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Several Reports of Holiday Decoration Theft in Middleborough

Posted on December 15, 2010
Middleborough police have received 12 reports of holiday decoration theft from front lawns since the beginning of the month. Among the items stolen were reindeer, lights, inflatable snowmen, Santas and a Grinch, nativity sets, and a Santa Claus mailbox...

Police Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Many Charges, Including Drunk Driving and Drug Possession

Posted on December 14, 2010
Salem police officer William D. Riley pleaded not guilty to several charges, including operating under the influence of alcohol, domestic assault with a firearm, possession of a firearm while intoxicated and possession of Class E drugs, in Salem District Court on Tuesday...

MBTA Arrests for Open and Gross Lewdness on the Rise

Posted on December 13, 2010
This year to date, MBTA Transit Police have made 35 arrests for open and gross lewdness on the T and buses, marking an 84 percent increase in such arrests since 2009. However, this statistic may be attributable to an increase in such incidents being reported...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Boston?s SJC Rules On ?DNA Indictments? In Rape Case

Posted on December 13, 2010
On Friday, I told you that there were two decisions handed down by Boston?s Supreme Judicial Court that I wanted to address with you. The first, having to do with a murder conviction, had to do with jury bias. The second has to do with the topic of DNA and the statute of limitations, particularly in cases involving rape and other sex crimes...

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Bradford Man Arrested After Pedestrian Killed in Andover

Posted on December 13, 2010
A pedestrian was killed Sunday afternoon outside a Massachusetts State Police barracks in Andover after being hit by an alleged drunk driver. The 30-year-old Bradford woman was walking to her car after leaving the barracks around 3 p.m. when she was struck by a pick- up truck on Route 125...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Boston?s Supreme Judicial Court Rules On Jury Bias In Rape ? Murder Case

Posted on December 10, 2010
A funny thing happened to me today on the way to the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog: I got Pi...really angry. I had planned to end the week with a pleasant little story about a gentleman getting arrested at an MBTA stop. It appears that he turned out to be a Massachusetts sex offender and was urinating in public at the time...

Convicted Sex Offender Arrested for Urinating at Downtown Crossing

Posted on December 09, 2010
William Gibbons, a 48-year-old Level 3 sex offender, was arrested Wednesday afternoon when Transit police allegedly saw him publicly urinating on a Downtown Crossing platform. He was charged with indecent exposure and failing to register as a sex offender...

Father of 3-Year-old Jonathan Chase DeBlase Charged with Murder

Posted on December 09, 2010
Police think they have found the remains of Jonathan Chase DeBlase. The 3-year-old was last seen alive in March, but the authorities did not know that he and his sister Natalie were missing until last month. The search for the 4-year-old continues. Now, the children?s father, John Joseph DeBlase, has been charged with two counts of murder...

Mother and Daughter Arrested After an Alleged Shoplifting

Posted on December 08, 2010
Kyana Jinks, a 22-year-old Dorchester woman, and her mother, Prensila Jinks, a 44-year-old of Roslindale, were arrested Tuesday after Kyana allegedly left a shoe store with a pair of boots hidden in a baby stroller, which held her young child. Kyana has been charged with shoplifting...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Do Massachusetts Bullying, Shootings And Murder Cases Negate Stats On Juvenile Justice?

Posted on December 08, 2010
I really hate to throw a damper on a celebration. Recently, the Boston Globe touted the good news that Massachusetts criminal and child welfare caseloads in the state?s juvenile courts have fallen sharply over the past three year. According to these statistics, economic turmoil that has placed enormous strain on many families has failed to yield more negative results and the dramatic decline is confounding social workers, lawyers, and child and family advocates...

Attorney Sam?s Take: A Boston Man Faces Criminal Charges For Breaking Into A Tow Truck

Posted on December 06, 2010
A Boston man was arrested Sunday morning. He was charged with breaking into a tow truck in Brighton. He was carrying a large attitude and a strong desire to re-invigorate the ?Let?s Do Everything Possible To Make Matters Worse? club. Of course, William Ashmore, 36 (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) had his reasons...

Man Arrested on 11th Drunk Driving Charge in Seekonk

Posted on December 05, 2010
Vernon Perry, 52, was arrested Saturday in Seekonk on his 11th drunk-driving charge. According to Seekonk police, Perry was driving at a high speed on Taunton Ave. when he crossed a double yellow line. It is alleged that Perry failed field sobriety tests and gave a Rhode Island address even though he had an ?active? Massachusetts license...

Posted on December 03, 2010

Malden Man Faces Child Pornography Charges

Posted on December 03, 2010
Anthony Gabriella, a 20-year-old Malden man, has been indicted by a Middlesex Grand Jury on charges of disseminating child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. He will be arraigned on December 13 in Middlesex Superior Court. The Massachusetts Crimes Against Children Task force conducted an investigation in June into file-sharing programs for child pornography...

Body Found in a Car in Roslindale; Police Suspect Drugs as Motivation

Posted on December 03, 2010
A body was found this morning in the back seat of a car at 35 Rowe St. in Roslindale. Police told the Boston Globe that they believe it to be drug-related because it is a quiet neighborhood next to railroad tracks which makes it a good place for illicit meetings...

Waltham Teen Pleads Not Guilty to Motor Vehicle Homicide

Posted on November 26, 2010
Philip Wuonola, a 19-year-old Waltham man, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to motor vehicle homicide charges arising from a May crash that killed a 9-year-old boy. It is alleged that Wuonola ran a stop sign when he was delivering pizza for Domino?s. Wuonola was arraigned in Waltham District Court and was released on personal recognizance...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Massachusetts Female Robbery Rate Is Up ? Are Drugs The Reason?

Posted on November 26, 2010
As we end our Thanksgiving celebration for 2010, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog brings you yet another reason to be grateful. We, as a society, have made another step forward in the cause of equality. This blog being what it is, of course, that stride involves the criminal justice system...

Mattapan Murders Prompted by Drug Robbery, According to ADA

Posted on November 24, 2010
Dwayne Moore was charged yesterday with four counts of murder and with assault with intent to murder in connection with the shooting executions of four people, including a toddler, in Mattapan. Kimani Washington, Moore?s alleged associate, has been charged with gun law violations, and it is unclear whether he will be charged with murder as well...

Teen Escapes Attempted Adbuction in Falmouth

Posted on November 24, 2010
Authorities said that a 14-year-old Falmouth girl escaped from an attempted abduction yesterday. According to the Boston Globe, she was walking from her bus stop in the afternoon when two men in a white pickup truck approached her and attempted to force her into the truck...

Prosecutors Aim to Help Businesses and Deter Bad Checks as Holidays Approach

Posted on November 24, 2010
Since it is the holiday season, Attorney General Martha Coakley is reminding consumers and businesses about Massachusetts laws regarding return policies and final sales, and prosecutors are focusing on fraud and bad checks. District Attorney Daniel F...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Domestic Violence Turned Murder-Suicide In Lynnfield Was Over The Naming Of A Child

Posted on November 24, 2010
William Shakespeare would have been puzzled with this one. As you have probably noticed, the news in the Boston area lately has been replete with shootings, murders and other varying assaults. Some are alleged drug-related. Others come from domestic violence matters...

Killings in Lynnfield were over baby name, police say

Posted on November 24, 2010
Joseph Cummings, 51, allegedly killed his pregnant girlfriend, 35-year-old Kimberly Nguyen, her sister, and himself over the baby?s last name. The two shared a home on Ledge Road in Lynnfield. Allegedly they got into an argument in their bedroom because she wanted to hyphenate the name and he did not...

First-Degree Murder Verdict Reached in Chandra Levy Slaying

Posted on November 23, 2010
Nine years after the death of former federal intern Chandra Levy, Ingmar Guandique has been found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder. It took the jury 3 � days of deliberations to reach its verdict. Although prosecutors had originally charged Guandique with nine criminal counts, including first-degree murder, attempted assault and battery, attempted kidnapping, making threats against a witness, and obstruction of justice, all charges except for the two counts of first-degree murder had been dropped by the time jury deliberations began...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Mother Smoking Marijuana Is Arrested In Child Endangerment Case When Child Falls Out Window

Posted on November 22, 2010
It did not happen in Boston.. This time. But similar things have happened here. After all, there are often consequences to drug use...whether or not the drug involved is actually illegal. Marillis Santiago, 22, of Hartford, Conn.(hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) has had a rather bad weekend...

Lynn Man Escapes from Prison, Turns Himself In

Posted on November 22, 2010
Stephen L. Foster, a 36-year-old Lynn man who escaped from a halfway house in Manchester, turned himself into authorities Sunday afternoon. Foster returned to the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in New Hampshire around 3:30 p.m. He was discovered missing during a routine inspection around 2 a...

Two Dead After Shooting in Jamaica Plain Pizzaria

Posted on November 22, 2010
Two were left dead and two are injured after a shooting in a Jamaica Plan restaurant Sunday night. It happened around 7:30 p.m. at the Sam Old Place on Centre Street. Mario Bailote, the 40-year-old manager of the Restaurant, said that a man came into the pizza place and began to argue with some patrons...

Body Found in Milton Identified as NC Teen

Posted on November 22, 2010
The person who was found dead in Milton last week has been identified as a 16-year-old from North Carolina. The teen had disappeared from his father?s North Carolina home, and his father had reported him missing hours before his body was found badly mutilated...

Body Found in Milton Identified as NC Teen

Everett Man Charged in Halloween Beating

Posted on November 22, 2010
Carmen Picardi, a 39-year-old Everett man, pleaded not guilty today to charges of mayhem and armed assault with intent to murder. He was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court and held on $75,000 cash bail. It is alleged that Picardi attacked a woman with a baseball bat in Boston on Halloween...

Roslindale Man Charged in Fatal NY Car Crash

Posted on November 22, 2010
A 26-year-old man from Roslindale has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated. The Boston Globe reported that Patrick Smith, a New Jersey man, was driving along the Major Deegan Expressway in New York City when he collided with a vehicle driven by Pablo Ovalles, who was driving north in a southbound lane...

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