Twenty-four-year-old Ryan A. Perez was indicted by a grand jury today on several charges stemming from allegations that he filmed nude women in the women’s locker room at the Somerville YMCA. Perez has been charged with wiretapping, possession of child pornography (found on his phone after police were authorized to…
Do you need some more proof that times have changed in the criminal justice system? Want some more evidence that sometimes prosecutions are all about publicity? Let’s turn to a short-lived prosecution in Fall River. You may remember the horrific story from last year wherein it turned out that a…
According to media reports, David Ettlinger-a second grade teacher at Newton public schools-was arrested this week on child pornography charges. Recent updates indicate that Ettlinger, 34, is now also facing charges of indecent assault of a child under the age of 14. Several sexualized images of minors were allegedly found…
Attorney Sam’s Take On Martin Luther King And Credibility In the courts of justice, whether they be criminal or civil, the issue of credibility is always imperative. Technically, of course, I have already mis-stated the law. This is because a person’s credibility is not considered an issue unless that person…
2011 is now history in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In preparation for the changing of the year, a group called “AboutBail” compiled a list of some of the highest bail amounts throughout the country in 2011. Let’s take a look, changing the actual names of the defendants, at seven of…
Hello and happy new year. Yes, the (attempted) daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog is back! I hope you had a great holiday season. For some, however, it did not end so smoothly. Let’s look to Norton, Massachusetts, for one such tale. It’s results may surprise you. At approximately 5pm on…
When we last left off, Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog was discussing an apparent shift in the criminal justice system through which people are punished for not playing the part of a government witness. I was opining that we could see more of this trend in the future. You may be…
On Monday, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog broke the news that Attorney General Martha Coakley was about to meet with the legislature with recommendations in connection with the legal abomination our representatives passed into law last year about Massachusetts bullying. Ever the optimist, I actually hoped that perhaps she would…
This has been a sad week for Massachusetts babies. We began the week with the story about a 13-month old boy being found dead in the back of a van. Now, as the week comes to a close, news of a 3-year-old boy from Weymouth being found dead crosses our…
Your Cambridge work day is over and you return home. You are minding your own buisenss as you pick up the mail and bring it into your home. You have received something from the Clerk’s Office in Suffolk County where you used to live. You open the envelope and find…