In my last posting, we spoke about a particular defendant who was arrested for drug crimes. Members of his family were also arrested at the scene for, basically, trying to prevent the arrest from taking place as the officers had intended it. Let’s call them, collectively, the “Defendant Family”. On…
Roman Correa (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) is only 19 years old. He is said to be a “good student”. Without the aid of a criminal defense miracle, his life, as he has known it, is probably over. The Defendant, 19 years of age and a senior at Holyoke’s Dean Technical High…
There are various periodicals we lawyers read to keep up with not only what is happening system-wide, but also what is up with the rest of the world which we might be missing due to the myopia of our work. One which I quote from often (and thankfully returns the favor…
In my last blog, we discussed the case of two gentlemen who were taken into custody at Logan Airport and are facing heavy drug charges. They were arraigned in state court, The cases are unlikely to stay there, though. While they are currently in district court, they are likely to…
We have discussed a number of cases during which law enforcement is paying a great deal of attention on what is going on in the country’s airports. No, not simply for cases of potential terrorists. The last one, this weekend, involved trafficking. Narcotics trafficking. On Saturday, the authorities say that…
Yesterday, we discussed a gent who is looking at criminal charges for allegedly participating in a heroin trafficking ring. We began listing items that one normally finds being offered into evidence in such cases. We now continue. Attorney Sam’s Take On Additional Pieces Of Evidence In A High Level Drug…
Allen Delisle, 29, hereinafter, the “Defendant” learned about law enforcement and allegations about the drug trade yesterday according to the Salem Daily News. The Defendant was held on $100,000 cash bail at Salem District Court. The next date is scheduled to be for a probable cause hearing. Translation? The Commonwealth…
Granted, it was longer ago than I had expected, but when we left off, we were discussing Cell Site Simulators – often referred to as “Stingrays”, one of the newer investigative tools of law enforcement. The Stingray is used to gather sensitive information about cell phone users by essentially tricking…
Take family dynamics, guns, drugs and a bail hearing and you never know what you will come out with. Well, actually, folks at Dorchester municipal court last Monday found out. Pedro Valdez, 33, and Lasonia Gathers, 27, (collectively the “Defendants”) were arrested over last weekend on felony drug and weapons…
At the end of last week, the United States Attorney’s office issued a press release. The posting of it, as we have discussed in the past, as recently as last week, is apparently deemed necessary in LawenforcementLand to let us know that they are doing their job and arresting people.…