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Boston Arrested Firefighter Acquitted Of Assaulting Police

By Altman & Altman

A recent Boston courtroom battle that hosted various law-enforcement characters, both past and present, has come to an end. When the jury returned, the verdict was ?Not Guilty?. Wayne A., (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) was a firefighter on trial for assaulting police officers in 2008. The setting was Roxbury Municipal Court. The complainants, of course were the officers whom he had allegedly assaulted and resisted arrest from. The defense attorney, Neil S. Tassel, was a former prosecutor himself. The police had said in their police report that the Defendant had been shaking his girlfriend and shouting in her face when they arrived to investigate. They went to arrest him and, according to them, he violently resisted. At trial, both the Defendant and said girlfriend testified that they had simply had a verbal argument, but that the Defendant was not even near her when police arrived...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on September 22, 2009 (boomark / email).