Harvard 3L to Police: 'Do You Know Who I ... Was?'
A third-year law student at Harvard University allegedly had a few too many one day late last month before leaving a Boston bar and seating himself in a city police cruiser.
Authorities say Charles Simpkins, 24, then told officers “Give me a (expletive) ride, I work for the district attorney’s office,” and later added that he could “lie and cheat” to ruin them,” reports the Harvard Crimson.
Indeed, Simpkins had since 2007 been working for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office at the Dorchester District Courthouse, the student newspaper writes. But a few days after the Jan. 24 incident, he was fired.
Simpkins also allegedly made a number of other comments to police, according to their report, writes the Boston Herald in an article about Simpkins headlined “Do You Know Who I … Was?”
Among them: “This ain’t (expletive) because I work at the DA’s office. Don’t worry, I will beat this,” the Herald recounts. And “You (expletives) all lie. That’s why no one likes you (expletives).”
Charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in the incident, Simpkins is scheduled for further court proceedings later this month. His case was delayed so that a prosecutor from a different jurisdiction could be brought in to avoid any potential conflict of interest, the Crimson reports.
Updated at 6:15 p.m. to correct a typographical error.
