It is not terribly unusual to hear about a case in which a student is accused of getting into a fight with another student. However, a Newton high school student has now been charged with Massachusetts assault and battery against someone else…a teacher. But it does not end there. He…
Another teenager has pleaded guilty to charges she attacked a 13-year-old girl. The assault was shot on video and posted on YouTube. Footage shows two girls shouting at and hitting another teen while other students stand by, cheering and laughing. The attack was allegedly planned in advance. The 3-minute video…
Authorities are charging 14-year-old Raul Renato Castro as an adult in the murder of Alex Christopher Mercato. The 4-year-old disappeared on Friday afternoon while playing outside his home. Police found Mercato’s body the next day. It was stuffed inside a clothes dryer in the house next door. Autopsy results indicate…
A 13-year-old and four 15-year-old boys are charged with aggravated battery over the attack on 15-year-old Michael Brewer that left him with burn injuries on 65-80% of his body. Brewer was doused with rubbing alcohol before his body was lit on fire. Witnesses allege that 15-year-old Matthew Bent was the…
Police in Massachusetts have arrested four people over the brutal beating of a 29-year-old man that took place on Mother’s Day. The four who were apprehended are Roxbury residents Jumoke Marshall and John Benoit, 22, Everett resident Eric Wallace, 19, and a 16-year-old, who is also from Roxbury. The latter,…
In Waltham District Court, Police have filed a complaint against a 13-year-old who is accused of shooting four students with a BB gun. The shooting incident happened in Newton, Massachusetts on Friday afternoon at the F.A. Day Middle School. The teenager faces four juvenile counts of assault and battery with…
The parents of three of the six boys charged with severely beating a 30-year-old Guatemalan illegal immigrant are appealing school suspensions that have been imposed on their kids over the alleged Massachusetts assault incident. In Massachusetts, school principals are allowed to suspend a student who has been charged with a…
It happened again last week in the south of Boston island known as Cape Cod. Two gentlemen were arrested for armed robbery of a taxi driver in Oak Bluffs. Soon, they were facing the halls of Justice in Edgartown after the brief investigation. One went to regular court. One met…
So, you were out last Saturday night in Boston, enjoying the ten minutes or so that it was not raining. You figure you will celebrate with the herb of your choice. After all, this is 2009 and you can just light up some marijuana you have in your pocket and…
As promised, our weekly “Attorney Sam’s Take” discussion completes our examination of how involvement in the criminal justice system effects students. We have discussed how, beyond the obvious, the arrest of a juvenile student in Massachusetts can seriously effect that student’s future plans. We have also mentioned how the earliest…