http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/ Published by Altman & Altman, LLP en-us 2012-02-08T00:08:07-05:00 http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/2012/02/da_vows_to_prosecute_14_arrest.html Super Bowl Sunday 2012 was a stunning disappointment for many New England Patriots fans. Some fans took their emotions to a higher level. And they may pay the price for it. According to the campus police, fighting from members of... Criminal Law bostoncriminallawyerblog-1 2012-02-08T00:08:07-05:00 http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/2012/02/twentyfouryearold_ryan_a_perez.html Twenty-four-year-old Ryan A. Perez was indicted by a grand jury today on several charges stemming from allegations that he filmed nude women in the women’s locker room at the Somerville YMCA. Perez has been charged with wiretapping, possession of child... Criminal Law bostoncriminallawyerblog-1 2012-02-07T23:55:19-05:00 http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/2012/02/fall_river_pool_of_death_prose_1.html Do you need some more proof that times have changed in the criminal justice system? Want some more evidence that sometimes prosecutions are all about publicity? Let’s turn to a short-lived prosecution in Fall River. You may remember the horrific... Criminal Law bostoncriminallawyerblog-2 2012-02-07T20:51:04-05:00 http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/2012/02/federal_agents_fumble_guns_and_1.html Hey, anybody out there remember the movie (original or remake) of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Well, a Fitchburg woman experienced a scene more akin to that than the federal criminal investigation it turned out to be. Everybody ended up taken... Federal Crimes bostoncriminallawyerblog-2 2012-02-06T21:03:04-05:00 http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/2012/02/salem_child_assault_and_batter_1.html The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has long been telling you that the law does not really recognize “self-help” solutions to problems. Particularly when said self-help is a crime. Some folks seem to still believe that if a person has a... Assault and Battery bostoncriminallawyerblog-2 2012-02-04T00:24:43-05:00 http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/2012/02/bostons_supreme_judicial_court_3.html As you have learned from reading this daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog, criminal laws are getting more and more complex. Changes in the laws take place all the time. This is but one of the reasons that I urge you... Criminal Appeals bostoncriminallawyerblog-2 2012-02-02T06:22:50-05:00 http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/2012/02/massachusetts_police_chase_app_1.html You know how the Boston Criminal Lawyer Bog keep telling you that if the police are after you to stop...you should stop? Here is yet another example of a young man who did not see it quite that way. Now,... Vehicular Crimes bostoncriminallawyerblog-2 2012-02-01T10:41:48-05:00 http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/2012/01/recent_newton_child_pornograph_1.html As the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog indicated yesterday, officials in Newton are reviewing their hiring procedures in the wake of the two recent arrests relating to child pornography. It may be worth noting that these were arrests...not convictions...but, then again,... Expungement/Sealing Record bostoncriminallawyerblog-2 2012-01-31T09:13:43-05:00 http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/2012/01/another_newton_teacher_is_char_1.html For the second time in two weeks, residents of Newton, have been treated to the news of a teacher being charged with possession of child pornography. This time, it is Peter Buchanan (hereinafter, the “Defendant”), 47, a 10-year city employee... Child Pornography bostoncriminallawyerblog-2 2012-01-29T18:09:59-05:00 http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/2012/01/fall_river_dentist_is_convicte_1.html This is a fact scenario you don’t see every day. It also brings forth another Massachusetts criminal defendant who likely thought he would never see himself being prosecuted for felony crimes. Michael Clair, 53 years of age and hereinafter the... White Collar Crimes bostoncriminallawyerblog-2 2012-01-25T20:04:29-05:00