EC, a 69 year old gentlemen from Stoneham, had 3 convictions for OUI in Massachusetts. His last conviction was in 2006. As a result of that conviction he lost his license for 13 years [8 years for the conviction + 5 years for refusing the breath test]. In 2010, EC…
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ANOTHER WARRANT CANCELLED – DEFENDANT IN NORTH CAROLINA NOT REQUIRED TO COME BACK TO MASSACHUSETTS
On January 24, 1990 CS was arrested in Lowell, MA and charged with DUI Liquor and Operating without a License. He was bailed out from the Lowell Police Station and ordered to appear in Lowell District Court the next morning for an arraignment. CS lived in Maine at the time.…
FOUR OUTSTANDING WARRANTS CANCELLED IN LAWRENCE DISTRICT COURT
In 1986, BC was 20 years old and he had little use for authority. In that one year he was arrested for Breaking & Entering in North Andover, Larceny in North Andover, and Disturbing the Peace in Lawrence. In addition BC had a another case in Lawrence District Court on…
JUVENILE CASE DIVERTED OUT OF COURT SYSTEM
DN, a thirteen year old juvenile, and his 12 year old friend broke and entered into an unoccupied house in Merrimac, MA and set up a camp inside the house. While in the house they went through all the rooms searching and taking inventory. The owner of the house, who…
LARCENY CHARGES DISMISSED PRIOR TO ARRAIGNMENT: CRIMINAL RECORD AVOIDED
The problem with having a larceny (or even a shoplifting charge) on your record is that no one wants to hire a thief. Getting a job can be made difficult if you have a larceny conviction on your record. On August 30, 2014 H & W (a husband and wife…
VIOLATION OF HARASSMENT PREVENTION ORDER DISMISSED
On July 22, 2014 AA, a 35 year old banker living in Somerville, was served with an Harassment Prevention Order that had been taken out by one of his roommates. The Somerville Police served the order at about 6:00 PM and instructed AA that he was to have no verbal…
THREAT TO KILL CHARGE DIVERTED IN LAWRENCE JUVENILE COURT
On October 15, 2014, FD, a 14 year old Essex County High School student, in a moment of genius, sent a “prank” text to another student saying that if the student did not deliver a package to FD that FD would begin killing students at the school every ten minutes.…
27 YEAR OLD WARRANT CLEARED IN HOURS
SR is 47 years old and lives in Colorado. SR applied for a gun permit but was denied on the grounds that he had a warrant in Massachusetts that dated back to 1987. The warrant was for a misdemeanor charge of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in Lawrence District…
ASSAULT & BATTERY CHARGE – NO PROBABLE CAUSE
On September 16, 2014, GN, a 57 year old man from Wilmington, was accused of assaulting a female neighbor. The neighbor’s 11 year old son had been playing ball in the street in front of GN’s house; the boy claimed that the ball went under the bushes directly in front…
DRUG DISTRIBUTION CHARGES DISMISSED
On September 26, 2014 BQ, was driving from Western Massachusetts back to her home in Cambridge.She was transporting a substantial quantity of mushrooms (a Class C controlled substance) and marijuana (a Class D controlled substance). As she drove down Route 2 in Concord a local police officer ran her plate…