house where she…
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Affirms Suppression Of Evidence Found In Brockton Man’s Boot
Earlier today the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided the case of Commonwealth v. Levy, SJC 10778. A brief history of the case is as follows: The defendant filed and argued a Motion to Suppress a search in the Brockton District Court. The motion was allowed. The district attorney appealed the…