The defendant served in the military and completed four tours of active duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. On September 30, 2017 members of the Boston, Massachusetts police department were summonsed to specified address for a domestic dispute. Officers arrived to find the defendant outside and began to question him about the alleged incident. The discussion…
Continue reading ›The defendant is a legal alien from China. She does not speak English. The prosecution alleged that in February of 2017 a seventy-eight year old man from upstate New York received a call from a person purporting to be a lawyer. The called stated that he was representing the man’s granddaughter who had just been…
Continue reading ›The defendant is from a South American country in the United States on asylum. On March 9, 2017 members of the Cambridge Police Special Investigations Unit and the Massachusetts State Police Human Trafficking Unit conducted a “john” operation utilizing an advertisement on backpage.com. This operation was staged at a Cambridge hotel. After a series of…
Continue reading ›On April 20, 2016 Rockland, Massachusetts police officers were met at the station by a man claiming to have been assaulted and beaten by our client. The man claimed that the defendant was driving at a high rate of speed through a densely populated residential neighborhood. The victim got into his car and followed our…
Continue reading ›On April 29, 2017 Holbrook, Massachusetts police responded to a 911 call for a fight in progress. They responded and found a woman with a swollen, shut eye and other noticeable significant injuries. The woman claimed that after an argument with her husband he struck her several times causing the obvious injuries. Officers were also…
Continue reading ›The defendant is a tenured college professor with a doctorate and over forty years teaching experience. The prosecution alleged that on July 19, 2017 and undercover online investigation targeting violators of human trafficking laws was in progress. During the course of the investigation solicitations were made online in an effort to lure customers to purported…
Continue reading ›The defendant is a radiologist working at a prestigious hospital in the greater Boston area. On October 28, 2017 a police officer on routine patrol observed a car being operated with an expired registration sticker. The vehicle was stopped and the officer quickly learned that the operator had no insurance, was driving an unregistered car…
Continue reading ›The defendant is a student from an Asian country and a non-citizen. Several months ago she was caught shoplifting an amount of merchandise that exceeded $250 making the crime a felony. The woman was charged with violating G.L. c. 266 Section 30A, shoplifting. If she were convicted she would have a felony record and likely…
Continue reading ›The defendants are unrelated. In the summer of 2017 both of these men were caught up in a sting operation involving the solicitation of “Johns” for sexual services. Members of the Boston Police Department Human Trafficking task force ran the operation. An advertisement was placed on the Internet on backpage.com. It sought customers for sexual…
Continue reading ›On January 5, 2017 members of the Foxboro, Massachusetts Police Department responded to a chilling 911 call. The caller claimed that she had just been thrown to the ground and strangled by her husband. The man was still inside the home threatening to hurt their six week old child. She also claimed that her husband…
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