It was like one of those scenes we have have witnessed on television or in the movies. The Federal Investigators are looking for their “criminal mastermind”. They walk into a small branch of the San Framncisco public library and, there, chatting online, is their target. The half-dozen agents are directed…
Are you still thinking that it might be a neat idea to try to out-run the police? How about federal officials? Do you think, perhaps, if you keep the chase going long enough, leaving the jurisdiction in which they are authorized to make arrests, they will simply give up? Sayeth…
So far this week, The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has dealt with the hot button criminal offenses that fall under the category of “sexual crimes”. They have ranged from child pornography to actual Massachusetts sexual assault and battery. Although not necessarily a specific crime that is outlawed by a particular…
Yesterday, we were discussing the story of a convicted gentleman who, while charged with the possession and dissemination of child pornography, was really suspected to be about to do far worse. While admittedly not kidnapping, killing and eating anybody, East Boston’s 39-year-old Jose Avila (hereinafter, the “Defendant”)has been charged with…
You won’t be seeing 40-year-old Geoffrey Portway of Worcester (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) around for awhile. A 27 years while. The Defendant pleaded guilty in May to distribution and possession of child pornography as well as solicitation to commit a crime of violence. Pending his sentencing, federal prosecutors wrote in their…
It may have happened in Washington, and this may be the Boston criminal lawyer blog, but we have seen such stories from all around the country…including Massachusetts. I am referring to the former Navy reservist, 34-year-old Aaron Alexis (hereinafter, the “Shooter”). The Shooter is dead now, of course. Along with…
As last week ended, 30-year-old Stephen Ardredy (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) from Missouri was the one facing confinement and the Medfield 17-year-old young woman (hereinafter, the “Girl”) was free, safe and sound. Such was the aftermath after the 2 1/2 –day disappearance of the Girl, including what must have seemed like…
They say that “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”. If what the Commonwealth is saying about a certain Lynn elementary school teacher, we may have new support for that proposition. 49-yeare-old Kimberly Ann English, (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) is not teaching her class today. Instead, she is being held…
We have been discussing the Somerville High School rape case and, in particular, the charges and bail issues which have now faced the one defendant who is facing charges as an adult. The case has already brought up issues which are faced by many Massachusetts criminal defendants in such cases.…
Yesterday, we began discussing the case of Somerville High School student Galileo Mondol (hereinafter, the “Defendant”). He, along with two juvenile co-defendants, is facing charges in Pittsfield for an alleged attack upon a freshman during a team-building camp. The charges are serious and are likely to be indicted. They include,…