The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in a 4 to 1 decision, ruled that the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office misinterpreted the “dangerousness statute” when proseuctor’s moved for detention against defendants charged with illegal possession of a firearm. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled against Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter’s…
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Criminal Charges Filed Against Homeless Massachusetts Man After Serious Assault And Battery
Robert Demaio is twenty nine years old and homeless. He admittedly has problems with alcohol and anger management. Last Friday Demaio beat up another man in a Beverly, Massachusetts park causing him to suffer sever brain damage. The victim is a fifty one year old Lynn, Massachusetts man who authorities…
Massachusetts Men Facing Criminal Charges Of Trafficking OxyContins
On January 26, 2009 Victor Oliveira’s home in Saugus, Massachusetts was raided. The police found 139 OxyContin pills, each 80 milligrams some other drugs and over eight thousand dollars cash. According to reports Oliveira told police that he was selling the OxyContin pills. After initially bringing this case in the…
Criminal Charges For Boston Men After High Speed Chase From Brockton To Quincy
At about 10:30 p.m. police officers in Massachusetts saw what they believed was someone drinking beer in a car in Brockton. The car was pulled over and the driver then took off, speeding all the way to Quincy. The suspect’s car hit a tree near a garage and the driver…
Woman Arrested In Salem Massachusetts When She Drove Away From Court Following Her Arraignment For DUI Second Offense
According to The Salem News, Maureen Fogwell, 57, from North Hampton New Hampshire was arrested as she drove away from the Salem Massachusetts Courthouse last week following her arraignment for driving under the influence of alcohol as a second offense. After spending a week in the women’s prison in Framingham,…
Man Takes Massachusetts Woman From Car, Rapes Her
Around 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday night a woman was leaving a Route 1 restaurant in Danvers, Massachusetts. She had just finished having dinner with a friend and went to get her car parked at the rear of Friday’s Restaurant. She was approached by a man who dragged her into the…
Brockton Massachusetts Man Charged With Sexual Assaults At Quincy Library
Police have reported that Paul Mwaura, 27 of Brockton, Massachusetts is now charged with indecent assault and battery in the Quincy District Court. It is alleged that Mwaura groped two women at the Crane Library in Quincy. One woman told authorities that the defendant asked her to engage in sex…
Malden Massachusetts Man Arrested On Home Invasion Charges
In 2004 around 6:00 p.m. Malden, Massachusetts police responded to a call for a woman bleeding. Officers arrived to find the victim in her bed and suffering from facial injuries. It was clear to police that the home had been broken into through a rear door. The man who broke…
Haverhill Massachusetts Man Facing Cocaine Trafficking Charges
Last Thursday night Haverhill police raided Gerald Boucher’s apartment on North Avenue. When the police entered the home Boucher and two other men were engaged in drug deal activities. The police found sixty two grams of cocaine, an ounce and a half or marijuana and a variety of drug paraphernalia.…
Peabody Massachusetts Man Charged With Assault By Means Of A Dangerous Weapon
The Salem News reports that James Chouinard of Peabody Massachusetts was arrested and charged with three counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon. According to reports, the police responded to an apartment located in Peabody Massachusetts after Chouinard’s sister requested that he be “checked on.” Apparently, he called…