Boston Criminal Lawyers Blog

The Boston Police Department reports that Timothy Carlson, 50, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, was arrested last night for breaking into and robbing the Mission Church in Roxbury.

Officers responded to the area of 1547 Tremont Street at 10:43 p.m. last evening on another call saw Carlson holding a white bag. When they attempted to speak to him, Carlson allegedly ran and jumped over a barricaded construction site. As Boston Police Officers pursued into the construction site, they observed numerous discarded dollar bills.

Ultimately, Carlson was found hiding behind an electrical box, where he began shouting expletives and allegedly resisted arrest. A search of the area revealed numerous dollar bills where Carlson allegedly jumped the wall and a white cloth filled with prayer slips.

From the Boston Police Department's news release, it is clear that there was no report of a break-in at the Mission Church, and that officers attempted to initially stop him only because he appeared to them as 'suspicious.' Clearly then, Carlson has some very strong Search & Seizure issues to litigate in his defense in this case, i.e., whether the Boston Police Officers had reasonable suspicion to order him to stop and probable cause to arrest him. No matter whether an officers hunch turns out to ultimately be right, an arrest without justification of probable cause is invalid and any evidence seized as a result of such a Constitutional violation may be suppressed.

Carlson was arrested and charged with Breaking & Entering in the Nighttime; Larceny Over $250; Possession of Burglarious Tools; Assault & Battery on a Police Officer; Resisting Arrest; Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, and Common and Notorious Thief.

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Jose Jobson, of Chelsea, was arraigned in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court yesterday for allegedly beating and burning his pregnant girlfriend. As a result of the incident and in an effort to save the baby, doctors were forced to induce labor. The baby girl is reportedly doing fine.

The Boston Police Department reports that Jobson beat the pregnant woman this past Sunday night, in the presence of her three other children. When police responded to the scene, Jobson allegedly fled in his car with the three children in the back seat. When he was finally pulled over in Roxbury, Jobson first climbed into the back seat with the children, and then also allegedly began assaulted the police officers.

At his arraignment in the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court, Jobson was charged with Assault with Intent to Murder, Mayhem, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Aggravated Assault & Battery, Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Assault & Battery on a Police Officer, Resisting Arrest, and Failure to Stop for the Police.

Additionally, Jobson's criminal case scheduled for a Dangerousness Hearing on Monday in Dorchester Court, as well as for a hearing on whether his bail should be revoked on the charge of Possession with Intent to Distribute now pending in Somerville District Court.

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