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Massachusetts Armed Assaults With Guns And Knives Leave One Dead And Others Wounded In Lynn And Lowell- Attorney Sam?s Take

By Altman & Altman

Well, if this past New Years Eve in Lowell and Lynn are any indication, we are in for another angry and violent year. Both Massachusetts towns were scenes of armed assaults, one of them fatal. Yesterday, Jameson Phoun, 20 , and Sothy Voeun, 19, both of Lowell, (hereinafter, the "Defendants?) were arraigned n Lowell District Court on charges of, among other things, first-degree murder. They were held without bail, as istypical in such cases. The Defendants are charged with having burst into a party where they had been asked to leave and shooting up a room filled with 25 party-goers. Thus far, one homicide has resulted. According to the prosecution, said shooting was meant to ?scare? the celebrants. ?I don?t characterize this as a gang issue so much as a violence issue amongst young people who are willing to carry weapons and utilize them to resolve conflict,?? Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on January 04, 2011 (boomark / email).