Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh is pleading with the general public to reduce acts of violence and to help investigating officers acquire necessary information to help solve five separate shootings that took place Wednesday night. Mayor Walsh issued his statement this morning following the alarming news of these shootings that…
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POLICE INVESTIGATIONS INTO BOSTON AREA HOMICIDES LAST NIGHT OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO SOME AND DANGER TO OTHERS (1 of 2)
Busy night last night in the greater Boston area…in terms of shootings. At last count, five deaths took place. Others were left wounded. WBUR and WBZ told me the news earlier this morning. There were shootings at 12 Ernst Street in Roxbury. Two died earlier this morning. One neighbor told WBZ NewsRadio…
25 Years Later – Are We Any Closer To Solving The Gardner Museum Heist
An attorney from Quincy, Massachusetts believes that one of his clients may have valuable information that could help FBI agents identify the men involved in an art heist that took place at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. The attorney George Burke, who formally worked as a district attorney…
Amber Alert Successful In The Return Of Two Abington Children
The kidnapping of two children from Abington, Massachusetts sparked an Amber Alert Thursday afternoon. The two children were found safe later in the day in Yarmouth, Massachusetts and police have arrested the children’s mother in relation to the kidnapping. 7 year old Nathalia Portela Coelho and her 8 year old…
Brockton Police Have Hands Full After A Night Of Stolen Cars, Drug Possession and Car Chases.
Police officers in Brockton, Massachusetts had their hands full on Tuesday night when they had to actively pursue vehicles in three separate chases that took place throughout the evening and into late night hours. One of the incidents involved an individual who already possessed three active warrants when he sped…
MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IS RELEASED ON BAIL AND WITH GPS BRACELET
As I Mentioned in my last post, I will be discussing an attempted murder case where we recently obtained a not guilty. In today’s blog, I will be discussing our client’s arrest, arraignment and the subsequent dangerousness hearing that was held prior to his release. For a recap of the…
WALPOLE TEACHER IS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD
…And yet again we have a story in which a Massachusetts teacher is implicated in a sex crime. This time, it is not Possession of Child Pornography, but the actual sexual assault of a child. MyFoxBoston tells us that a teacher, or now former such thing, at Norfolk County Agricultural…
MASSACHUSETTS JURY RETURNS WITH A NOT GUILTY IN ATTEMPTED MURDER TRIAL
Sam and I just wrapped up an attempted murder trial with a Not Guilty on all counts. Over the next couple blog posts I will be discussing various issues that came up throughout the litigation and the strategies that we used in order to put ourselves in the best position…
Bedford MA Home Invasion Suspects Remain at Large.
An armed home invasion in Bedford, Massachusetts has left three individuals with various non-life threatening injuries. According to preliminary reports provided by the Bedford Police Department, three additional men broke into the home of the three victims at approximately 2:00 AM on Wednesday morning. The apartment where the altercation occurred…
Puppy Doe Abuser Gets 3.5 Years for Larceny
The man accused of abusing a dog that came to be known as Puppy Doe over two years ago was sentenced yesterday for larceny charges brought against him in a case relating to the owner of the animal. Radoslaw Czerkawski, a 34 year old Polish immigrant, was found guilty of…