Two members of the MS-13 street gang in Massachusetts pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy violations in a Boston Federal Court. The case stems from the 2018 murder of a teenage boy. Each of the defendants admitted to planning and participating in a pattern of illicit...
Violent Crimes
Home invasion suspect taken into custody in Boston
Police in Massachusetts took a man into custody on the afternoon of June 14 in connection with a home invasion in Worcester County. The 25-year-old Framingham resident faces a raft of felony charges including counts of attempted murder, armed home invasion, assault...
Massachusetts man charged with a string of violent crimes
Police in Massachusetts have taken a man into custody in connection with a deadly March 16 shooting in Hampden County and several other violent crimes. The 22-year-old Springfield resident was denied bail when he appeared in Holyoke District Court on March 25. He...
Massachusetts murder suspect denied bail
A district court judge has ordered that an 18-year-old Massachusetts man accused of murder should remain in custody at the Essex County Correctional Facility. The man was denied bail during an April 9 arraignment hearing that was held using teleconferencing technology...
Murder suspect claims royal lineage and presidential connections
A Massachusetts judge ordered a 27-year-old man who is accused of murdering his mother and seriously injuring his stepfather held without bail. The man learned of his fate during an arraignment hearing held in Newburyport District Court on March 2. He has been charged...
Murder conviction overturned by high court
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts overturned one man's 2013 homicide conviction in a ruling on March 3. The man had been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of participating in the stabbing murder of a 17-year-old in Taunton. However,...
Appeals Court upholds conviction in 1994 murder case
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled to uphold the conviction of a man who was found guilty in 2017 of shooting and killing an 18-year-old Norton man in February 1994. The Plymouth County District Attorney's Office reported that the court’s unpublished opinion on...
Prosecutors call Massachusetts double homicide an ambush
Prosecutors in Massachusetts say that a 39-year-old man shot and killed a father and his son on the night of Jan. 10 without warning in an attack they described as an ambush. Police have yet to identify a motive for the double homicide, but they say the crime scene is...
Mass shooting totals vary but all numbers make 2019 a record year
Anyone in Massachusetts who paid some attention to the news in 2019 likely noted the frequency of mass shootings. Some researchers define mass shootings as events that result in the killing of four or more people. Others alter this definition slightly to include...
Know your Sixth Amendment rights when accused of a violent crime
Being accused of, or charged with, committing a violent crime is arguably the most traumatic event a person can face. Such charges put not just your freedom, but also your entire way of life, at risk. You will want to do everything possible to fight these charges.Your...