This past Monday’s posting of the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog was about a gentleman who elected the “self-help” approach to criminal justice. It did not end too well for him. Today’s posting demonstrates that taking said approach as a family does not work out any better than when acting solo.…
A 28-year-old mother has been charged with the murder, kidnapping, and rape of an 8-year-old girl. Melissa Huckaby was arrested last Friday in California following the discovery on April 6 of Sandra Cantu’s body in a suitcase. The piece of luggage containing her body had been thrown in a pond…
Somebody should break the news to Anthony W. Of New Bedford (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) that the criminal justice system does not give extra points for consistency. This Boston criminal defense attorney can tell you, however, that it does give extra time as a lodger in Commonwealth housing. The Defendant has…
The daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has followed the continuing problem of groping on the MBTA over the past several months. The ongoing problem is in the news again. The MBTA has announced an event last Tuesday which ended in the arrest of Jose V. (hereinafter, the “Defendant”). The arrest…
Recently, a Pittsfield man decided to take the “self-help” approach at law enforcement, much as they did in the “old west”. Well, at least, that is what his neighbors say. What do the police say? It would appear that they communicated something along the lines of, ” You have the…
Today’s daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog features two people who are well known to the criminal justice system. In fact, one of them was featured in a posting on April 7th and can be found here. Harold P., 41, of Lynn, (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) is a former youth sports coach…
According to Equal Justice Initiative, there are more than 2,000 prisoners serving life sentences without parole for crimes that they committed when they were younger than 18. At least 73 of these offenders were just 13 or 14 at the time. The US Department of Justice says that the trend…
You know, sometimes you’ve just got to be proud to be American. After all, the pioneering spirit, that drive to be creative, still exists…even in these troubled times. Less than an hour away from historic downtown Boston, where there are a plethora of structures dedicated to our revolutionary past, is…
He is a famous Boston Defense Attorney…but not necessarily for his legal work. Mainly, it is his role of client that has brought Attorney Gary Z, 37, (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) to his present notoriety. Well, there was also that 2001 People Magazine that named him as one of the “hottest”…
The city of Lynn’s top cop, Police Chief John Suslak, is unhappy. His ire has been raised by a ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court in Boston. On Friday, he joined law enforcement officials across the state in saying that the decision barring police from frisking suspected drug dealers for…