Josh Wairi, is/was a 27-year-old Somerville resident and 5th grade teacher at the Garham and Parks School. The school is in my stomping grounds…Cambridge…not far from my primary office. Any thought of presumption of innocence aside, you will not be finding him at that school anymore, at least in the…
…And so it continues. In Salem, a 20-year-old student at Salem community charter school was arrested Monday. That charge? Assault by means of a dangerous weapon. The weapon? Knives. According to law enforcement Bjorn A. Nichols (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) of Salem, was taken into custody and charged with assault by…
The tragedy we remember today was as horrible and ugly as they come. And come they have. Repeatedly. Too often, the tragedy results in the death or serious injury of our children. Often, it is our children who perpetrate the deed. It happened again just last week. This time it…
Probably, in one form or another. There are things, though that can be done about it. Being arrested and hauled into court for arraignment is, among other things, embarrassing. You don’t want the world to know about it and your family does not want the negative attention. Most of all,…
Last week, we began this topic. At the time, I signed off with the famous last words “Good question. Let’s start with it tomorrow“. Once again, a few “tomorrows” came and went and I was too busy fighting for “the cause” to post. So….please consider today “tomorrow”. We discussed the…
I am not going to tell you that every crime that is ever committed is discovered and/or punished. Likewise, I will argue forever that not everyone convicted of a crime is truly factually guilty. However, the way cases are “discovered”, “solved” and brought to trial has to do with evidence.…
Ok, it would seem we have the figurative elephant in the room here. Last week, I referred to the media coverage of a new case of mine that has videos all over the internet. Some of that publicity has brought me various questions from media and responses in the form…
I regret that I have been lousy at getting blogs up here this week. If you have noticed on the news coverage …it has been a busy week on a particular new matter in Uxbridge. In the meantime, given “March Madness” and such it seems that folks have sports on…
Have you ever heard the saying “Haste makes Waste”? The wisdom seems to be acknowledged in most circles. Politics, at least the law enforcement kind, is not one of those circles. Yesterday, we discussed the recent “up-skirting” controversy. It was one of those situations where there were cries of outrage…
Sometimes, you just can’t win at trial. Sometimes, the true battle is going to be fought during a Massachusetts appeal. Sometimes the law under which you are being prosecuted is what has to be addressed…not the facts of the case. This was one of those cases. Last week saw a…
