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O.J. Simpson?s Bail in Las Vegas Armed Robbery Case is Doubled

Posted on January 16, 2008
O.J. Simpson?s bail in a Las Vegas casino robbery case was doubled to $250,000 after the judge found out that the former football great never paid a bail bondsman when he was first released. Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass says that Simpson, 60, has to issue 15% of the bail amount before he can be released this time...

Boston Police Officer, Accused of Robbing A Roslindale, Massachusetts Gas Station, Was Off His Medication

Posted on January 14, 2008
The criminal defense team for Officer Michael T. Jones, the Boston Police Department veteran, says that his client was not taking his medication and was drunk when he used his BPD-issued weapon to hold up a gas station in Roslindale, Massachusetts. Officer Jones, 44, was arraigned on armed robbery charges for allegedly robbing the Best of Boston gas station last Friday and stealing $125 in cash after threatening employees at the station with his gun...

Olympic Gold Medalist Marion Jones to Serve Prison Time for Lying to An Investigator and Check-Fraud

Posted on January 11, 2008
Olympic athlete Marion Jones, 31, will serve six months in prison for lying to an investigator about her steroid use and her involvement in a check-fraud scheme. Jones must also complete 400 hours of community service while serving two years probation...

Former Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Gary Zerola On Trial in Massachusetts For Rape

Posted on January 08, 2008
Once dubbed by People magazine as one of the country?s ?Most Eligible Bachelors,? former Suffolk County Assistant Prosecutor Gary Zerola must now stand trial for rape. Zerola faces rape charges in Massachusetts and Florida. Opening statements in Suffolk Superior Court are scheduled for Wednesday...

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Massachusetts Dance Instructor Faces Charges In Second Rape Case

Posted on January 04, 2008
Police in Massachusetts arrested Keith L. Sampson, a dance instructor who lives in South Easton on Saturday. He is charged with raping a 15-year-old student at his home. The girl was with Sampson when police arrested him. Police found the two of them after the teenager sent a text message to a friend who then told police where she was...

Crime Rate in Boston, Massachusetts Went Down in 2007

Posted on January 03, 2008
The city of Boston is reporting a lower crime rate for 2007 than in 2006. The Boston Police Department offers the following statistics comparing the number of crimes that occurred from January 1 ? December 23, 2007: Vehicle theft and attempted vehicle theft: 34,008 in 2006; 354 in 2007...

Judge Tosses Out Felony Charges Against Massachusetts State Trooper In Bar Fight with Two Boston College Football Players

Posted on December 28, 2007
A Boston Municipal Court judge has dropped the assault and battery with a dangerous weapon charges against Massachusetts State Trooper Joseph Boike for his involvement in a Hub bar brawl with a software engineer and two football players from Boston College in August...

Massachusetts State Police Ordered to Issue $1.2 Million More in Speeding Tickets Next Year

Posted on December 27, 2007
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority reportedly set a $2.3 million Dig speeding ticket goal for next year?that?s $1.7 million more than 2007. Motorists in the Boston area are expected to be hardest hit by this new target mark, which came about after the Big Dig Tunnel?s collapse, which deplete trooper resources as police officers were forced away from the task of catching speeding motorists while they monitored reconstruction efforts...

US States Reevaluate Whether Kids Should Be Charged As Adults for Crimes

Posted on December 23, 2007
US States are reconsidering and, in certain instances, retooling juvenile sentencing laws in regards to whether it makes sense to charge juveniles as adults. Not only are there less incidents of juvenile crimes now than 20 years ago, but some states are responding to new information about the adolescent brain, as well as studies that reveal how teenagers sent to adult courts end up getting into trouble more often and are convicted of more serious offenses than other adolescents...

After U.S. Sentencing Commission Ruling, 91 Crack Cocaine Inmates in Massachusetts Could Reduce Their Prison Sentences

Posted on December 21, 2007
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Sentencing Commission wants to retroactively reduce the prison sentences of approximately 19,500 federal inmates convicted of crack cocaine charges. The decision is intended to lighten sentences retroactively for certain crimes related to crack cocaine and narrow the disparity between sentences for cocaine powder and crack cocaine...

Massachusetts?s Suffolk Grand Jury Indicts Former Federal Prosecutor on Larceny Charges

Posted on December 20, 2007
In Massachusetts?s Suffolk County, a grand jury indicted former federal prosecutor Philip Giordano on charges that he stole at least $150,000 from his former law firm. The Boston native?s arraignment will take place in Suffolk Superior Court on January 15, 2008...

Massachusetts Homeless Man Charged In Framingham Stabbing Attack

Posted on December 18, 2007
In Massachusetts, Eber A. Rivera, a 23-year-old Framingham homeless man was arrested on Saturday and charged in the stabbing attack of a Framingham resident on Beaver Street. Charges include assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; assault with the intent to commit a felony; assault and battery on a disabled or injured person; assault with the intent to murder or maim; and disturbing the peace...

Second Pring-Wilson Murder Trial in Massachusetts Ends in Mistrial

Posted on December 14, 2007
In Massachusetts, the second murder trial of former Harvard graduate student Alexander Pring-Wilson has ended in a mistrial. Middlesex Superior Court judge Christopher Muse granted a mistrial in the case because the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. They were unable to reach a verdict after deliberating for 10 days...

Mother and Stepfather of Baby Grace Face Capital Murder Charges

Posted on December 13, 2007
The mother and stepfather of 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers now face capital murder charges in the death of the little girl. The decision was made by a grand jury in Texas where Kimberly Dawn Trenor, 19, and Royce Clyde Zeigler II, 24, will stand trial...

Quincy, Massachusetts Man on Trial for Murdering 65-Year Old Woman While He Was On Crack Cocaine

Posted on December 12, 2007
44-year-old Stevie Walker is on Trial in Suffolk Superior Court for the November 4, 2005 stabbing murder of Galina Kotik, a 65-year-old Russian grandmother, inside her Fenway apartment building in Boston. Walker had been smoking crack cocaine for up to 24 hours before he went to Kotik?s building to visit an acquaintance and figure out a plan to rob her so he could get more drugs...

FBI Says Hate Crimes Increase by Almost 8%

Posted on December 05, 2007
The FBI says that the number of hate crimes committed in the United States grew by almost 8%, with racism being the reason for more than 50% of the incidents. In 2006, police in the US reported 7,722 crimes occurred because of prejudice against someone due to their sexual orientation, race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, or disability...

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