Your Shield Against Criminal Prosecution
Mohamed Abdul Jabar, 28, of Medford, was arrested this morning for allegedly setting fire to a Boston apartment building this morning that reportedly injured 13 and left dozens homeless. He faces charges including Attempted Murder and Arson. According to the Boston Police Department, Jabar allegedly tried to commit suicide by turning on the gas from a stove from within one…
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 & Battery, and prior to trial, moved to preclude the…
Melissa Rich, of Dracut, was charged with Massachusetts Drunk Driving Charges after she allegedly crashed into a home in Billerica last week. She has been charged with Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol. If you unfortunately become a victim of a situation like this, then make sure to get legal assistance from a personal injury lawyer. According to the Middlesex…
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 neighborhood that the stores selling these items would attract too…
Chelsea Orr, daughter-in-law to former Boston Bruin Bobby Orr, was arrested last week by Cohasset Police on Massachusetts Drunk Driving Charges. Orr was arraigned in Quincy District Court for Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol, Second Subsequent Offense. According to the Cohasset Police Department, Chelsea Orr’s car was involved in an accident. EMT’s, who were reportedly already on scene, told…
Ronald Bell, an aide to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, was stopped by Brookline Police this past weekend and charged with Drunk Driving. According to Brookline Police, Bell was pulled over for allegedly speeding on Route 9 and swerving into another lane. Once pulled over, the officer reported smelling alcohol on Bell’s breath and repeatedly ordered him to show his hands…
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 Prostitution; Statutory Rape; and Dissemination of Obscene Material. Norman Barnes…
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 the Boston Police Department, the incident occurred at about 4:00…
Ray Alvarez, 23, of Waltham, has been indicted by a Middlesex County Grand Jury on several Massachusetts Drunk Driving Charges after allegedly striking an ambulance and killing a patient within. He has been charged with Motor Vehicle Homicide by OUI; Leaving the Scene of an Accident After Causing Property Damage; OUI / DUI; and Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle.…
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 agency. At the hotel, the woman was allegedly given a…