Articles Posted in Assault and Battery

… And, still they continue. Police-involved assaults, no matter which side starts them, generally end the same way.

Law enforcement wins.

Often, it is not even close.

There is much to be said about race relations, police officers and grand juries… not to mention the interaction of the three. However, let’s deal with the facts as they exist today.

We know that there are times when the police interact with someone and things get out of hand. Sometimes, someone is badly injured or killed. Usually, that is not the police officer. If the person is not actually killed, that person will face very serious charges even if the original allegations against him or her where relatively minor.

In the event that the suspect is killed, there will likely be a police investigation. There may or may not be a grand jury presentation. Either way, the officer will most likely not be prosecuted.

Boston police had a busy half-hour this past Saturday morning at Logan Airport.

Law enforcement first responded to a report of a person screaming inside a car with a broken windshield around 11:23 a.m. near Terminal E. They wound up finding the car near Terminal B. Inside were 52-year-old Anton Hilton of Roxbury. Anton was driving. The passenger was a 21-year-old female.

The passenger told the officers that Anton had assaulted her. They charged Anton with assault and battery and kidnapping.

Ever have one of “those days”?

Michael Barboza, 33, of Bourne (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) sure did.

It was one week ago today. The Defendant , just kept losing things.

No, this is not a re-posting of my previous blog. This case is from Bristol, Connecticut, and the officer was allegedly assaulted by a woman in the field while in mid-investigation.

Just to show that these dangers do not just face officers in the Bay State.

Stashia M. Luddy, 27, of Bristol and hereinafter, the “Defendant” is that woman. She is accused of attacking a police officer after refusing to obey orders.

In the past, I have acknowledged that being a police officer is a hard and dangerous job. Of course, I was referring to their time while at work, not at home.

A Boston Police Officer, however, recently faced purported danger in his South Boston home. Mary Niland (hereinafter “Defendant Ex”) of South Boston is accused of attacking both him and a lady friend last week. More specifically, she has been charged with breaking into the officer’s home in the middle of the night and assaulting the two as they were in bed.

“[Defendant Ex], who is his former girlfriend broke into his home uninvited and crept into the bedroom where he was staying with another woman,” argued the prosecution at the arraignment. She went on to tell the court that the officer and Defendant Ex were no longer a couple, but that, at 2:30 a.m. Monday morning, she broke in and went on the attack. That would be the charges of, at least, Breaking And Entering and Assault and Battery.

I suppose it is fitting that we discuss the night for tricking and treating right after Election Day.

So how was your Halloween weekend? Still have your liberty, if not your dental health?

Some people had little trouble with the law over the weekend. Interestingly, though, these folks were not out on the street looking for trouble. Sometimes, though, trouble find you.