MILFORD - Former state representative John Fernandes has closed his Milford law office after 35 years to take a job with global law firm, Nixon Peabody.At the Nixon Peabody, Fernandes serves as counsel in the firm's government relations and public policy practice.“It’s just a relocation. I’m still in business, I’m still an attorney,” he said. “What I’ll be doing with that firm is government relations, and public policies, [...]
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Former rep Fernandes joins law firm Nixon Peabody
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Milford group forms to push marijuana shop ban
MILFORD - Pointing to worries about public health and safety, a local citizens group is pushing for a ban on stores that sell recreational marijuana.Spearheaded by Citizens for Milford, the recently formed Milford Community Against Recreational Marijuana Retail Establishments, or CARES, wants to point out what it says will be problems with marijuana shops, according to Chairwoman Donna Niro.The group fears that recreational marijuana - specifically edibles - will easily get [...]
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DA: Framingham shooting suspect held for competency exam
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man, who authorities say vowed to kill police and then opened fire on them Thursday, will be held for a mental health evaluation, a Framingham District Court judge ruled on Friday.Justin Breakspear, 31, fired a rifle at six officers around 8:30 p.m. when they went to 14 Whiting Road on a call about a domestic dispute, prosecutor Wendi Safran said during Breakspear’s arraignment.The incident sparked a "shelter in place" warning to [...]
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Police: Teen shot man with autism with a BB gun
UXBRIDGE - A teen used a BB gun when he shot a man with autism as he walked down Rte. 16 on Wednesday about 2 p.m., police said.Police say Samuel T. Patterson, 19, of Uxbridge, fired at least four shots from the BB gun. They are unsure how many times the 28-year-old victim was struck. The victim was treated at the scene on Rte. 16 near Court Street for minor injuries and released.Police arrested Patterson on Friday after he was brought in for questioning along with two juvenile [...]
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Holliston man arrested after striking Natick house
NATICK - A Holliston man was arrested just before midnight Friday, after police said he struck a house on Hartford Street.James Christian Sardina, 26, of 30 Queens Terrace, was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, operating to endanger, malicious destruction of property, and a marked lanes violation. He was arrested at 11:50 p.m. Friday.Police said Sardina was traveling west on Hartford Street when he drifted over the center line and overcorrected, [...]
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SJC limits police authority to detain illegal immigrants
BOSTON – The state’s highest court has ruled that Massachusetts police and court officers do not have the authority to hold people on federal immigration detainers unless they are charged with a crime.In a decision issued Monday, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that officers at the Boston Municipal Court were wrong to hold Sreynuon Lunn, a father of two who was brought to the U.S. as an infant in the 1980s, on a civil immigration detainer after criminal charges filed [...]
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Framingham man faces strangulation charge after dispute
FRAMINGHAM – Whispering so her boyfriend wouldn’t hear, a Framingham woman called 911 begging police to come to her house to stop him from assaulting her, a prosecutor said in Framingham District Court on Monday.“He’s trying to kill me,” the woman told the dispatcher when she used her 11-year-old son’s cellphone to call 911, prosecutor Leigh Ann Johnson said during Brandon C. Hayes' arraignment.Police arrested Hayes, 25, at his 61 [...]
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SJC: No Mass. law allows for civil immigration arrest
The state’s highest court has ruled that Massachusetts law does not allow court officers to hold someone based solely on a federal civil immigration detainer, a major decision that could impact how the state cooperates with federal immigration authorities.The Supreme Judicial Court issued the decision in the Sreynuon Lunn case Monday, stating “Massachusetts law provides no authority for Massachusetts court officers to arrest and hold an individual solely on the basis of [...]
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Framingham woman charged with OUI after Holliston crash
A Framingham woman’s blood alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit when she crashed her car into a mulch pile on Saturday, authorities said.Holliston Police arrested Raven J. Goldfarb, 21, after the 2:30 a.m. crash near 1580 Washington St.According to a police report, police went to Washington Street for a report of a one-car crash. They found a Honda Civic had jumped a curb and landed in a large mulch pile. They found Goldfarb standing across the street, [...]
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Man pleads guilty, rescinds plea in Framingham case
FRAMINGHAM – A homeless man pleaded guilty Monday to charges he broke into a car on Friday, but rescinded his plea when a Framingham District Court judge said he would send him to jail for a year.David T. Bradford, 42, argued that the victim of Friday’s car break-in would be better off with Bradford getting probation rather than a jail sentence.“They don’t want me in jail, they want their money,” Bradford told Judge David Frank during his plea [...]
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Two men arrested after Natick phone dispute
NATICK - A knife-wielding Norwood man threatened a Rhode Island man with a knife on Friday after the Rhode Island man stole and then broke his cellphone, authorities said.Natick Police arrested Jose A. Morales, 39, of Norwood, and Jorge Peque, 26, of Woonsocket, after the 12:40 p.m. incident at the Wendy’s on Rte. 135.Police went to the restaurant after Morales’ sister called police to report a man stole her brother’s phone, according to a police report [...]
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City man arrested after police say he pointed gun during argument
MARLBOROUGH – A 19-year-old city man who police say pointed a loaded gun at two men during an argument on Huntington Avenue Saturday night was ordered held on $2,000 bail during his arraignment Monday.A neighbor called police around 10:30 p.m. Saturday to report a man – later identified as Shyimel Brown – was pointing a gun at two men in a car on Huntington Avenue, said Detective Jared Snapp.Brown, Quemonne Carroll, 20, and Daquan Scott, 33, were walking on [...]
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Woman charged with assault in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – A homeless woman helped her friend beat another woman earlier this month, sucker-punching the victim as she tried to defend herself, authorities said.Dawn Sampson, 40, faced charges in Framingham District Court on Tuesday for that July 11 incident, as well as an unrelated incident from May 6 in which she is accused of trying to break into an ex-boyfriend’s Irving Street apartment.In the July incident, the alleged victim was attacked by Amanda Oliver, [...]
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Framingham judge holds suspect without bail for 4 days
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham District Court judge on Tuesday told a Framingham man she wanted to show him there are consequences to his alleged bad behavior. Judge Jennifer Stark revoked Adriano Silva’s bail on an open Worcester case, holding him without bail for four days at the Middlesex House of Correction in Billerica.“I’m concerned this young man has picked up two very serious cases in such a short period of time with no explanation of why,” [...]
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Breakspear hearing scheduled for Aug. 9 after competency exam
A dangerousness hearing for the man accused of shooting at police officers last week is scheduled for Aug. 9.Justin Breakspear, 31, faces dozens of charges: six counts each of attempted murder and assault with intent to murder in addition to assault with a dangerous weapon (gun), four counts of possession of a large capacity gun, carrying a gun without a license, possession of a gun during the commission of a felony, discharging a gun within 500 feet of a dwelling, possession of a gun [...]
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Marlborough man charged with assaulting officer after Hopkinton break
FRAMINGHAM - A Marlborough man faces charges after police say he broke into a Hopkinton laundromat and then assaulted an officer after a short chase.Jermaine Sampson, 40, of 196 Maine St., Apt 1., Marlborough, was held on $2,500 bail at his arraignment in Framingham District Court Wednesday. He was also ordered to stay away from the business that he’s alleged to have broken into.He faces charges of breaking and entering during the nighttime for a felony, assault and [...]
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Barnstable man faces third OUI after five-car crash in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham District Court judge on Thursday ordered a Barnstable man accused of being drunk when he crashed his pickup truck into four parked cars in March not to drink any alcohol.Judge Jennifer Stark placed Robert Kester, 43, on a Sobrietor, a device that can be connected to Kester’s phone to test for alcohol consumption.On March 25, Kester was driving north in his Ford Ranger on Old Connecticut Path in Framingham when he lost control and crashed [...]
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Framingham man arrested after domestic assault
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham woman told police her boyfriend threatened to kill her and ripped apart their mattress on Thursday in what she said was a pattern of abuse over the past several months, authorities said.Framingham Police arrested Arceu Denicoli Batista, 24, at his 30 Henry St. apartment around 2 a.m.The woman reported the incident around 1:30 a.m., according to a police report filed in Framingham District Court on Thursday.“She said she has [...]
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Two men arrested in Framingham armed robbery
FRAMINGHAM – An admitted crack dealer told police he was robbed by two men on Tuesday and then beaten the next day because they wanted to take over the corner where he sold drugs, authorities said.Police arrested Norberto Campos, 29, and Ernesto Cordero, 33, on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.The alleged victim, a 30-year-old Framingham man, disabled due to a bad leg, was outside his Irving Street apartment on Tuesday when Campos approached around 4:30 p.m., prosecutor [...]
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Holliston resident accused of squatting at Connecticut farm
A Holliston woman at the center of a nuisance property complaint this spring is now accused of squatting at a farm in Connecticut.Holliston Health Agent Scott Moles said the resident, Rebecca Brodie, at one time had about 30 chickens, two pigs, two dogs, two ducks, and four goats on her 10,000-square-foot property on Lakeshore Drive.The local health and animal control departments received complaints of smells and loose animals starting in May. In early July, the Board of Health [...]
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