The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has advised many times that you not try to out-fight, out-run or out-smart investigating officers. However, it would appear that I had failed to advise something else…something I thought was a given. Apparently, I was wrong. Sorry. But here it is…when law enforcement comes a-calling…
Super Bowl Sunday 2012 was a stunning disappointment for many New England Patriots fans. Some fans took their emotions to a higher level. And they may pay the price for it. According to the campus police, fighting from members of an unruly crowd of angry fans began around 10:00pm when…
Twenty-four-year-old Ryan A. Perez was indicted by a grand jury today on several charges stemming from allegations that he filmed nude women in the women’s locker room at the Somerville YMCA. Perez has been charged with wiretapping, possession of child pornography (found on his phone after police were authorized to…
Do you need some more proof that times have changed in the criminal justice system? Want some more evidence that sometimes prosecutions are all about publicity? Let’s turn to a short-lived prosecution in Fall River. You may remember the horrific story from last year wherein it turned out that a…
Hey, anybody out there remember the movie (original or remake) of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Well, a Fitchburg woman experienced a scene more akin to that than the federal criminal investigation it turned out to be. Everybody ended up taken by surprise in this horror story… The Fitchburg woman, and…
The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has long been telling you that the law does not really recognize “self-help” solutions to problems. Particularly when said self-help is a crime. Some folks seem to still believe that if a person has a good reason to commit a crime…such as revenge…then the court…
As you have learned from reading this daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog, criminal laws are getting more and more complex. Changes in the laws take place all the time. This is but one of the reasons that I urge you to retain the advice and aid of an experienced criminal…
You know how the Boston Criminal Lawyer Bog keep telling you that if the police are after you to stop…you should stop? Here is yet another example of a young man who did not see it quite that way. Now, he has only increased his criminal justice woes. Of course,…
As the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog indicated yesterday, officials in Newton are reviewing their hiring procedures in the wake of the two recent arrests relating to child pornography. It may be worth noting that these were arrests…not convictions…but, then again, to most…maybe not. Anyway, Mayor Setti Warren has announced, “We’re…
For the second time in two weeks, residents of Newton, have been treated to the news of a teacher being charged with possession of child pornography. This time, it is Peter Buchanan (hereinafter, the “Defendant”), 47, a 10-year city employee who most recently worked in the Newton Public Library’s audio…