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Boston And The Rest Of The World Watch As Lindsay Lohan?s Probation For Drunk Driving Is Surrendered

Posted on July 07, 2010
Today?s posting on the Boston criminal lawyer blog does not really involve Boston. It does involve criminal law, though. As well as show business. You may have heard snippets over the past months of Lindsay Lohan and her difficulties with the law...

Lawyers Needed For Massachusetts Vehicular Crimes During Holiday Weekend

Posted on July 06, 2010
Massachusetts had more than its fair share of crimes this past holiday weekend. There were shootings in the Boston area, one homicide and, as one would expect from such a weekend, plenty of vehicular crimes. Criminal Defense attorneys will be needed...

A Boston Criminal Defense Attorney Discusses Federal Court, Alleged Spies And Liberty

Posted on July 05, 2010
This weekend, we have been celebrating the birth of our country. Even a Boston criminal defense attorney recognizes the importance in that. In the meantime, the Cambridge couple (hereinafter, the ?Defendants?) who were among 10 people arrested in three cities last week as part of an alleged Russian spy ring have been arraigned in Federal Court and await an opportunity to make bail and recover their freedom...

Cambridge Couple Are Arrested For Federal Crimes Of Espionage

Posted on July 01, 2010
Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr is having a field day on this one. Who can blame him?: The surface-layer ironies here are numerous! ?Hey?, he muses, ?they don?t call it the Red Line for nothing.? The rollicking news that some Cambridge residents have been arrested and accused of being Russian spies should be enough to keep us in stitches with puns focusing on titles like ?Reds?, ?Ruskies? and ( of course) ?The People?s Republic Of Cambridge? for weeks to come...

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A Boston Criminal Defense Attorney Returns To Examine A Walpole Priest Arrested For Sexual Assault

Posted on June 30, 2010
As a Boston criminal defense attorney, I don?t seem to be able to read a news story and simply let it be. Particularly when it involves our criminal justice system and its participants. After days of being unable to post the blog (again), I went looking for a story about which to write...

Psychiatrist Says Driver Charged in Massachusetts Pike Car Chase is Delusional

Posted on June 29, 2010
A judge has ordered 29-year-old man facing numerous charges for his involvement in a 20-mile police pursuit on the Massachusetts Pike to Bridgewater State Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Alejandro Serra has pleaded not guilty to over a dozen charges, including five counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and operating with a suspended license...

Winchester Man Pleads Guilty to Massachusetts First-Degree Murders of His Wife, Two Children, and Mother-in-Law

Posted on June 27, 2010
At his arraignment this month, Thomas J. Mortimer IV pleaded not guilty to four counts of Massachusetts first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife Laura Stone Mortimer, 2-year-old daughter Charlotte, 4-year-old son Thomas Mortimer V, and mother-in-law Ragna Ellen Stone...

Boston Dad Charged with Massachusetts Assault and Battery, Unarmed Robbery, Parental Kidnapping, and Larceny

Posted on June 25, 2010
Bryan Harris, a South End resident, was arrested by police on Friday. The 26-year-old Boston man was charged with Massachusetts unarmed robbery, parental kidnapping, larceny over $250, assault and battery, and a dangerous weapon unlawfully carried. His arraignment is scheduled for Monday...

Boston-Area Man Is Charged With Robbing And Assaulting Elderly Woman In Wheelchair

Posted on June 23, 2010
Sometimes, you find a case that seems to reveal a new low in criminal acts. As a Boston criminal defense attorney for many years, I have seen more than my fill. Allegedly, that is. A Brighton man was arrested Monday night for allegedly robbing a 67-year-old woman who uses a wheelchair for mobility purposes, according to police officials...

Assaults, Threats And Bullying In Boston Schools ? Will The Law Help? (Part Two)

Posted on June 22, 2010
Yesterday, we began discussing the topic of bullying again. As if the topic were not enough, I was inspired by the Sunday Boston Globe front page article on the subject this past week. As a criminal defense attorney of some years, it is a subject that deeply troubles me...

Assaults, Threats And Bullying In Boston Schools ? Will The Law Help? (Part One)

Posted on June 21, 2010
Yesterday, the Boston Globe?s front page reflected the start of a new series of articles on students, families and schools. It described the plight of Lexi, a 14-year-old girl who began classes at a new school in an ?affluent suburb? west of Boston. According to the story, Lexi?s torment began within the first few days, when a ?friend? texted her the message, ?Go online...

Amy Bishop Charged with Massachusetts First-Degree Murder in Brother?s 1986 Shooting Death

Posted on June 18, 2010
Amy Bishop, the University of Alabama-Huntsville professor charged with killing three colleagues and injuring three others on February 12, is now charged with Massachusetts first-degree murder in the 1986 shooting death of her brother Seth Bishop. After originally finding that Bishop accidentally killed her 18-year-old brother, prosecutors reopened the case after the February incident...

Dorchester Teen Pleads Not Guilty to '09 Massachusetts Murder of Another Youth Outside YMCA

Posted on June 15, 2010
19-year-old Sherman Badgett is being held without bail. The Dorchester teenager has pleaded not guilty to charges of Massachusetts assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, first-degree murder, and unlawful possession of a firearm. Badgett is accused of fatally shooting Aaron Brown, also 19, on August 29, 2009 outside the Dorchester YMCA...

A Boston Criminal Defense Attorney Recalls His Days As A Prosecutor (Part One)

Posted on June 14, 2010
Confessions Of A Former Prosecutor - Introduction ...And so I sit to grab a moment of rest as I get home to my apartment after a day starting another trial. This time it is a rape case. Sex crimes cases are how I actually began in this work. My first year as an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn was in the Sex Crimes and Special Victms Bureau...

Man to Plead Guilty to Involvement in '08 Springfield, Massachusetts Church Burning

Posted on June 12, 2010
Benjamin F. Haskell, one of three white men who originally pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges in a civil rights violation related to the burning of a predominantly black Springfield church, is scheduled to plead guilty during a change of plea hearing on Wednesday...

A Boston Criminal Defense Attorney?s View Of Knowledge And Guilt In The Criminal Justice System

Posted on June 11, 2010
As a Boston criminal defense attorney, there is an oft-said and ill-fated sentence claimed by clients. It reads, ??but I didn?t know that was illegal!? Unfortunately, such lack of knowledge does not usually matter. They really mean it when they say ?ignorance of the law is no excuse?...

WHITE COLLAR PLEA DEAL AT BOSTON FEDERAL COURT IN SENATORIAL EXTORTION CASE RESULTS FROM ATTORNEYS' NEGOTIATIONS

Posted on June 08, 2010
Last week, the Boston legal community had alittle excitement which spread from Capitol Hill to the United States District Court. That?s right, the federal one. Many people are still debating it and question whether it should have happened. As for me, although I had not had a chance to blog on it yet, I was interviewed on WBZ radio (1030 on your a...

PLEA DEAL REACHED IN FEDERAL SENATORIAL EXTORTION CASE - A BOSTON ATTORNEY'S VIEW

Police Flier In Gang Murder Investigation Assumes Guilt

Posted on June 03, 2010
It has often occurred to me during my years as a Boston area criminal defense attorney that, once one abolishes the presumption of innocence, many efforts on the part of law enforcement become much easier. It?s called being for ?law and order? as opposed to ?soft on crime? and is generally encouraged by society...

Assault And Disorderly Conduct Charges Result From Boston Courtroom Murder Trial Sentencing

Posted on June 01, 2010
As a Boston-area criminal defense attorney, I face many ?There but for the grace of G-d go I? moments. As I have often discussed in these postings, I am constantly presented with lives that have been ruined by very bad moments. Such moments can change an otherwise on-track life into something of a living nightmare...

A Boston Criminal Defense Attorney?s Take On Carnage Around The Justice System

Posted on May 31, 2010
Today is Memorial Day, a day in which we pause to remember the fallen. Generally, we remember those who have fallen in the armed services while they were defending and protecting our country from outside threats. I would like to take a moment to remember another category of protectors and defenders...

Church Choir Director Accused of Massachusetts Sex Crime

Posted on May 31, 2010
Thomas DeBlois, a church choir director, was arrested on Saturday for alleged sexual misconduct. The 47-year-old Woburn man is charged with the Massachusetts enticement of a child. Now, pending the outcome of the criminal investigation, the Archdiocese of Boston has placed him on leave without pay...

Speak to Our Boston Criminal Defense Lawyers if You Are Arrested for Massachusetts DUI, OUI, or DWI Over the Memorial Day Weekend

Posted on May 29, 2010
With so many people taking to the roads this holiday weekend, local and state police will be on the lookout for motorists that appear to be driving drunk. According to AAA Southern New England, there will likely be a 5.4% increase in travel this Memorial weekend over last year, with 32...

A Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer Sees Irony And Hope Re: Bullying And Assaults

Posted on May 25, 2010
You know, even a Boston criminal defense attorney can start to lose faith. I mean, it has been great seeing my quotes in the paper and watching myself on TV again, don?t get me wrong. But, I really believe in the issues I write about in this blog and the subject of ?bullying? and what to do about it has really raised my ire...

A BOSTON CRIMINAL LAW ATTORNEY REVIEWS CRIMES AND CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS IN DISTRICT COURTS IN 2009

Posted on May 24, 2010
The Boston Globe posted a ?snapshot? on May 13th reviewing how busy the various Massachusetts are in terms of criminal cases. You can view it here. As one can see, the number of criminal defendants handled by the different district courts varies widely...

Former TV Chef Pleads Not Guilty to Criminal Charge that He Attempted to Have His Wife Murdered

Posted on May 22, 2010
Chef, former Food Network personality, and cookbook author Juan-Carlos Cruz has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and solicitation to commit murder. Cruz is accused of trying to kill his wife Jennifer Campbell. According to investigators, Cruz solicited two homeless men, David Walters and David Carrington, and tried to hire them to murder his kill Campbell...

Academic Voices From Adam Wheeler?s Past Display Surprise At The Fraud and Theft Charges Against Him

Posted on May 20, 2010
The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has been discussing school campus related crimes of late. Most of these have had to do with the subject of bullying, a topic I just know we will be returning to. Yesterday, we briefly discussed a different kind of criminal behavior by a student...

Ex-Harvard Student Pleads Not Guilty to Identity Fraud, Larceny, and Other Massachusetts Criminal Charges in Alleged Fraud that Earned Him Admission, Grants, and Financial Aid

Posted on May 19, 2010
Adam B. Wheeler, a former Harvard student who has been indicted for falsifying information that allowed him to get into the university and receive thousands of dollars in financial aid and grants, has pleaded not guilty to 20 criminal counts of identify fraud, larceny, pretending to hold a degree, and falsifying an endorsement or approval...

Boston Cab Driver and Brookline Gas Station Attendant Arrested in Times Square Bombing Plot

Posted on May 16, 2010
Two Pakistani natives, one a Boston taxi driver and the other a Brookline gas station worker, were arrested on Thursday. Federal agents are trying to determine whether they knew that Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad was going to use the money they gave him to help fund his now failed bomb plot...

The Boston Criminal Law Blog Questions Investigations and Prosecutions As Former Teacher Is Found Not Guilty Of Various Sexual Assaults

Posted on May 13, 2010
Today, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog sets its sight a bit further south. We look to Georgia and the case of Tonya Craft, the former kindergarten teacher who was charged with 22 counts of child molestation, aggravated sexual battery and aggravated child molestation...

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