The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently considered whether the admission of a 911 call at trial was proper where the caller did not testify at trial, and whether admitting the call violated that defendant’s constitution right of confrontation. In this case, the defendant was charged with two counts of Assault…
The Boston Police Department and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino recently announced that they are targeting convenience store owners, primarily in Roxbury, who allegedly sell drug paraphernalia, such as “crack pipe kits”, and charging them with violating the Massachusetts Drug Crimes Laws. The investigation was reportedly initiated after complaints from the…
Norman Barnes, 28, was indicted by a special grand jury on violation of Massachusetts Sex Crimes for his alleged involvement in forcing underage women into prostitution. Barnes is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow in Boston’s Suffolk Superior Court on various sex crimes charges, including 10 indictments charging Deriving Support from…
Angel Haywood, 26, of Boston’s Dorchester section, was arrested this weekend on Massachusetts Crimes of Violence Charges for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend. Haywood is was charged with Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon after she turned herself into the police station and admitting to stabbing her boyfriend. According to…
A Massachusetts woman reported this week that she was allegedly raped after meeting a man on Facebook at an Andover hotel. David Rodriguez has been charged in connection with this alleged incident with several Massachusetts Sex Crimes Charges. According to police, the woman replied to a request for a modeling…
Three men, two of which were employees of the armored car company, were arrested this week on Massachusetts Robbery Charges in connection with Monday’s armored car robbery in Methuen: Eliezer Martinez, 26, and Jose Salazar Vasquez, 21, both from Lawrence; and Justin Levesque. Methuen Police and Boston FBI reported that…
Destin Jean, 22 of Randolph, was arraigned in Quincy District Court this morning on several Massachusetts Drug Crimes Charges, including Drug Trafficking. He had also previously been charged in Quincy on Gun Crimes Charges as well as Larceny of a Motor Vehicle and Leaving the Scene of an Accident. According…
Orlando Kavanaugh, 28 from Boston, was arraigned in Brockton’s Plymouth County Superior Court on several Massachusetts Crimes of Violence Charges and Gun Crimes in connection with the death of Tina Gonsalves. Kavanaugh has been charged with First Degree Murder; Armed Home Invasion; Armed Assault to Murder; Assault with a Dangerous…
Adam J. Cassino, 25, of South Boston, was arrested on Murder Charges by Boston Police today and charged in connection with the beating death of his 65 year old neighbor, Barbara Tagen. Cassino was arraigned today in South Boston District Court and charged with First Degree Murder. According to the…
Walter Mains, 31, was arrested by Boston Police Officers on Massachusetts Violence Crimes Charges in connection with three separate alleged assaults, all involving women. Mains was arraigned this afternoon in the Boston Municipal Court on charges including Assault with a Dangerous Weapon; Accosting a Person of the Opposite Sex; Armed…