You are driving around on a wintery Massachusetts night, maybe after a couple of drinks that you are sure did not effect you. All of a sudden there is a large bumping feeling and a sound that tells you that you have hit something. The temptation is to put the…
“Look, you seem like a good kid. Boston needs more people out there like you…productive citizens. I have no interest in jamming you up. Just tell me your side of things and I will talk to the District Attorney and see what we can work out.” You would be surprised…
It was 6:10pm of December first and Joshua S., 32, (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) may have expected it was dinner-time. It wasn’t. It was arrest-on-outstanding-warrant and meet-your-lawyer-time. The Defendant, it seems, was found in the basement of a home when the Gloucester police showed up and found him. There was an…
It’s holiday time again!. This weekend is Halloween, as I am reminded every day when I try to drive through downtown Salem. As is usually the case, around Boston and environs, law enforcement is particularly aware about drunk drivers. One very recent case, however, did not really take all that…
The issue of Search and Seizure is in the news again today. While the case itself is not based in Boston, it is of interest to lawyers, police officials and drivers anywhere. Why? Because it involves the United States Supreme Court, which seems split on the subject. The case actually…
Ahhh…summer! Time for hitting the beaches, cookouts and, as I have said before, Jimmy Buffett tunes. Today, I am reminded of another of Buffett’s songs, namely “Boat Drinks”. Maybe it is because I am dropping off my son at a boat this morning, but more likely it is because I…
To me, summer is best symbolized by the recording artist, Jimmy Buffett. In fact, one of my favorite songs of his is “Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful”. Summer is a season that is short-lived here in the Boston area. If one counted how many really nice days we…
Aiden Quinn, the 24-year-old Green Line train operator who was text messaging his girlfriend when the train he was operating rear-ended another trolley has been indicted on a negligence charge. Three trolley cars were destroyed in the May 2009 Boston train accident that resulted in $9 million in damages. 62…
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…
Once again, you are being arrested in Boston. Maybe you are out for a “night out on the town” and the town, and its inhabitants, has turned on you. Perhaps you are carrying something that has been branded as illegal…such as a gun or some drugs. Maybe there is a…