According to the Massachusetts State Police press release, a field sobriety checkpoint, a.k.a. a roadblock is scheduled for Plymouth county on Friday July 18 into Saturday July 19. In order for a roadblock to comply with Massachusetts law it must...

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According to the Massachusetts State Police website a sobriety checkpoint, aka roadblock is scheduled for Middlesex County on Friday night July 18 into Saturday morning. In order for a roadblock to comply with Massachusetts law strict regulations must be followed...

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Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker wrote a great piece in Tuesday's Globe regarding CORI reform. CORI reform is badly needed in Massachusetts and it needs to have been done yesterday. Adrian Walker's Article If you or someone you know has...

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Captain Paul Kennan has been selected by a group led by the Norfolk County Sheriff to replace the retiring Chief Crowley. Cpt. Kennan joined the Quincy Police in 1983 as a patrolman. He earned his degree in criminal justice and...

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Horace White, the man accused of attempting to burn down his friend's house in order to get his gold chain back is a City of Boston Department of Public Works employee. According to the Boston Herald, Mr. White was recently...

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WHDH TV exec Randi Goldklank has admitted wrongdoing and resigned from her position as vp and general manager of the television station. Ms. Goldklank was arrested after an alcohol fueled tirade in Boston's Logan Airport on April 20. Ms. Glodklank...

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Gary Zerola the Boston lawyer and former prosecutor has ben cleared of rape charges in Florida. He was accused of sexual battery against an 18 year old college student while visiting Miami for a Patriot's game. According to the Miami...

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Theodore Doherty, 68 of Charlestown, a former longshoreman was sentenced to one year of probation and to perform community service for his role in a payroll fraud that was conducted at Massport's Conley Terminal in South Boston. In 2006 20...

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Boston Police responded to 15 Abbot Street in the early morning on the report of a house fire. Horace White, 51 of Roxbury admitted to the Police he had set the fire. Mr. White told police that he was "wrong."...

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Russell Goyette, 61, was arraigned on charged of child pornography today in Norfolk County Superior Court. Mr. Goyette was the principal of Hull High from 2002-2004. In 2007 Weymouth police got a tip that Principal Goyette had child pornography on...

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According to the Boston Globe New England Patriots offensive lineman Nicholas Kaczur worked as a confidential informer for the DEA this off-season. Apparently the 1.4 million he made last year was not enough. Kaczur, a starting offensive lineman on the...

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State Senator James Marzilli, Jr. was arrested in Lowell on Tuesday on a number of criminal charges for allegedly touching a women sitting on a park bench inappropriately. According to the Lowell police the Senator approached a woman who was...

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimous decision that police officers can be forced to take lie detector tests when they are the subject of an internal investigation. The Court ruled that the the public confidence in the police must...

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Boston Police reported that crime figures showing that crimes in Boston are down year to date. To see the statistics, click here. Contact Boston Criminal Lawyer Patrick Donovan with any legal concerns....

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The Boston Police are demanding that Roxbury judge Edward R. Redd apologize because he was deferential at a hearing for a convicted cop killer. Judge Redd presided over a probation hearing for Christopher Shays. Mr. Shays was convicted and served...

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A former Worcester based investment manager was found guilty in Worcester of cheating investors out of approximately 13 million dollars A jury in Worcester found Amit Mathur guilty on twenty counts of fraud after less than three hours of deliberating....

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The Patriot Ledger, in an ongoing series, is reporting on the status of repeat drunk drivers. The Ledger is printing the names and addresses of the people charged with a multiple OUI, and in the case where there was a...

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The weekend crime report in Boston. Friday, May 2, 2008 through 10am, Monday, May 5, 2008 Homicides: 1 Non-fatal Stabbings: 7 Street Robberies: 16 Commercial Robberies: 2 Home Invasion:1 Vehicle Thefts: 13 Vehicle Recoveries: 6 Vehicle Breaks: 34 Residential Break-ins:...

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Randi Goldklank, the vice president and general manager WHDH-TV Boston was arrested on Sunday night at Logan Airport. Massachusetts State Police had gotten a report that there was an unruly passenger aboard the Philadelphia to Boston flight. When troopers arrived...

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Thomas Athans, co founder of liberal TalkUSA Radio and husband of United States Senator Debbie Stabenow told police that he paid a prostitute $150 for sex. The incident occurred in a Troy Michigan hotel. As of today Mr. Athans has...

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Early Monday morning, a Massachusetts state trooper stopped a car on Route 290 in Auburn for a traffic violation. The trooper observed the car make a dangerous lane change pulled the car over. When the trooper questioned the driver he...

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Check out this link to the see the handout the Boston Police are using to "inform" people about the so called "safe home initiative" Click here to see. http://www.bpdnews.com/Safe%20Homes%20Brochure.pdf As I lawyer, I all I see in the handout is...

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A Suffolk County grand jury issued an indictment of former Boston Housing Clerk Laurence Pierce of Malden. The indictment alleged that Mr. Pierce embezzled $240, 000 from the Court. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney Mr. Pierce skimmed funds...

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The Florida State Attorney said that sexual assault case against Boston lawyer Zerola is going forward after his second stunning acquittal of rape in Boston. Mr. Zerola had been charged twice in Boston of sexual assault against young ladies. Mr....

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The City of Boston is set to begin the so called Safe Home Initiative. This program, run by the Boston police, will allow the police to conduct warrantless searches the bedrooms of people under the age of 17 for illegal...

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Gary Zerola, 2001 People Magazine's Most Eligible Bachelor and former Assistant District District Attorney, was found not guilty by a jury in his second rape case of the year. Mr. Zerola a criminal defense attorney was accused of raping a...

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A veteran Boston firefighter accused of domestic assault and battery is telling an entirely different story. The firefighter appeared in the newspapers and on television saying that not only did he not touch his girlfriend but that the police had...

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A 13 year old Quincy youth was arrested by the Masachusetts State Police on Tuesday night after taking police on a chase. Police noticed the 13 year old boy driving on the Neponset River Bridge without his headlights on. Police...

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A veteran Boston firefighter was charged on March 24, 2008 with domestic violence. According to prosecutors the Boston Police responded to a disturbance on Howard Ave in Dorchester shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday morning. Boston police had to stop...

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On HBO's "Real Time" with Bill Maher, Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank announced that he will file a bill to legalize marijuana. The Congressman said that he would the bill "Make Room for Serious Criminals." The Congressman is seeking to decriminalize...

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A judge at the East Boston District court declined to dismiss the case of the MIT student charged with a hoax device at Logan Airport. Lawyers for the girl charged argued that the staute she was being charged under was...

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At the nation's largest St. Patrick's Day Celebration in Savannah, GA a Thomas Joyce a Sgt. Detective was arrest on two count of assault, false imprisonment, criminal trespass, and obstruction by means of resisting. Sgt. Detective Joyce is an eleven...

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A retired judge testified in federal court yesterday that Boston police defied an order he gave a high-ranking officer not to interrogate Shawn Drumgold when they arrested him in August 1988 in connection with the killing of 12-year-old Darlene Tiffany...

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Police didn't have to go far last night to arrest a man on drunken driving charges for the fourth time. Angel Hernandez crashed his Ford Ranger into the Waltham Police Department during roll call. Just before midnight the truck smashed...

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politics that would rebuild New York and create opportunity for all. We vowed to bring real change to New York and that will continue. Today, I want to briefly address a private matter. I have acted in a way that...

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