Clerk Magistrate Hearing Application for Criminal Complaint Shoplifting M.G.L. c. 266 § 30A: Case dismissed.
- May 29, 2014 at 11:16 pm by Steven Topazio
The clients, a mother, father and daughter, received a summons for a Magistrate Hearing for shoplifting a designer handbag from a department store and hired Boston Criminal Lawyer Steven J. Topazio to represent them. According to the merchant, the father was seen carrying wire cutters into the store and the family was later seen removing the security tag of a Michael Kors handbag and then hiding it in an empty shopping bag. According to statute, read More
Possession to Distribute Class D, Subsequent MGL c94C § 32C(b) Failure to Yield MGL c89 § 8 Search and Seizure: Case dismissed.
- May 5, 2014 at 4:35 am by Steven Topazio
The client, a 31-year old restaurant employee, was arrested during the course of a routine motor vehicle stop. The police report indicates that after the client’s motor vehicle was stopped, State Police searched the client’s car after smelling an odor of marijuana and found a quantity of marihuana in a backpack, hired Boston Criminal Attorney Steven J. Topazio to defend him. Attorney Topazio filed a motion to suppress evidence arguing that following the decriminalization of read More
Assault and Battery MGL c265 § 13A(a) Application for Criminal Complaint Clerk Magistrate Hearing: Case dismissed.
- May 5, 2014 at 4:34 am by Steven Topazio
The client, a 23-year old Registered Nurse, received an application for criminal complaint alleging she committed an assault and battery on another, hired Boston Criminal Attorney Steven J. Topazio to represent her. Attorney Topazio spoke with the Boston Police Officer bringing the complaint in an attempt to investigate the allegations and to determine if a resolution could be fashioned whereby the criminal complaint would not issue so as to protect his client’s licensure with the read More
Larceny Over $250 MGL c266 § 30(1) Carrying Dangerous Weapon MGL c269 § 10(b): Client avoids lengthy jail sentence by accepting 90 day sentence prior to trial.
- May 5, 2014 at 4:33 am by Steven Topazio
The client, a 29-year old father of three, was arrested during the course of his employment as a furniture mover when he was caught stealing several items from the home he was working on, hired Boston Criminal Attorney Steven J. Topazio to resolve his case. Attorney Topazio was the second Attorney on the case, after the first attorney was discharged by the client when he was unable to work out a favorable resolution of less read More
Probation Surrender: Client avoids additional jail time after probation violation.
- May 5, 2014 at 4:32 am by Steven Topazio
The client, a 25-year old High School graduate with a lengthy criminal record, received a notice of probation violation in the BMC after being convicted on a separate criminal matter out of the Lynn District Court where he was committed for one year to the House of Correction. Boston Criminal Attorney Steven J. Topazio represented the client on the final surrender hearing in the BMC. The client’s probation in the BMC consisted of an 18 read More
Restraining Order MGL c209A Domestic Violence: Restraining Order extended for three months.
- May 5, 2014 at 4:31 am by Steven Topazio
The client, a 25-year old Army Veteran who recently returned from Afghanistan, was served with an application for a restraining order after getting into a verbal argument with his wife who alleged he threatened her and damaged furniture and walls in the marital home, hired Boston Restraining Order Attorney Steven J. Topazio to represent him. Attorney Topazio learned that his client lost his job after returning from a tour in Afghanistan and was under great read More
Assault and Battery MGL c265 § 13A(a) Domestic Violence: Case dismissed at trial.
- May 5, 2014 at 4:31 am by Steven Topazio
The client, a 21-year old graduate student, was arrested for domestic assault and battery after getting a fight with her boyfriend, allegedly hitting and scratching his neck because he refused to give her back money she loaned him, hired Boston Domestic Violence Attorney Steven J. Topazio to represent her. The client was in the United States on a student F1 Visa and would face the possibility of adverse immigration consequences if convicted for a domestic read More
Assault With Dangerous Weapon MGL c265 § 15B(b) Restraining Order Domestic Violence: Case dismissed.
- May 5, 2014 at 4:30 am by Steven Topazio
The client, a 46-year old pharmaceutical professional, was arrested after getting into an argument with his wife after he threw a heavy book at her, hired Boston Domestic Violence Lawyer Steven J. Topazio to represent him. The client, who was in the United States on a work Visa, also faced the possibility of adverse immigration consequences that would follow a felony conviction. To make matters worse, following the incident, the client’s wife obtained a restraining read More
Heroin, Being Present Where Kept c94C § 35 Search Warrant: Case to be dismissed after period of pre-trial probation.
- May 5, 2014 at 4:29 am by Steven Topazio
The client, a 25-year old unemployed laborer, was arrested by Malden Police when he walked into a home during the execution of a search warrant. The client was charged with knowingly being present where heroin is kept after the Malden Police found several bags of heroin in the home they were searching. The client hired Boston Criminal Attorney Steven J. Topazio to represent him after his initial attorney was unable to resolve the case. Attorney read More
Mass Pike - Speeding 730 CMR § 7.08(6)(a) Traffic Citation: Not Responsible.
- May 5, 2014 at 4:28 am by Steven Topazio
The client, a 30-year old IT professional, received a speeding ticket on the Massachusetts Turnpike, Route 90, and appealed the ticket. After the client was caught on Lidar traveling 80 mph in a 65 mph zone, the client hired Boston Traffic Ticket Attorney Steven J. Topazio to represent him. A responsible finding on a speeding ticket will result in a two point surcharge for insurance purposes. Each point will result in a 15% increase to read More