Ian tells me that he was listening to NPR this morning during his travels when an interesting point was made regarding the ongoing investigation into the recent shooting of a 7-year-old Brockton boy in Dorchester. You can also read about it in the Boston Globe. Although the young boy has…
The term “person of interest” has no legal definition, but generally refers to someone who authorities believe has information related to a crime. Although deliberately ambiguous to any suspicion of guilt, you can be assured that if law enforcement labels you a “person of interest” they believe you were some…
… And, still they continue. Police-involved assaults, no matter which side starts them, generally end the same way. Law enforcement wins. Often, it is not even close. Take the recent case of 29-year old Weymouth resident Stephanie Farley (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) for example. The Defendant was apparently visiting somebody at…
There is much to be said about race relations, police officers and grand juries… not to mention the interaction of the three. However, let’s deal with the facts as they exist today. We know that there are times when the police interact with someone and things get out of hand.…
Boston police had a busy half-hour this past Saturday morning at Logan Airport. Law enforcement first responded to a report of a person screaming inside a car with a broken windshield around 11:23 a.m. near Terminal E. They wound up finding the car near Terminal B. Inside were 52-year-old Anton…
Ever have one of “those days”? Michael Barboza, 33, of Bourne (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) sure did. It was one week ago today. The Defendant , just kept losing things. First it was his temper. He was allegedly involved in a road rage incident. To start. According to court documents, officers…
No, this is not a re-posting of my previous blog. This case is from Bristol, Connecticut, and the officer was allegedly assaulted by a woman in the field while in mid-investigation. Just to show that these dangers do not just face officers in the Bay State. Stashia M. Luddy, 27,…
In the past, I have acknowledged that being a police officer is a hard and dangerous job. Of course, I was referring to their time while at work, not at home. A Boston Police Officer, however, recently faced purported danger in his South Boston home. Mary Niland (hereinafter “Defendant Ex”)…
I suppose it is fitting that we discuss the night for tricking and treating right after Election Day. So how was your Halloween weekend? Still have your liberty, if not your dental health? Some people had little trouble with the law over the weekend. Interestingly, though, these folks were not…
…And so it continues. In Salem, a 20-year-old student at Salem community charter school was arrested Monday. That charge? Assault by means of a dangerous weapon. The weapon? Knives. According to law enforcement Bjorn A. Nichols (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) of Salem, was taken into custody and charged with assault by…