This has been a bad week for dentists of the Commonwealth already…and it’s only Wednesday! Let’s start with a Worcester dentist arrested Monday after allegedly indecently assaulting an adult patient. According to law enforcement, police responded at around 11:00 am to a report of a woman claiming to have been…
Articles Posted in Drug Offenses
ATTORNEY SAM WARNS THAT WHETHER FOR DRUGS, OUI OR A CRIME OF VIOLENCE, THE ARREST/ARRAIGNMENT COMBINATION ALONE MAY CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER
In my last posting, we spoke about a particular defendant who was arrested for drug crimes. Members of his family were also arrested at the scene for, basically, trying to prevent the arrest from taking place as the officers had intended it. Let’s call them, collectively, the “Defendant Family”. On…
HOLYOKE DRUG TRAFFICKING ARREST LEADS TO ARREST OF YOUTH AND HIS FAMILY
Roman Correa (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) is only 19 years old. He is said to be a “good student”. Without the aid of a criminal defense miracle, his life, as he has known it, is probably over. The Defendant, 19 years of age and a senior at Holyoke’s Dean Technical High…
HOW THE POKEMON – MASSACHUSETTS CRIMINAL LAW COMBINATION COULD GET YOU ARRESTED…OR WORSE
There are various periodicals we lawyers read to keep up with not only what is happening system-wide, but also what is up with the rest of the world which we might be missing due to the myopia of our work. One which I quote from often (and thankfully returns the favor…
ATTORNEY SAM ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT FEDERAL AND STATE PROSECUTIONS OF DRUG CASES.
In my last blog, we discussed the case of two gentlemen who were taken into custody at Logan Airport and are facing heavy drug charges. They were arraigned in state court, The cases are unlikely to stay there, though. While they are currently in district court, they are likely to…
TWO GENTS FROM OUT OF STATE ARE ARRESTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AT LOGAN AIRPORT
We have discussed a number of cases during which law enforcement is paying a great deal of attention on what is going on in the country’s airports. No, not simply for cases of potential terrorists. The last one, this weekend, involved trafficking. Narcotics trafficking. On Saturday, the authorities say that…
ATTORNEY SAM CONTINUES LISTING THE CONTENTS OF THE TYPICAL DRUG TRAFFICKING PROSECUTION (Part Two)
Yesterday, we discussed a gent who is looking at criminal charges for allegedly participating in a heroin trafficking ring. We began listing items that one normally finds being offered into evidence in such cases. We now continue. Attorney Sam’s Take On Additional Pieces Of Evidence In A High Level Drug…
SALEM MAN IS CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING IN HEROIN (Part One)
Allen Delisle, 29, hereinafter, the “Defendant” learned about law enforcement and allegations about the drug trade yesterday according to the Salem Daily News. The Defendant was held on $100,000 cash bail at Salem District Court. The next date is scheduled to be for a probable cause hearing. Translation? The Commonwealth…
THE NEW “STINGRAY” CONTINUES THE TREND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND AGAINST PERSONAL PRIVACY
Granted, it was longer ago than I had expected, but when we left off, we were discussing Cell Site Simulators – often referred to as “Stingrays”, one of the newer investigative tools of law enforcement. The Stingray is used to gather sensitive information about cell phone users by essentially tricking…
DORCHESTER MEN ARE HELD ON HIGH BAIL IN CASE OF DRUGS, GUNS AND UNRULY SUPPORTERS
Take family dynamics, guns, drugs and a bail hearing and you never know what you will come out with. Well, actually, folks at Dorchester municipal court last Monday found out. Pedro Valdez, 33, and Lasonia Gathers, 27, (collectively the “Defendants”) were arrested over last weekend on felony drug and weapons…