Articles Posted in Clerk Magistrate Hearings

The defendant is a mother of six who has suffered some recent economic hardships. Several months ago she was in a store where she was observed stealing several items of Great Value. The loss prevention officer at the store confronted her and was able to get her name and address. He went through older store…

Our client is a young man who has been very successful with several small businesses. He owns a construction company, a real estate company, some yachts, a charter company, a fishing company and several other enterprises in the Northern New England area. In 2002 he became saddled with debt. Two of his more expensive yachts…

Our client is a nurse who lives in an affluent Boston suburb. Several months ago she drove into the parking lot of a liquor store and struck two vehicles. She proceeded to enter the store, buy some alcohol and leave. Several people in the parking lot witnessed this occurrence. The police were called. They located…

The defendant is a well known chef who co-owns many restaurants throughout the northeast. Several months ago, he and one of the cooks at one of his Massachusetts restaurants got into an argument. The argument turned physical when the “victim” spit in our client’s face. Our client responded by hitting him with a large ladle…

This past Halloween a middle aged couple permitted their sixteen year old son to have a party at their suburban Boston home. Neighbors started to complain about the noise. The police went to the home to investigate the noise complaint. When they arrived they observed about 20 teenagers who apparently had been drinking. The floors…

In February of this year members of a suburban Boston police department were called about a serious accident involving a jeep. The officers arrived to the vehicle flipped on its roof. The driver was nowhere to be seen. The police also located a bottle of alcoholic seltzer unopened in the vehicle. About one half hour…

In September of this year police responded to a car accident involving our client. The caller stated that our client left a note admitting to hitting a parked car and causing it significant damage. The police then called our client with the number he left on the note. He admitted to being at a post…

In September of this year, two non-citizen graduate students were caught shoplifting at a local store. Loss prevention called the police who in turn filed an application for a criminal complaint against our clients charging shoplifting under G.L. c. 266 section 30A. If a criminal complaint issued our clients were at risk of losing their…

Our client is a truck driver who lives with many members of a large family in the Boston area. In July of this year he and some of the family members had been drinking. Words were exchanged between our client and some female family members. Other family members took exception to the language that he…

Today we represented two college students summonsed for a clerk magistrate hearing charging each with forging a registry document in violation of G.L. c. 90 section 24B. This charge is a felony in Massachusetts. The two entered a bar in a city where their school is located. Each had a registry document that had been…