On July 23, 2013, HL, a 50 year old Chinese National, was arrested for Assault and Battery and Assault & Battery with a dangerous weapon. HL and his wife, who live in Andover with their three children, got into a heated argument over money. It was alleged that HL grabbed…
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HIT & RUN CASE DROPPED
KU, a 35 year old moving company owner, drove his pick-up truck to the Market Basket supermarket on the Lawrence/North Andover line. As he was pulling out of the parking lot he struck a parked car. He paused but then drove away. He drove home, left the pick-up truck at…
ANOTHER ABUSE PREVENTION ORDER VACATED
VV, a 44 year old male immigrant from El Salvador, was in the US on a temporary work visa. In 2009 he married and shortly after getting married he bought a three family house in Lynn, MA and began the task of updating the house himself. He finished the first…
SALEM DISTRICT COURT CHARGES DISMISSED
GD, a man in his late thirties, was sitting one afternoon in his car in Beverly with his Mother. A group of people with young children walked by. As they walked by they said hello to GD. He responded, allegedly, by threatening to run them over with the car. It…
MURDER CONVICTION AVOIDED
In In October 2009 a group of men in their 20s got together at TB’s apartment in Lowell for some beer and weed. One of the members of the group, AH, knew of two drug dealers in Lowell and thought that an invasion of the drug dealers’ home would yield…
Harassment Prevention Orders Vacated
LL, age 63, lives with his wife in a small, but pretty home in Methuen. EF and his girlfriend AW live next door in a similar small, but pretty home. From July 2011 to May 2012 disputes arose between LL and his neighbors. In particular, LL found it upsetting that…
LAWRENCE DISTRICT COURT: ANOTHER DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY CASE DISMISSED
WK, a 50 year old engineer and his wife, lived in Andover. One Saturday evening in February 2013, after a night of dining out and drinking, WK and Mrs. K returned home. An argument ensued. According to the Police Reports WK punched his wife in the face giving her a…
OUI SERIOUS BODILY INJURY MANDATORY SIX MONTH SENTENCE AVOIDED
On August 31, 2012, AS, a 67 year old retiree, went out for a few drinks at a local pub in Haverhill. Late at night he left the pub highly intoxicated, got into his SUV, and tried driving to his home in Methuen. In the center of Haverhill is a…
PROBATION VIOLATION IN ESSEX SUPERIOR COURT
On December 3, 2009 MS, then 20 years old, was convicted of Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon and Armed Home Invasion in Salem (MA) Superior Court. On the A&B D/W charge she was given a 2 1/2 year sentence to the House of Correction: 18 months to be…
Malicious Destruction of Property Charge Dismissed
On March 17, 2013 YH, a 23 year old foreign student in his Senior Year at Boston College, let his temper get the best of him. YH was looking for a parking space on Boylston Street in downtown Boston. A lady was preparing to back into a space when YH…