A federal judge today sentenced former Massachusetts Probation Commissioner John O'Brien to serve 18 months in federal prison resulting from his recent convictions for racketeering, mail fraud, and conspiracy.  U.S. District Court Judge William Young's sentence was far less than the 70-month sentence that was recommended by the government.  One of O'Brien's deputies was...

The Boston Globe's Maria Cramer reported today that Massachusetts Superior Court Judge E. Susan Garsh has denied former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's motion to transfer his case out of Bristol County.  (more…)

A Lowell District Court jury took only 15 minutes today to find a Tewksbury man not guilty of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and failure to stop for a police officer.  The case was tried by Attorney Christopher Spring. (more…)

A 25-year-old teacher from the Mission Hill K-8 School in Boston was arrested after allegedly indecently assaulting an 8-year-old child at Boston Medical Center over the weekend, according to the Boston Globe.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today refused to dismiss a Cambridge drug dealer's conviction for a school zone violation, despite the Legislature's recent decision to reduce school zones to a distance that would not have applied to the defendant's crime.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Walter Thompson. (more…)