Articles Posted in 2019

In June of 2017 members of a greater Boston suburban task force were investigating high level drug trafficking activity. Their efforts led them to a home that was occupied by the defendant. Officers obtained a search warrant and executed the search. During the search large quantities of drugs were found in the defendant’s bedroom and…

Several months ago the defendant was charged with domestic assault and battery under G.L. c. 265 Section 13M. Our office resolved the matter by way of pretrial probation under G.L. c. 276 Section 87 for a period of three months. Within a few weeks the defendant violated and his case was placed back on the…

In June of 2018 members a Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts department were conducting surveillance of an area saturated with drug dealing activities. Officers observed a vehicle with New Hampshire plates engaging in counter-surveillance activities. The driver ultimately met up with a known drug dealer who got into the defendant’s car. Officers observed actions consistent with drug…

The defendant is a recent college graduate and a hospital worker. This past fall she was in a local department store when loss prevention officials observed her stealing a significant amount of store merchandise. They detained her and obtained a full confession. She was summonsed to court charged with shoplifting in violation of G.L. c.…

The defendant is a security analyst working at an engineering company that is involved with extensive military contracts. He and the victim had been in an on again off again dating relationship for four years. On February 25, 2018 the defendant told the victim that he intended to move out of the home and terminate…

The defendant is released from custody on G.L. c. 276 58A dangerousness conditions. The district court judge imposed a condition of home detention. We appealed that condition to the superior court judge and succeeded in getting home detention eliminated. The defendant has no restrictions and no exclusions zones. Read More in Bail

This case has been ongoing for about four months. The defendant was charged with motor vehicle homicide at the end of 2018. Her bail was set at $25,000 after police learned that she was at the registry attempting to obtain identification to flee the country. The Superior Court judge reduced the bail in half after…

On October 9, 2018 a woman residing in a Merrimack Valley town went to the police station to report that she had been raped twenty six months earlier by a local college hockey player. The woman detailed an incident that allegedly occurred at a house party. The woman complained that the defendant whispered into her…

On January 1, 2019 the defendant was walking in an MBTA station. Police officers in the station observed the defendant covered in blood with bruises on his forehead and face. One of the officers approached the defendant to see if he needed assistance. While doing so the defendant, without explanation struck the officer in the…

On October 24, 2018 the defendant was driving on a suspended license. He drove alongside a state police cruiser nearly hitting the cruiser. The officer signaled for the defendant to pull over. He did not. Instead, he fled the area at a high rate of speed evading apprehension. The officer queried the vehicle that came…