Well, well – here we are: Black Friday, that ignominious day in the American calendar when otherwise (and I use this term liberally) “normal” people, turn into openly aggressive, violent, even maniacal individuals – all in the name of scoring a few less dollars on the latest wide screen TV…
As I write this post, Thanksgiving Day is winding down. Another exercise in mad dashes and massive traffic jams, to get together to give thanks for what we have. (Though most people use it as an excuse to gorge themselves, watch football, and avoid arguments with family members.) Regardless, if…
If you’ve ever wondered just how easy it is to get yourself arrested, and might need the services of a Norfolk County criminal defense attorney, wonder no more. This past week, a 26-year-old man was arrested, for allegedly throwing hot McDonald’s French fries at his young stepdaughter. The alleged incident…
Have you ever had the experience where someone you know of is said to have done something very surprising and seemingly out of character? Well, this past week, the police chief of Waltham, Thomas M. LaCroix, was arrested and charged with two counts of Middlesex County assault and battery with…
Hey, sportsfans. File this under “Now You’ve Really Gone Too Far.” If you thought you heard it all when the Red Sox won the World Series, and fans went berserk in the streets, you actually haven’t. It was reported that this past Thursday night a Boston Celtics fan was attacked…
Aren’t weddings fun? There’s always love, romance, and best wishes for the happy couple. But what typically goes hand-in-hand at many weddings, and wedding functions such as bachelor parties, is criminal behavior. It’s almost always because alcohol is involved, which lowers people’s inhibitions, and also tends to make them violent.…
When I was in college, I had braces, and my orthodontist, in Brookline, was a brilliant guy. During my visits every three weeks to adjust my braces, we’d always talk about a number of interesting things, usually historical or political. I’ll never forget one such conversation, because it made such…
Readers of this blog may remember that three years ago I posted a blog about a football player at Arlington Catholic High School, who faced Massachusetts assault and battery charges after he allegedly “head-butted” a football player at an Abington High School footbal game, In that case, I saw the…
On this blog, one of my goals is to educate the general public about the law and how it can affect them. As a Dedham, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer, I know that most people have a lot of misconceptions about certain laws. For example, most people think that “assaulting” someone,…
It seems that we, as a nation, are never going to be able to forget the tragedy of Columbine. A few weeks ago, on Fox-TV 25, I spoke to anchor Maria Stephanos about an Attleboro, Massachusetts student who had just posted on Facebook his plans for a Columbine-style attack at…