A massive fire that took place at an abandoned mill in Haverhill, Massachusetts is the work of four juveniles from the town who are not yet being identified by law enforcement officials. The eight-alarm fire burned down the entire mill located at 30 Stevens Street on Sunday, September 20th. The…
Prosecutors handling the case for Michelle Carter, a young teen accused of assisting in her boyfriend’s 2014 suicide, have officially charged her with involuntary manslaughter following a hearing for her case in Massachusetts juvenile court. Michelle Carter, who was 17 at the time of Conrad Roy III’s suicide, now 18,…
The jury selection process has begun for the trial of a 19 year old Vermont man who has been accused of raping a 15 year old girl as part of an alleged tradition at the man’s former prep school. Owen Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vermont is facing several charges in relation…
Maybe it’s because it is the “Live Free Or Die” state. Perhaps “living free” is interpreted as “lying about being free” in New Hampshire. Maybe. But not here though. Here it could have been a felony. According to authorities in Nashua, New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy was worried because he…
Yesterday, we began discussing the saga of the Pelletiers and the horror show we call the Department of Children and Families (“DCF”). In short, the medical treatment and fate of their 15-year-old daughter (the “Child”) is at issue. The Child has been taken away from her parents (the “Family”) because…
I sometimes wonder, as I write these blogs, whether anyone is reading them. More importantly, if they are, are they paying attention to the information and the message I am giving? I have been warning about the out-of-control nightmare known as the Department Of Children And Families (“DCF”) since long…
I have long decried that many juvenile prosecutions are made of immature and stupid activities which have been long demonstrated by the young…yet, now turned into crimes. I have discussed within these postings how this change in policy has put our kids at greater risk than most people realize. There…
We began this week talking about Massachusetts campus crimes and offenses and how they were handled in two particular incidents. In both cases, people have raised the question of whether the punishments were fair. In one of the cases, those punished have actually brought a civil lawsuit against the school…
Sometimes Massachusetts criminal or juvenile defendants strike back! The Attorney Sam’s Take blogs have often discussed the plight of the young who find themselves faced with crimes or school offenses. We began the week with Harvard University’s latest cheating scandal. High School campuses have their own share of campus crimes.…
Today, Attorney Sam’s Take begins a discussion which touches upon a parent’s worst fears…two of them actually. The first is their child becoming addicted to illegal drugs. The other is that child getting a criminal record or even being incarcerated. Often, these nightmares come wrapped together in a package deal…