Unless you were in media-deprived seclusion yesterday, you have already heard that Bernie Madoff went to court and never went back home. While Bernie adjusts to his new multi-million dollar residence (paid for, like his penthouse apartment, by others), The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog now reviews the star swindler’s performance…
Last week, he was trying to get to Boston. Now, he is in Bridgewater. The state hospital, that is, for a mental evaluation. He was not going to make it to his desired location anyway. The prosecuting attorney already convinced the court to hold him without bail. It is the…
It’s been awhile since we checked in on the Bernie Madoff, the latest superstar of the Boston-created ponzi scheme. Once a larger-than-life society figure, he is now reduced to spending his time in his larger-than-life New York apartment, talking to his attorneys and hoping to avoid a smaller-than-life jail cell.…
How did you spend your Saturday night last weekend? Well, you can tell me about it (if you really want to call me about that), but a certain gentleman from Boston’s Northern Neighbor, Salem has only his own attorney to tell about it. And, if he wants to get out…
Hyannis, Massachusetts, is a land one does not often associate with gang wars and murder. However, today’s daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog examines one of its more tragic stories…one that sounds like it came out of a bad novel… or the Civil War. It is about two brothers who were…
According to the Pew Center on the States, Massachusetts is the fifth state in the US with the most adults in jail or prison, on parole, or under probation. The organization’s report found that at the end of 2007, 1 in 24 adults in the state were either under community…
In the daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog, I have often warned against making statements to try to either outsmart or rationalize when law enforcement comes a-calling investigating you for a crime. Often, by the time this happens, their “search for the truth” is over and it is just a question…
Today, we welcome home Germaine G., 30, (hereinafter, the “Defendant”). The Commonwealth has just welcomed him back by awarding him seven and a half years of free room and board. He had actually earned the award when he was convicted four years ago for violating Massachusetts’ drug trafficking and firearm…
Hey, guess what? It turns out there are law enforcement officials in Boston who Believe that there are actually crimes more heinous than prostitution! Today, we salute the local United States Attorney’s Office for deciding that extortion is worse than the world’s oldest profession. He (his name has been withheld,…
The new changes in the Massachusetts drug laws will not help one gentleman from Fall River. It might not happen in Boston, but New Bedford’s District Attorney has a policy that means bad news for defendants possessing drugs and guns. The result? A decade behind bars. William T., 30, (hereinafter,…