On Thursday, January 7, 2016 a Salem District Court jury found KU, a former Salem State University freshman, not guilty of Indecent Assault & Battery and Assault & Battery after deliberating for only 18 minutes. The case went back to May of 2014. KU (then a 19 year old male…
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POSSESSION OF HEROIN CHARGE DIVERTED OUT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
KC, a 27 year old mechanic from Hampstead, NH, got caught purchasing heroin during a police surveillance operation at a hotel in Andover. He was arrested on Saturday, December 26, 2015 and released to appear in Lawrence District Court for an arraignment on December 29, 2015. KC retained Attorney Robert…
26 YEAR OLD WARRANT CANCELLED: LARCENY CHARGE DISMISSED
LN, a 53 year old woman from a metro north suburb, is charged with two counts of Larceny in Concord District Court. She was employed as a cashier at a local pharmacy and is accused of stealing two gift cards from the pharmacy after putting $500 on each of the…
RESISTING ARREST CHARGE TO BE DISMISSED
On November 11, 2015 MN, a 44 year old woman living in greater Boston, went to a local bar/restaurant. She sat at the bar for a number of hours and got quite drunk. She got into a verbal argument with a male patron and was asked to leave by the…
CHARGE OF 3 YEARS OF ANNOYING SEXUAL PHONE CALLS AVOIDED
BH, a 52 year old male from South Carolina, had been calling a student help line at a Major University in the Boston area for over three years. The calls were persistent and had strong sexual overtones. The calls would come in the hours just after midnight and would involve…
OPERATING AFTER SUSPENSION OF LICENSE DISMISSED PRIOR TO ARRAIGNMENT
On July 19, 2015 KC, a 22 year old woman from Lawrence, was driving to work in Lexington when she was pulled over by the State Police. Her Massachusetts Driver’s License had been previously suspended by the Registry of Motor Vehicles because she had accumulated three speeding tickets and because…
18 YEAR OLD WARRANT FOR A 4TH OFFENSE OF OPERATING AFTER SUSPENSION OF LICENSE CLEARED
On March 11, 1997 JL was stopped by the Andover Police for speeding. When the Police ran his license it came back as suspended. When the police checked his record he had three prior convictions for driving on a suspended license. JL went to court for arraignment. The case proceeded…
7 THIRTY-FIVE YEAR OLD WARRANTS CLEARED IN LAWRENCE DISTRICT COURT
In 1980, EO, then age 26, was drinking and drugging and got into a boatload of trouble stealing checks, forging checks, and passing bad checks. He got locked up and when he was released from jail he had 7 cases in Lawrence District Court where he was placed on probation…
COLLEGE STUDENT AVOIDS CRIMINAL RECORD
On September 16, 2015 DP, an 18 year old college Freshman from Andover, allowed a 16 year old friend to drive his car. DP was in the car at the time. DP thought that the friend had a learner’s permit and DP thought that because he was 18 and licensed…
FORGERY AND UTTERING CHARGES DROPPED
In February of 2012 DW walked into the Credit Union in Peabody where he had an account. DW had 2 US Postal Money Orders with him – or at least what appeared to be US Postal Money Orders. DW deposited the two money orders which totaled $1,980.00. Several days later…