Well, last week was supposed to house “the day”. Police Body Cam Day. Certain Boston Police Officers were to be dragged, apparently screaming and kicking, into the controversial body-cam pilot program. As you may recall, this was going to be a voluntary selection. To sweeten the experience, the Department even…
Do you think that, if you are neither black nor a police officer, that the dangerously intensifying tensions and battles between police officers and people of color do not effect you? I mean, not all the folks who seem be shooting at or being shot by police officers are folks of…
We have been discussing certain criminal justice truths as they apply to two high-profile matters. In one case, a dentist was charged with sexual assault. In the other, a dentist was charged with a drug-related fraud. In both cases, the defendants are alleged to have abused their position of trust…
In my last blog, we discussed two pending cases involving Massachusetts dentists. One was charged for sexual assault and the other was for using his position to get drugs illegally. We started discussing similarity “between the lines” with the two cases. It comes down to the fact that they are…
This has been a bad week for dentists of the Commonwealth already…and it’s only Wednesday! Let’s start with a Worcester dentist arrested Monday after allegedly indecently assaulting an adult patient. According to law enforcement, police responded at around 11:00 am to a report of a woman claiming to have been…
In my last posting, we spoke about a particular defendant who was arrested for drug crimes. Members of his family were also arrested at the scene for, basically, trying to prevent the arrest from taking place as the officers had intended it. Let’s call them, collectively, the “Defendant Family”. On…
Roman Correa (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) is only 19 years old. He is said to be a “good student”. Without the aid of a criminal defense miracle, his life, as he has known it, is probably over. The Defendant, 19 years of age and a senior at Holyoke’s Dean Technical High…
If you are one of the many who still believe that convictions for “white collar crime” such as embezzlement or larceny do not bring jail or prison sentences…think again. As we have discussed in the past, the authorities have been working very hard to dispel that belief. Take Robert Scatamacchia…
There are various periodicals we lawyers read to keep up with not only what is happening system-wide, but also what is up with the rest of the world which we might be missing due to the myopia of our work. One which I quote from often (and thankfully returns the favor…
In my last blog, we discussed the case of two gentlemen who were taken into custody at Logan Airport and are facing heavy drug charges. They were arraigned in state court, The cases are unlikely to stay there, though. While they are currently in district court, they are likely to…