Last Wednesday Boston Police were conducting a search when they observed a man subsequently identified as Edgar Gonzalez fleeing from a building. Police then grabbed Gonzalez. They noticed that the door to his apartment was opened. The police then learned that Gonzalez had a pending Immigration Order pending against him.…
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Drug Trafficking, Distribution Charges Filed Against 4 Southeastern Massachusetts Men
In early May of this year police in Southeastern Massachusetts seized about one half million dollars in drugs, cars and money that they attribute to a Drug Distribution ring in that part of the state. According to the Brockton Enterprise police learned that Christopher Witt of Middleboro was Selling Marijuana…
19 Year Old Lynn Teen Charged With Violating Social Host Law, Contributing To Motor Vehicle Homicide
Craig Snow of Lynn, Massachusetts has been charged with violating the Massachusetts Social Host Law. The law states that anyone who sells or provides alcohol to minors or permits them to consume alcohol on your property can be charged with a crime in Massachusetts. The act occurred on March 21,…
Westford Massachusetts Animal Control Officer Charged With Larceny Of Firearm, Receiving Stolen Property
According to a Middlesex County District Attorney press release Michael Harrington has been indicted by a Middlesex County Grand Jury for Larceny Over $250, Larceny of Firearms and Receiving Stolen Property. Harrington, the Westford, Massachusetts Animal Control Officer was arrested on these charges last week. He became a suspect shortly…
Plymouth Man Charged With Transportation Of Child Pornography In Massachusetts Federal District Court
The Brockton Enterprise reported today that George Lunt of Plymouth, Massachusetts has been charged in Massachusetts Federal Court with two counts of Transportation of Child Pornography and One Count of Possession of Child Pornography. The indictment reflects incidents alleged to have occurred in November of 2008 and January of 2009.…
Framingham Police Officers Being Investigated For Assault With A Firearm
On April 29, 2010 the manager of a local storage company contacted the Framingham Police to report an incident. He stated that around 6:30 p.m. an employee heard his wife tell someone that they could not urinate on the outside of the business property. The offender then turned towards the…
Arrest Made In Connection With Shooting In Lynn, Suspects Charged With Attempted Murder, Gun Possession
Brandon Payne of Lynn, Massachusetts was arrested last week and charged with the Attempted Murder of Elder Palma. He joins co-defendants Earl Damico and Darkens Bonnett, also charged in connection with last week’s shooting. Payne is also facing charges of Possession of a Firearm, Possession of Ammunition, Breaking and Entering…
Lynn Woman Charged In Salem With Witness Intimidation
Elizabeth Cushman, also known as Mama Deuce is being held on two thousand five hundred dollars cash bail for supposedly threatening a witness on a Domestic Violence case. It is alleged that Cushman who might have a role in the Deuce Boyz organization called and left a threatening message on…
Supreme Court Holds That Life Sentence For Juvenile Convicted Of Nonhomicide Offense Unconstitutional
In Graham v. Florida the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment prohibits a juvenile offender to be sentenced to life in prison without parole for a nonhomicide crime. In 2003 Graham was sixteen years old. He and some friends…
Indiana Man Charged With Gun Possession In Salem Even Though He Had A Firearms License
Jonathan Chenevert is from Evansville, Indiana. He has an Indiana Firearms License for two guns. He is in Massachusetts to work on a water tank in Essex County and he is staying in a local hotel. Just the other day, a member of the hotel housekeeping staff found one of…