In Commonwealth v. Dwayne Williams, decided earlier today, the Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the decision of a district court judge suppressing unlawfully obtained evidence. The facts in Williams are as follows: A Boston Police Officer responded to a call stating that a man (the defendant) had been stabbed and was…
Our Attorney successfully litigated a defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The defendant pleaded guilty to so much of a second-degree murder indictment that alleged manslaughter in the Suffolk County Superior Court. Apparently recognizing weaknesses in the case, the Commonwealth recommended that the defendant be sentenced to ten to…
Last Friday night Haverhill police executed a Search Warrant at a home in on Cedar Street. They found five occupants, three with hypodermic needles and two others allegedly in the Heroin Distribution business. The interior of the home was described as disgusting and atrocious. It was in complete disarray. Also…
The Lowell Sun reports that nearly seven years ago a significant amount of drug evidenced was stolen from the Dracut Police evidence storage facility. In total about eighty thousand dollars or marijuana was taken from the locked trailer. The officer took the test on December 15, 2009. The results were…
Both the Lowell Sun and the Lawrence Eagle Tribune report that Johnny Cintron of Methuen, Massachusetts was stopped last night at the intersection of Central and Market Streets in Lowell. Apparently Lowell Police had information that a man fitting Cintron’s description would be in Lowell on Monday night. According to…
Last week Brenon Monteiro and Rozilene Coelho both from Marlboro, Massachusetts were arrested and charged with Trafficking Cocaine. Apparently police had obtained a search warrant. They arrived at Monteiro’s home and gained entry through a back door. A drug sniffing dog accompanied the officers. The dog alerted the police to…
It seemed like a routine disposition on a domestic violence case in Salem District Court. Fifty-four year old Anthony Rosado received a suspended sentence as a result of a domestic incident last November in Beverly Massachusetts. Rosado’s terms of probation included a requirement that he remain drug free and report…
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office has charged seven in connection with Cocaine Trafficking activities alleged to have occurred in Chelsea, Revere and Boston. According to reports, Ferney Pereanez was making about one hundred thousand dollars per week in cocaine sales. This account coincides with the district attorney’s press release…
Thirty four years ago Eleanor Wadsworth was beaten, shot and killed at Pike’s Funeral Home in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Wadsworth was sixty five at the time and she worked and lived at the funeral home. Last March Gloucester police re-opened the case. Their investigation which included interviewing several witnesses suggested that…
Sean Shanahan of Winthrop, Massachusetts has been charged with Enticing a Minor, Indecent Assault and Battery and Rape of a Child. The prosecution is alleging that over the past February vacation a fourteen year old girl was staying at his home visiting Shanahan’s daughter. Shanahan was seen going into his…