A convicted rapist is on probation and is required to wear a GPS tracking device. As part of the GPS law he is prohibited from going to certain places; these places are called exclusion zones. On January 3, 2011 he was at home when his probation officer called him and…
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OLD MASSACHUSETTS WARRANT CANCELLED
In 1988 CC was arrested in Lowell, MA on drug charges. While CC’s drug case was pending in Court, CC was arrested for being a fugitive from justice on a Warrant for Rape out of Texas. CC was returned to Texas to face the Rape charge and was told that…
CAR GETS A TAN; DRIVER GETS A PASS
On June 1, 2010, AR was driving her SUV in Chelmsford. She attempted to pull into a parking space at a shopping plaza when suddenly her SUV jumped a curb, crashed through the plate glass window of a tanning salon, and ended up wholly inside the tanning salon. Fortunately for…
DON’T PLEAD GUILTY IF YOU DIDN’T DO THE CRIME
KL was married with one child. His wife had many issues including expecting KL to be at her beck and call whenever she wished. The marriage was floundering and KL moved out; she called KL often and demanded that he drop whatever he was doing and come take their child…
BULLYING VICTIM EVENS THE SCORE AND WALKS
GP, an 18 year old from Wilmington, was being picked on and bullied by a fellow who at one time had been his best friend. The bullying reached the point where GP couldn’t take it any more. GP attacked the bully, knocked him down, and allegedly kicked him with a…
SCHOOL ZONE CHARGES DISMISSED IN DRUG CASE
TM had a favorite restaurant in North Woburn. He would go there often. One day he was approached by an undercover cop in the restaurant; they conversed and TM sold the undercover cop a small quantity of weed. Several days went by and the undercover cop contacted TM again and…
ANOTHER ALLEGED DOMESTIC ASSAULT DISMISSED
EB, age 36, was arrested and accused of domestic assault and battery on his seventy year old father. EB consistently and emphatically denied that he had struck his father. Following his arraignment EB retained Lewin & Lewin. Attorney Robert Lewin sought out the father and spoke with him. The father…
MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL DRUG STATUTE
One night in July 2010 RD drove from Vermont to visit a girlfriend in Ipswich; they planned to meet in North Andover. RD arrived first and parked in the parking lot of a convenvient store. The store was closed and it was around one in the morning. The police became…
ALLEGED DRUG DEALER WALKS
It was about 3:00 AM. JH was the front seat passenger in a car being driven by a highly intoxicated woman. There were two men in the back seat. The car got pulled over by the Groveland PD. During an examination of the car the police discovered a baggie on…
Road Block Stop + .08 = NOT GUILTY in Malden Court
CC, a very attractive 30 year old financial analyst, and two girl friends spent a night in Boston at the Harpoon Fest. On the way home CC was travelling on Rt. 16 in Everett when she approached and entered into a sobriety checkpoint roadblock. The police detected an odor of…