John Lundborn, the chief of the Truro Police Department has been charged with operating under the influence of alcohol. According to the town administrator chief was arrested Friday night where he was believed had been intoxicated. Chief Lundborn was involved...
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Kim Allard, an Attleboro city counselor at large has been indicted by a Bristol County grand jury on two counts of larceny from retired judge Edward F Casey. The indictment alleges Ms. Allard purchased a home in Attleboro with Mr....
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The federal courthouse in Boston will be one of 14 federal courthouses to participate in a study on cameras in the courtroom. A three-year study will begin on October 17, 2011 allowing cameras in courtrooms. Cameras will only be allowed...
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that courts can charge $25 for a clerk magistrates appeal and an additional $50 for a judge's appeal of a civil motor vehicle offense. The court reasoned that the fee for both a...
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A judge in Stoughton recently set bail for the Bridgewater woman accused in a deadly drunk driving incident at $100,000. The Defendant asked the judge to set a bail in the amount of $2500, while the District Attorney argued for...
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Manny Ramirez the prolific former Boston Red Sox outfielder was arrest overnight at his home in Florida for domestic assualt. According to various sources, Ramirez was in an arguement with his wife when he slapped her. He was arrested and...
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Patricia A. Neville-Colp, a 48-year-old Bridgewater resident, will be arraigned today in the stone District Court on charges of motor vehicle homicide, operating under the influence of alcohol, operating under the influence of drugs and leaving the scene of personal...
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A 54-year-old Hyde Park man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on the charge that inspired to bring women from New York to Vermont to act as prostitutes. According to the four-page indictment filed in the US District...
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Todd Randall pled guilty on February 7, 2011 to lying to the FBI about his involvement in a public corruption case.Mr. Randall pled guilty to one count of making a false statement to the FBI In Federal Court, in Boston....
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A 21-year-old Allston man was charged in the Boston Municipal Court with indecent exposure and disorderly conduct after police officers observed the man urinating out of a party bus. At about 9:05 on Tuesday, September 6 police officers heard loud...
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A 22-year-old man charged with larceny over $250, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct allegedly ran across I 93 in Braintree Mass. according to the patriot ledger the man grabbed merchandise from the Macy's store at the South Shore Plaza at...
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Beginning September 19, 38 Massachusetts courthouses will begin reduced hours for clerks and registers. Court officials stated years of budget cuts and understaffing have led to backlogs. In order to address these backlogs, court officials are cutting both counter service...
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TheBostonChannel.com has a new feature where it is showing mugshots of people recently arrested. As of this morning, 48 images of people that had recently been arrested appeared on the website. The site shows is the persons booking photo, name,...
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US Attorney Carmen Ortiz recently charged Pernell Powell with hiring an inmate to murder a Worcester County ADA. According to a release from Ms. Ortiz's office, Mr. Powell allegedly gave $2000 as a deposit to a fellow inmate to murder...
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Police arrested Nikita Yanakopulos the 34 year owner of Pinky's Famous Pizza in Medford on charges trafficking marijuana. According to the Boston Herald Mr.Yanakopulos was seen in Everett loading several boxes into his truck. According to the report Yanakopulos had...
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According to the Cape Cod Times, a Barnstable police detective allegedly shared personal information that he got through a law enforcement database. The Cape Cod Times reports that ta Walpole family received a voicemail claiming the family had been involved...
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According to the Patriot Ledger, during a recent traffic stop in Hingham Massachusetts police officers noticed beer pouring out of the glove compartment. The driver 22 years old had recently completed a program for her first offense drunk driving. When...
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For the past couple of months, there is been a pilot program broadcasting proceedings at the Quincy District Court. The broadcast includes a live stream broadcast from the first session at the Quincy District Court. Arraignments, default removals, and probation...
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The Massachusetts State Police announced on December 13, 2010 that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint, better known as a roadblock on December 17 in Suffolk County. It is always best to avoid drinking and driving, yet if you...
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The Massachusetts State POlice have announced a roadblock or sobriety checkpoint for Briostol County Massachusett on Novemeber 5 and 6. If stopped you have the right to refuse all field sobriety tests. It is always best not to drink and...
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According to the Boston Globe,Gustavo Pina, 29 of Saugus was indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury on Thursday on 22 counts of unemployment fraud. Mr. Pina allegedly collected more than $13,000 in jobless benefits while working. According to Prosecutors...
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According to the Boston Herald a 63 year old grandmother was charged with her third offense OUI in Marblehead on Friday. Sharon A. Faulkner was allegedly drunk when she got into an accident while she was driving her 9 year...
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Lorraine Henderson the former regional director for the Department of Homeland Security is set to go to trial in US District Court in Boston. Ms. Henderson was arrested in January 2008 on charges that she knowingly employed illegal aliens at...
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The Worcester County District Attorney's Office lags all other Massachusetts District Attorney's Massachusetts in Superior Court felony convictions. According to a study conducted by Massachusedtts Lawyers Weekly Worcester county had 34% conviction rate. Lawyers Weekly looked at all of the...
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The Suffolk County District Attorney dropped the criminal charges against a former City of Boston laborer in connection with two store robberies. The man who was arrested by the SWAT team in January lost his job because he was held...
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Jillian Baldner of Pembroke Massachusetts was arrested on March 3 for selling what the police believed to be oxycodone. Ms. Baldner was working as a driver for disbaled children at the the time of the arrest. When Ms. Baldner was...
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A popular teacher at the Nauset High School in Eastham was arrested for possession of child pornography. The 53 year old teacher's computer was also seized. The teacher was arraigned in the Orleans District and released on $5000 bail, It...
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According to the Boston Herald a Gloucester man pled guilty in Federal Court in Boston to striking tow whales with his boat. The man admitted that he hit two humpback whales after going through a bubble cloud made by the...
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A man from Maine that police believe was Operating Under the Influence was summons to court after causing an accident that closed Route 93 in both directions. The major highway linking Boston to the North Shore was closed for about...
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Roberto Perez, 18 of Rockland, Massachusetts was arrested after he allegedly stabbed a sixten year old boy Saturday night. The victim who was stabbed three times had to be airlifted to a Boston hospital. Mr. Perez was charged with armed...
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Anthonhy Scott 47 of Dorchester, Massachusetts was arrested by the Massachusetts State Police for selling marijuana at Logan Airport. Mr. Scott had worked at the shoeshine stand within Terminal C. After recieving a tip that Mr. Scott had been selling...
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According to the Cape Cod Times the Falmouth police applied for criminal charges against a 7 year first grader for assault and battery on two public employees. The first grader is accused of punching a teacher's aide and pulling the...
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The Boston Police used an undercover police officer to conduct a sting at a Fraternity Party. According to the Boston Globe, the Boston Police recently had complaints of that the fraternity house. In the past the Boston Police had responded...
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A Boston man was arrested Monday morning after he attempted to steal more $700 worth of merchandise from a Boston Walgreens store. When police arrived at the store the man ran away dropping the stolen merchandise. All told 93 items...
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According to the Boston Globe, the city of Worcester, Massachusetts settled a police brutality lawsuit for $47,500. The city of Worcester agreed to pay the man after he alleged that he was beaten by a baton when he was on...
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