Blog Posts in March, 2013
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Ex Probation Chief, 2 Aides Indicted in Hiring Scandal
Posted By Brad Bailey LawBOSTON (WHDH)—Three former state employees face serious charges in the wake of a probation scandal. Federal grand jury indictments allege the former state probation officials set up a “rigged hiring system” that favored job applicants sponsored by powerful state lawmakers over more qualified candidates. The indictments describe the lengths at which the probation department officials allegedly went ...Continue Reading -
Sal DiMasi found guilty of corruption
Posted By Brad Bailey Law(NECN: Alysha Palumbo – Boston) – “I think it’s almost certain that Sal DiMasi will be going to jail,” said former Assistant U.S. Attorney Brad Bailey. Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi – guilty on seven of nine counts in his corruption trial. Bailey says he believes Judge Mark Wolf could sentence DiMasi to five-ten years in prison. “A series of factors he’s required to look at are ...Continue Reading -
Bail problems for Greig
Posted By Brad Bailey Law(NECN: Alysha Palumbo, Boston) – Pictures released Tuesday show what was allegedly found in Whitey Bulger’s Santa Monica, Calif., apartment when they arrested him in June. Heaps of cash tucked away and a stockpile of guns and weapons allegedly hidden in secret spaces in bedroom walls. “This is a situation where, the government seems to have very strong cards and they’re playing every single one of ...Continue Reading -
LA Times: Was a flamboyant con artist capable of murder?
Posted By Brad Bailey LawChristian Karl Gerhartsreiter, who used a variety of aliases on the East Coast before settling on the name Clark Rockefeller, is accused of killing John Sohus in San Marino in the spring of 1985. Christian K. Gerhartsreiter takes his seat before the opening statements in his murder trial in downtown Los Angeles. Gerhartsreiter is accused of bludgeoning John Sohus to death in San Marino in 1985. ...Continue Reading -
Boston Globe: “Rockefeller'; murder trial set to begin
Posted By Brad Bailey Law'Rockefeller’ accused of killing man who disappeared in 1985 The German national who called himself a Rockefeller and created an international sensation five years ago when he abducted his young daughter in Boston faces a far more serious charge of murder when his trial opens this week in a downtown Los Angeles courthouse. But before he arrived in New England, he had lived in southern California, ...Continue Reading -
Bulger faces legal woes
Posted By Brad Bailey Law(NECN)—James “Whitey” Bulger has been indicted in 19 murders and a number of other cases, and finally captured after 16 years on the run from the FBI. But what happens after the notorious gangster returns to Massachusetts? According to former Massachusetts state and federal prosecutor Brad Bailey, Bulger’s road ahead is bleak. “The potential that he is facing is up to life, and it is very ...Continue Reading -
Line of Corruption in the Speaker’s Seat
Posted By Brad Bailey LawLine of Corruption in the Speaker’s Seat: MyFoxBOSTON.com BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – Power, politics, and money. All three have always had a place on Beacon Hill. Now, the high-profile corruption trial of former speaker Sal DiMasi is setting the stage for an up close look at how business is done under this dome. "It’s good for everybody to see how the process works, get it out from behind ...Continue Reading -
'Rockefeller’ extradited to California to face murder charge
Posted By Brad Bailey Law(NECN)—Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the German-born man who posed as a member of the Rockefeller family, was flown out of Massachusetts on Wednesday to be arraigned in California on a murder charge from 1985. His arraignment is scheduled for Friday at the Alhambra courthouse of Los Angeles Superior Court on a charge stemming from the death of Jonathan Sohus. Gerhartsreiter was convicted in the ...Continue Reading -
Whitey Bulger’s legal fight gets more complicated
Posted By Brad Bailey Law(NECN: Alysha Palumbo – Boston) – James “Whitey” Bulger was back in federal court Wednesday, but not before a judge. He was likely meeting with provisional defense attorney Peter Krupp, as a series of new briefs were filed in the case and Bulger’s hearings were shuffled around. Krupp filed a response to the prosecutors’ motion to dismiss the 1994 indictment against Bulger in favor of focusing ...Continue Reading -
Fox 25: Judge Rejects Bulger Future Immunity Claim
Posted By Brad Bailey LawBoston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston BOSTON (AP) – Gangster James "Whitey" Bulger cannot present evidence to a jury about his claim that he was given immunity for future crimes, including murder, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns found that an immunity agreement "cannot as a matter of public policy license future criminal conduct." Read the document ...Continue Reading -
NECN: Whitey Bulger’s Immunity Defense Rejected
Posted By Brad Bailey Law(NECN: Alysha Palumbo – Boston) – In what’s being called a major blow to James “Whitey” Bulger’s defense strategy, Judge Richard Stearns ruled Monday that his attorneys cannot use an immunity deal he allegedly had with an Assistant US Attorney as a defense when he goes on trial, charged in connection with 19 murders. Attorney Brad Bailey with Boston law firm Denner-Pellegrino said, “He’s said, ...Continue Reading -
Will CTE = NGRI?
Posted By Brad Bailey LawThe tragedy that is unfolding in courtroom 530 in Middlesex County Superior Court in the case of Commonwealth v. Nathanial Fujita , No. MICR2011-00761 is profound, deep, and heart-achingly sad. On the one hand you have the brutal, senseless murder and irreversible loss of beautiful and vibrant 18 year-old Lauren Astley, allegedly by strangulation and throat-cutting, as well as the pain and anguish ...Continue Reading -
Pittsburgh woman admits to scamming Boston brides
Posted By Brad Bailey Law(NECN: John Moronoey) – A Pittsburgh woman admitted she scammed hundreds of Boston brides-to-be. Today Karen Tucker plead guilty today to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. Tucker is accused of defrauding brides, advertisers and exhibitors out of thousands of dollars by organizing a fake bridal show in Boston. She admitted to taking money from vendors and brides for a bridal ...Continue Reading -
Teen drinking parties: New social host ruling
Posted By Brad Bailey LawTeen drinking parties: New social host ruling: MyFoxBOSTON.com (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – Underage drinking parties are illegal, but they happen and now the highest court in Massachusetts has made a ruling about who is responsible civilly if somebody gets injured when they leave one of those parties. Attorney Brad Bailey joined the FOX 25 Morning News from our Beacon Hill studio to explain the r ...Continue Reading
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