Our client is retired career military and career law enforcement. His entire career was spent outside of Massachusetts. In June of 2020 his partner of several years called for a wellness check after having some concerns about his mental health. A commitment under G.L. c. 123 section 12 was ordered. During the course of treatment…
Continue reading ›On July 2, 2020 police responded to a call for a motor vehicle accident. They arrived to find our client obviously impaired by alcohol and outside of the car. The driver too was impaired. After putting the driver through field sobriety tests it was determined that he would be arrested for OUI. Since our client…
Continue reading ›The defendant is a laborer working in the Merrimack Valley. In June of this year police in a Massachusetts industrial city received a call for gunshots being fired in a specific location. Officers responded to that scene. The located bullet holes in several homes. Shortly thereafter they received a call from a car crash. Other…
Continue reading ›The defendant is charged with possession of a firearm under G.L. c. 269 section 10(a) and carrying a loaded firearm under G.L. c. 269 section 10(n). There is a mandatory eighteen months on the first count with mandatory from and after time on the second count. It is further alleged that the defendant and his…
Continue reading ›The defendant lives in a rural part of Massachusetts. Several months ago he called the police to complain of a disturbance with unfriendly neighbors. The police arrived and noticed that the man, while in his home was in possession of a firearm. He was properly licensed to possess and carry the weapon. The officers then…
Continue reading ›Our client is a college graduate working in the entertainment industry. He owned a firearm that lawfully purchased outside of Massachusetts however when he moved to Massachusetts he never properly registered the weapon. About six months ago he was hiking in a forest while in possession of the weapon. This is something that he had…
Continue reading ›Our client lives in another state nearly one thousand miles from Massachusetts. He has a family member whom he drove to visit in Massachusetts in June of this year. After his visit he decided to take a flight to visit other family members in another state. He drove to the airport and proceeded to his…
Continue reading ›The defendant is a veteran who served in the Air Force and won several medals for his service. Nearly a year and a half ago police were called to his home to investigate physical abuse of one of his children. When the officers arrived they saw, in plain view and firearm. The nature of the…
Continue reading ›The defendant was charged with improper storage of a firearm and possession of a firearm under G.L. c. 140 Section 131L and G.L. c. 269 Section 10(a) respectively. This past summer the defendant was in Boston for business. He had a firearm secured in the trunk of his car. He was properly licensed in the…
Continue reading ›Just about one year ago police officers in a Boston, Massachusetts suburb were dispatched for a well being check at a residence. A person familiar with the occupants called 911 after one of them had made self-harm threats. The caller also alerted the police to the fact that the other occupant possessed firearms. Dispatch quickly…
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