We began this week talking about Massachusetts campus crimes and offenses and how they were handled in two particular incidents. In both cases, people have raised the question of whether the punishments were fair. In one of the cases, those punished have actually brought a civil lawsuit against the school…
Sometimes Massachusetts criminal or juvenile defendants strike back! The Attorney Sam’s Take blogs have often discussed the plight of the young who find themselves faced with crimes or school offenses. We began the week with Harvard University’s latest cheating scandal. High School campuses have their own share of campus crimes.…
Last week, Friday brought some disturbing news to the students at Cambridge’s Harvard University. If you are a regular reader to this blog, you probably Saw this news as Inevitable. While not technically a college crime, it is close enough. You may Recognize the allegations in this story from our…
Ricardo Pavao Is a Somerset police officer. Well, at least he was. Now he is hereinafter referred to as the “defendant”. The Defendant is now facing criminal charges of larceny and drug possession. More specifically, He stands accused of going to peoples homes at an elderly housing complex, asking for…
Yesterday, Attorney Sam’s Take began discussing the plight of a certain Mr. Galant (hereinafter the “Defendant”) in connection with certain federal criminal allegations which allegedly took place in the Dominican republic. They involved various sex crimes involving children. Over the last years, we have discussed many federal cases and how…
Shrewsbury’s unfortunate-named Conrad Gallant (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) had an interesting take on “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. “. The alleged result? Federal criminal charges for various sex crimes. Last Friday, the Defendant pleaded not guilty to charges that he traveled to the Dominican Republic to have sex with…
During the last few years of Attorney Sam’s Takes, I have pointed out many times that cases that used to be handled by civil lawsuits have now entered the criminal justice arena. I have opined that part of the reason for this is that these cases, or at least the…
When we left off yesterday, Attorney Sam’s Take was discussing the concept of conspiracies. In a criminal conspiracy one merely needs to act in furtherance of the overall conspiracy in order to be charged as being part of that conspiracy. Let’s assume, for example, that there is a drug trafficking…
As you have probably heard, there was a rather large federal bust which took place toward the end of last week. When the dust settled, thirty people were facing charges in a crackdown on two street gangs who allegedly terrorized folks in the Bowdoin-Geneva section of Dorchester as well as…
It is every parent’s nightmare and it harkens back to a similar high-profile homicide trial from years ago. That one was in Middlesex County as well. This time it is Medford where dwelt a 34-year-old nanny, Aisling McCarthy Brady (hereinafter, the “Defendant”). Now, she stands accused of assault and is…