Today’s tale takes us to the town of Quincy, where a local gentleman is having issues with the criminal justice system. His issues surround his driving license. You see, it had been revoked three times. Now, he faces a plethora of criminal charges, including Operating Under The Influence.The gentleman, Rony…
Philip Wuonola, a 19-year-old Waltham man, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to motor vehicle homicide charges arising from a May crash that killed a 9-year-old boy. It is alleged that Wuonola ran a stop sign when he was delivering pizza for Domino’s. Wuonola was arraigned in Waltham District Court and…
A 26-year-old man from Roslindale has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated. The Boston Globe reported that Patrick Smith, a New Jersey man, was driving along the Major Deegan Expressway in New York City when he collided with a vehicle driven by Pablo Ovalles, who was driving…
A speeding car near 1400 Tremont St. in Roxbury killed a man riding a scooter on Sunday night. The vehicle then kept going and headed toward Brigham Circle. The man was pronounced dead at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He has not been indentified awaiting notification to his family. The police…
Yesterday morning, as I was driving to the Boston Municipal Court, I received a text message from Altman & Altman’s fearless leader, Attorney Steven Altman. Uh-oh. What to do when the big man summons? Well, in this case, what I did was…nothing. In case you have not been paying attention,…
I have been breaking a new Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Law. Chances are, so have you. Well, that’s sort of true. Actually, the law does not go into effect until next week. September 30th to be exact. You may have seen some of the message boards that have been posted about…
Theary C., 26, of Lowell, (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) is due to be brought in to Lowell District Court today. He is to be arraigned on a charge of MA homicide. No, not the type of killing which dominated the news, and this blog, last week. This is not a case…
Now, given my sardonic view on things, it would not surprise you to check out this once-again daily blog one day to find me describing a scene wherein somebody was speeding down the road and, having run down an innocent pedestrian, got out of his car and started pulling on…
Homicide can occur during the most unlikely of events. As a Boston criminal defense attorney, not to mention a Brooklyn prosecutor, I have seen my fill of events in which people acted in ways that they admittedly should not have and were left with totally unexpected results. Deadly results. Here…
Hey, the weather this weekend is supposed to be really nice. Are you looking for a fun activity for a summer’s evening here in Boston? Well, might the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog suggest an evening at the fights? No, I am not referring to wrestling or boxing or even a…