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• Man Charged With Attempted Child Kidnapping In Ayer Massachusetts Court

  Last Friday Daniel O'Brien was arrested in Littleton, Massachusetts after trying to entice a twelve year old girl to meet him at a local train station. O'Brien is from Virginia. Authorities claim that after months…

• Massachusetts Appeals Court Holds That Admitting Firearm Ballistics Certificate In Gun Case Warrants Reversal

  On November 17, 2009 the Massachusetts Appeals Court issued its decision in Commonwealth v. Hollister. The issue in Hollister was whether the erroneous admission of a ballistician's certificate amounted to harmless error. The facts in…

• Plymouth County Massachusetts Man Arrested And Charged With Rape And Assault

  The Brockton Enterprise reported last week that Terrico Burnett of Middleboro, Massachusetts was arrested in connection with an incident that occurred on Halloween night. According to the article, the alleged victim, an acquaintance of Burnett's…

• Two Marblehead Massachusetts Teenagers Arrested And Charged With Robbery, Kidnapping, Assault In Connection With Beating

  Michael Ehlert is eighteen years old. Michael Leoni is seventeen year old. Both live in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Both are now facing serious felony charges in the Lynn District Court. It would not surprise me at…

• Three Massachusetts Men Charged With Robbery, Firearms Offense After Shooting Victims During Theft

  Edwardo Fontes, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, along with John Silva and Vanderlee Fernandes both of Brockton were arrested yesterday in connection with a shooting in Stoughton. It was reported that the three men robbed two others…

• Man In Quincy Massachusetts Charged With Drug And Gun Violations After Police Find Cocaine, Heroin, Guns And Ammunition During Search Of Home

  This past Sunday evening, just past 6:30 p.m. members of the Quincy, Massachusetts Police Department executed a search warrant at John Keller's residence. The search warrant was issued after an eighteen month police investigation suggested…

• Men From Peabody And Lynn Massachusetts Charged With Kidnapping In Essex County

  Last Saturday evening Terrence Moore was on his way to Cambridge. According to reports he never made it because he was allegedly abducted by three men; Christopher McPherson and Lance McDonald of Lynn and Christopher…

• Four People In Lawrence Massachusetts Charged With Distribution, Possession With Intent To Distribute Heroin And Cocaine

  The Lawrence Eagle Tribune reported that local police detectives received information from a concerned citizen that a drug deal was underway near a neighborhood convenience store. After receiving the call the police surveilled the store.…

• Essex County District Attorney Indicts Two Lynn Massachusetts Men On Separate County Of Rape, Assault

  The Essex County District Attorney's Office has just indicted two Lynn, Massachusetts men for Sex Crimes Charges. Carlos Gabriel was indicted for Rape of a Child or Statutory Rape for incidents involving a fifteen year…

• Framingham Massachusetts Man Charged With Assault And Battery On A Police Officer, Resisting Arrest After Being Denied Entry To Pizzeria

  Just after midnight the other day Framingham, Massachusetts police received a call from a local pizza restaurant employee complaining that Ryan McArthur was causing problems after he was denied entry to the establishment. When the…